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[norman]

hi everyone

I'm tryin to control the robix with labview using LPT.
I have already using LPT to control another robot arm
which is called cs-113,but it seems that the way which
robix communicate with the computer is not as simple
as this one.

When I control the cs-113, I just use the labview to send
or read binary value to the register at 378~37A ,but when
doing the same thing to the robix it doesn't work anymore.
I do install the driver which robix provide on the website
and control it using its own program, but it would really be
meaningful for me if I could control it with the labview
program which I make it myself.

Could anyone tell me how do the robix communicate with
its own EI? Because when I try to read the value from LPT
port when the robix is running,I do get some data but after
transfering them by asccii code table. Those words doesn't
have any meaning.

I try to use the LPT port and the command in the manual
like "move 1 to 20", I use labview to outport the command.
This is how I do it. First,transfering char "m" to a binary
value "1001101" outport to the register 378. Second,Sending
strobe 0 to 37A. Finally,check the bit "busy" at 379 to see if
the robot is busy or not.

This is the way I control another but it doesn't work on robix.
So I really need more informartion about how it communicates
with the EI and computer. Should I use the script instead of
using command? I mean should I send "rbxServoJump()" to the
LPT port?
Thanks for your help!