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by hammersley1965
03 Mar 2011, 11:56
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Complete beginner
Replies: 16
Views: 17594

Re: Complete beginner

Have sent Matt a private message regarding driver.

I guess I'll have to seriously charge some more batteries :shock:

Thank you all for putting up with me, hopefully I will be able to contribute in the future. :geek:

Paul
by hammersley1965
03 Mar 2011, 11:16
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Complete beginner
Replies: 16
Views: 17594

Re: Complete beginner

Yippee! I reinstalled the SDk and found the firmware file and used Brickcc to download. However, once it was downloaded the brick started beeping. I turned off and on. The display showed 0000 man 1 but after a few seconds the beeping started again. Ah, I thought, maybe the batteries are low. I dug o...
by hammersley1965
03 Mar 2011, 10:30
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Complete beginner
Replies: 16
Views: 17594

Re: Complete beginner

when the brick is turned on it makes a double beep and the display shows a battery symbol, a man standing still and a 1. When the run button is pressed the man changes to a walk position. the prgm button scrols through 1-5, I assume that is 5 program functions. The view button does nothing. So I ass...
by hammersley1965
03 Mar 2011, 09:52
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Complete beginner
Replies: 16
Views: 17594

Re: Complete beginner

Hi Matt, thanks for the quick response The IR Tower is USB, even under windows7 Brickcc recognises the IR Tower, maybe I got lucky. The green light seems dim, but I don't see that as the issue having seen a vid of one working and looking the same. I'm sure to the more experienced this is going to se...
by hammersley1965
03 Mar 2011, 08:31
Forum: Open Discussion
Topic: Complete beginner
Replies: 16
Views: 17594

Complete beginner

Ok, I bought a education kit on ebay for my son (9786). It contained a RIS 2.0 IR transmitter and a RCX 1.0 block, a number of sensors and motors. There was no CD and I struggled for ages. I have now succeeded to install drivers on his Windows 7 laptop and Brickcc. When commands are sent I see the d...