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Article #39Control a mini ssc servo controller or any serial device over the internet using Microsoft NetMeeting
From: WebRemote
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 00:00
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http://www.WebRemote.co.uk **** Sample driver source code now available! - See below **** The WebRemote Device Controller allows you to control devices or play simple games across a NetMeeting connection... If you have devices to control then you simply run the device controller, add the drivers for your devices and connect to NetMeeting to make the devices available. If you want to control someone's devices then just run the device controller and connect to NetMeeting. Once connected available devices will be displayed. You can select a device to control and if you don't have the appropriate controller installed you can download it from the web automatically. At present there are four devices you can control, a Lego Mindstorms RCX, a Robot Arm (or any device that uses the MiniSSC servo controller), a National Control Devices ASEL video switch (16 video inputs, 1 video output) and a generic serial port driver that allows you to control any device that you can connect to a serial port. More drivers will be available soon. Also you can play a simple game of TicTacToe across your netmeeting link. We expect to have a chequers game and a chess game available soon. The Lego Mindstorms driver has just been upgraded, it now supports controlling motors, reading sensors and running stored programs on the remote RCX. Sample driver source code is now available on the site so that you can write your own drivers. If you can think of any other pieces of hardware that you would like to be able to control over your netmeeting link then get in touch and we'll write a driver for you! Or you can write one yourself using the sample source code as a guide. So, take a look at http://www.WebRemote.co.uk Comments and suggestions welcome. The device controller works with any version of NetMeeting.
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