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Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:03 AM
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Hi Jason et. al.,

I'm guessing the answer to this question is yes but I can't tell for sure from the Range Wizard docs: can I connect a Range Wizard to my existing Serializer via I2C and then use my Serializer's serial port connection (back to my PC) to talk to the Range Wizard? I'm actually using the Bluetooth module with my Serializer and I'm hoping I don't have to have a separate Bluetooth connection for the Range Wizard.

Thanks!
patrick
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Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:37 PM
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Hi,

When you read the doc on the website , Range wizard has I2C. I think you can use I2C on serializer to get value on you PC or motherboard.

                    I2C              wireless

RangeWIzard=====Serializer <<<< PC

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Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:40 PM
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look this on photos:

http://www.roboticsconnection.com/skins/skin_3/images/rc_controllers/large/RWandSerializer.jpg

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Posted Friday, June 06, 2008 7:41 AM


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Yes, you sure can, and we have examples, in the RangeWizard User Guide, using the generic I2C protocol to talk to the RangeWizard from the Serializer   Arnaud has the diagram right.

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Posted Saturday, June 07, 2008 7:27 AM
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Hi Arnaud and Jason,

I must have been blind! Thanks for straightening me out. I guess what I was really looking for was the .Net interface. Do you have an ETA on the library and docs for that?

Thanks,
patrick

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Posted Monday, June 09, 2008 12:19 AM
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Hi,

I don't have tested generic I2C with .NET but i think it is simple

Read serializerdocumentation (.NET) search for I2C you find I2CDevice inside Sensor class

look for the example.

I'am interested by your return about I2C!!!

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Arnaud

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Posted Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:55 AM


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Yep, like Arnaud pointed out, the I2CDevice class is available for this.

   http://www.roboticsconnection.com/multimedia/libraries/MSDNDocumentation/_23n15o6qx.htm

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