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Hello. &nbsp;I want to directly control a RCX2.0 from the ir port on a laptop running windows. &nbsp;I know I can use the Spirit.ocx to do so by means of the tower, but I know it can be done without it since the palm can do it with the pbrick library. &nbsp;I've extracted the code from there but I can't access the ir serial port when I call CreateFile, I suppose it's because windows is using it to scan for ir signals. &nbsp;Must i first stop windows from using the ir port ? If so, how do I do that ?
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Hello.  I want to directly control a RCX2.0 from the ir port on a laptop running windows.  I know I can use the Spirit.ocx to do so by means of the tower, but I know it can be done without it since the palm can do it with the pbrick library.  I've extracted the code from there but I can't access the ir serial port when I call CreateFile, I suppose it's because windows is using it to scan for ir signals.  Must i first stop windows from using the ir port ? If so, how do I do that ?

Controllling the Lego RCX2.0 directly from a laptop's ir port.

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