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Well, well, well. I thought I was joining a scientific group so that I could learn more about using the NXT. Instead I find it is a semi religious cult where the merest mention that you had a problem (which you solved quite quickly) calls down the wrath of the community against you! Wishing you all ...

Lets just get this into perspective. I did NOT panic from clicking brick syndrome. I got an error message saying that the download had failed. I tried again. And again. And again. It was only when I realised nothing was working (that I remembered hearing about this problem and put the brick to my ea...

...but it really is no big deal, as long as you know how to "fix" it......

But it was a big deal for you until you found out how to fix it, wasn't it?

If you search Google you will find it has been a very big problem for many people for a long time! Some even had to return their bricks to Lego to get them sorted. I tried both the NXT-G and Brick Center several times but neither could connect to the brick. Tried restarting the computer, resetting t...

Yes, but follow the instructions carefully!

I just tried to use the Brick center NXT firmware (downloading through the Center) and now have a 'clicking brick'!

Nice start to the year.

Well, I have only used usb on this computer (Win 7) but thought I would try Bluetooth. Just to prove the point I tried connecting Bluetooth with my £0.99 dongle from ebay and had loadsa problems, some I think due to the fact that my front panel usb connections tend to drop out and reconnect intermi...

I bought a cheap Bluetooth unit through ebay and it worked first time.

I have read recommendations that the native Windows drivers be used rather than whatever came with the device. I used both without problems.

Attached file includes some blocks I have come across, including atan, bit logic, motor power meter, sin & cos, square root & rand.

There are some diagrams here :- http://www.teamhassenplug.org/NXT/NXT-GCodeIndex.html And some of the blocks from the nxtasy repository can still be downloaded from here :- http://web.archive.org/web/20080313084750/nxtasy.org/repository/nxt-g-blocks/ I'm sure there is somewhere else but I just can't...

Came across this video on YouTube and see it has also been noted on NXT Step. Refers to 6 slaves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2JEm8R7F1o&feature=related http://thenxtstep.blogspot.com/2008/12/organfairy-plays-christmas-blues.html Not sure if these are all actually connected or whether they a...