LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 Alpha Rex with Visual Basic Programming Interface

On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:32:58 -0700 (PDT), Doctor Scholle


Try the tutorial at:
<http://www.vorlesungen.uni-osnabrueck.de/informatik/robot00/doc/lego/report.pdf

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Rich Webb     Norfolk, VA

In message
Scholle wrote:


If you want to become more skilled at programming, Visual Basic is not the
best route.

Try a more modern language, like Python.

On Saturday, April 2, 2011 11:48:16 PM UTC-7, Lawrence D&#39;Oliveiro wrote:

Actually if you want to become skilled at programming, learn to ignore comments
from newbs like this.

Hey,

I know this answer is kinda late, but hopefully it can help out someone els=
e.  You can easily write a program in VB to control your NXT.

The NXT can accept commands / communicate over USB or Bluetooth.  You will =
need to send commands down to the NXT that are properly formatted and writt=
en in the correct syntax / protocol.  Since there is a lot to cover, I woul=
d recommend taking a look at this writeup here:

http://www.robotappstore.com/Knowledge-Base/Programming-LEGO-NXT-Mindstorms =
/92.html

It covers all the basics of the types of commands that you will need to sen=
d to the NXT as well as helpful examples.  The tutorial uses a more simplis=
tic application to send the commands, however if you can duplicate that in =
VB (which is fairly simple), then you can easily make a program in VB to co=
ntrol you NXT.

If you hook up your NXT to your computer via Bluetooth or USB, you can sear=
ch for the connection in the device manager.  From here, you can determine =
which "COM" port # it is assigned to, and then in VB you simply address tha=
t com port, and send the commands you wish.

If you have any further questions, I would recommend posting a question at =
the bottom of that writeup - since LEGO's own "direct bluetooth commands" d=
escription .pdf is written very poorly.  There are also some other apps you=
 can download from the website and if you take a look around there they mig=
ht even have some examples written in VB for you.  Here is one I found that=
 uses C# - however should give you a great start:

http://www.robotappstore.com/Apps/NXTNET-for-LEGO-Mindstorms.html?x=3DCB7E4 =
B7D-5878-49C5-8254-7F1924F1330F

Hope this helps!

On Wednesday, March 30, 2011 7:32:58 PM UTC-7, Doctor Scholle wrote:

I know this answer is kinda late, but hopefully it can help out someone els=
e.  You can easily write a program in VB to control your NXT.

The NXT can accept commands / communicate over USB or Bluetooth.  You will =
need to send commands down to the NXT that are properly formatted and writt=
en in the correct syntax / protocol.  Since there is a lot to cover, I woul=
d recommend taking a look at this writeup here:

http://www.robotappstore.com/Knowledge-Base/Programming-LEGO-NXT-Mindstorms =
/92.html

It covers all the basics of the types of commands that you will need to sen=
d to the NXT as well as helpful examples.  The tutorial uses a more simplis=
tic application to send the commands, however if you can duplicate that in =
VB (which is fairly simple), then you can easily make a program in VB to co=
ntrol you NXT.

If you hook up your NXT to your computer via Bluetooth or USB, you can sear=
ch for the connection in the device manager.  From here, you can determine =
which "COM" port # it is assigned to, and then in VB you simply address tha=
t com port, and send the commands you wish.

If you have any further questions, I would recommend posting a question at =
the bottom of that writeup - since LEGO's own "direct bluetooth commands" d=
escription .pdf is written very poorly.  There are also some other apps you=
 can download from the website and if you take a look around there they mig=
ht even have some examples written in VB for you.  Here is one I found that=
 uses C# - however should give you a great start:

http://www.robotappstore.com/Apps/NXTNET-for-LEGO-Mindstorms.html?x=3DCB7E4 =
B7D-5878-49C5-8254-7F1924F1330F

Hope this helps!