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2009-01-16T04:01:14+01:00

Hi guys, I would like to incorporate your codes into my Remote so that it has additional banks. Which part of the codes do I copy and paste onto the robo basic template? I am completely noob about programming so need some guide on this. Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by LOtrobot — Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:01 am

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2008-03-16T22:24:51+01:00

Am there Novelty?
Have you optimized the code for remocon?
You can post him/it thanks from all the NewByes

Statistics: Posted by grisuzone — Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:24 pm

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2008-02-05T10:48:01+01:00

Hi Visuvius

Glad to be of help

I suspect your latest problem is that when you push a key that falls outside the range of the valid options in the on .. goto statement for the bank you are in, it will cause the code to find its way back to MAIN: and you have to start over.

You can avoid all that by implementing the following approach where the bank select keys are just like any other 'move', except that they change the context (i.e. the bank). That context is picked up every time you process a move key. You'll see that I've kept the default behaviour for all banks except for the first say 2 - 6 moves where I have new code. This means the favourites like walk forward/backward cartwheel/tumble etc are always available if you so wish (not that this is a new feature), also note that you have to keep the K18,K23,K32 the same in each bank's on_goto so that you can change the bank! This is just what I blatted down after reading this thread so nothing exactly new here . . . .

'

DIM BANKSEL AS BYTE 'Used for code banking
'E key => BANKSEL = 0 => default routines
'F key => BANKSEL = 1 => dance and routines
'G key => BANKSEL = 2 => combat and sonar routines

'

GOSUB standard_pose
GOSUB gyro_setup
BANKSEL = 0 ' default bank

MAIN:
'GOSUB robot_voltage
GOSUB robot_tilt

'-----------------------------
IF RR = 0 THEN GOTO MAIN1

ON RR GOTO MAIN,K1,K2,K3,K4,K5,K6,K7,K8,K9,K10,K11,K12,K13,K14,K15,K16,K17,K18,K19,K20,K21,K22,K23,K24,K25,K26,K27,K28,K29,K30,K31,K32
GOTO main_exit
'-----------------------------
MAIN1: 'this is the remote control section
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID

IF BANKSEL > 2 THEN BANKSEL = 2 'only three banks at the minute

ON BANKSEL GOTO default_bank, cute_bank, combat_bank

default_bank:
ON A GOTO MAIN,K1,K2,K3,K4,K5,K6,K7,K8,K9,K10,K11,K12,K13,K14,K15,K16,K17,K18,K19,K20,K21,K22,K23,K24,K25,K26,K27,K28,K29,K30,K31,K32
GOTO MAIN

cute_bank:
ON A GOTO MAIN,a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,K7,K8,K9,K10,K11,K12,K13,K14,K15,K16,K17,K18,K19,K20,K21,K22,K23,K24,K25,K26,K27,K28,K29,K30,K31,K32
GOTO MAIN

combat_bank:
ON A GOTO MAIN,b1,b2,b3,K4,K5,K6,K7,K8,K9,K10,K11,K12,K13,K14,K15,K16,K17,K18,K19,K20,K21,K22,K23,K24,K25,K26,K27,K28,K29,K30,K31,K32
GOTO MAIN

'

k18:' E
TEMPO 230
MUSIC "CDE"
BANKSEL = 0
GOTO main_exit

'

k23:' G (not F!)
TEMPO 230
MUSIC "EF"
BANKSEL = 2 ' combat_bank
GOTO main_exit

'

k32:' F
TEMPO 230
MUSIC "CCFC"
BANKSEL = 1' cute bank
GOTO main_exit

'==================================
' CUTE BANK

a1:
GOSUB butt_scratch
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit

a2:
GOSUB ymca
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit

a3:
GOSUB tip_toes
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit

a4:
GOSUB led_toggle
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit

a5:
GOSUB led_toggle2
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit

a6:
GOSUB govenor
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit
'===================================
' COMBAT BANK

b1:
GOSUB sonar_grab
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit
b2:
GOSUB map_right_attack
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit
b3:
GOSUB martial_arts_pose
DELAY 500
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit

' That's all folks.

oh - to add a new move, say called 'hug' on key 9 in the cute_bank you need to do the following three things:-

1/ change the routine called when you hit key 9 in cute bank from k9 to a9, like so:

cute_bank:
ON A GOTO MAIN,a1,a2,a3,a4,a5,a6,K7,K8,a9,K10,K11,K12,K13,K14,K15,K16,K17,K18,K19,K20,K21,K22,K23,K24,K25,K26,K27,K28,K29,K30,K31,K32
GOTO MAIN

2/ add some code with label a9 to call your routine

a9:
GOSUB hug
SPEED 10
GOSUB standard_pose
GOTO main_exit

3/ implement your new code

hug:
'do something interesting.
RETURN

That should improve things for you

Also, if you get tempted to make the bank_select tunes longer (the ones that play when you hit E,F,G), you might find RN-1 falls over. It would seem that the motors are relaxed whilst he is whistling, so my attempt at a (unfortunately high-pitched) recreation of an 8 note jaws theme for the combat section just meant he fell over whilst waiting for the tune to finish! F

Cheers
Tim

Statistics: Posted by Tim — Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:48 am

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2008-02-05T04:42:00+01:00

Tim you're the man! Doing what you said worked like a charm.

However, what I can't figure out is that sometimes, I have 2 or 3 seconds after I hit the code bank key to hit the move key, other times I have to hit the move key immediately after I press the code bank key. At first I thought it had to do with the code banks; it seemed like I had several seconds with Bank1 but had to press the code immediately with the other banks but then I noticed it was more random.

Anyhow, just wanted to say it worked and thanks again. I'd still like to check out your code as it seems like a better alternative.

For reference, here is what my code looks like now:

MAIN:

A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 18 THEN GOTO BANK1
IF A = 32 THEN GOTO BANK2
IF A = 23 THEN GOTO BANK3
GOTO main

'--------------------------------------------------
BANK1:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO BANK1
ON A GOTO MAIN,K1,K2,K3,K4,K5
GOTO MAIN
'==================================================
BANK2:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO BANK2
ON A GOTO MAIN,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5
GOTO MAIN
'===================================================
BANK3:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO BANK3
ON A GOTO MAIN,B1,B2,B3,B4,B5
GOTO MAIN

Statistics: Posted by visuvius — Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:42 am

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2008-02-05T00:49:40+01:00

Thanks for the reply Tim!

I'm going to try your fix when I get home but I would totally be interested in your code if you don't mind sharing it.

Thanks again.

Statistics: Posted by visuvius — Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:49 am

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2008-02-04T23:42:36+01:00

Hi Vesuvius

At first glance it looks like your code requires you to press a bank key, then immediately press a move key (within <10 Robobasic instruction cycles or 10 - 20 ms at most) - and since that is a tall order, you miss your one chance to hit a move key. And the cycle repeats...Caveat - I only skimmed your code so might have misunderstood some of the more subtle nuances of it (or the nature of the problem entirely!!)

However, if you don't mind having to select the bank before each move, then a small tweak to your code should have you up and running. Just change the destination of the first jump in the on .. goto statement to point to the mainX: label for the bank you are currently in.

MAIN1:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO MAIN1,K1,K2,K3,K4,K5
GOTO MAIN
'==================================================
MAIN2:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO MAIN2,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5
GOTO MAIN
'===================================================
MAIN3:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO MAIN3,B1,B2,B3,B4,B5
GOTO MAIN

Hope that helps . . . .

As it happens, I've just implemented something more like what Pev suggested, incoporating the beeps from The Guru etc. I can post the code if you are really interested. The advantage of that approach is that once you have selected a bank, you stay in it until you select another bank - saves pressing two keys for each move.

Cheers
Tim

Statistics: Posted by Tim — Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:42 pm

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2008-01-19T00:53:43+01:00

Anyone have any ideas on my code and what I might be doing wrong with this whole Code Banking thing?

Statistics: Posted by visuvius — Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:53 am

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2008-01-16T05:18:18+01:00

Ok, this is what I just tried and it didn't work but hopefully its a start:

GOTO AUTO
FILL 255,10000

DIM RR AS BYTE
DIM A AS BYTE
DIM A16 AS BYTE
DIM A26 AS BYTE
DIM n AS INTEGER
DIM i AS BYTE

CONST ID = 0 ' 1:0, 2:32, 3:64, 4:96,

'== Action command check (50 - 82)
'IF RR > 50 AND RR < 83 THEN GOTO action_proc

RR = 0

PTP SETON
PTP ALLON

'== motor diretion setting ======================
DIR G6A,1,0,0,1,0,0
DIR G6B,1,1,1,1,1,1
DIR G6C,0,0,0,0,0,0
DIR G6D,0,1,1,0,1,0

'== motor start position read ===================
TEMPO 230
MUSIC "CDE"
GETMOTORSET G24,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,0
'== motor power on =============================
SPEED 5
MOTOR G24
GOSUB standard_pose
'================================================
MAIN:

A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 18 THEN GOTO MAIN1
IF A = 32 THEN GOTO MAIN2
IF A = 23 THEN GOTO MAIN3
GOTO main

This is my version of your "Bank Select". What I'm trying to tell it to do is goto MAIN1 if "E" is pressed, MAIN 2 if "F" is pressed and so on. I assumed that 18, 32, and 23 are the Remocon codes for those buttons but I might be completly wrong about that.

'--------------------------------------------------
Here are my 3 different routines. I'm trying to tell it to go back to MAIN if I press the power button.

MAIN1:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO MAIN,K1,K2,K3,K4,K5
GOTO MAIN
'==================================================
MAIN2:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO MAIN,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5
GOTO MAIN
'===================================================
MAIN3:
A = REMOCON(1)
A = A - ID
IF A = 16 THEN GOTO MAIN
ON A GOTO MAIN,B1,B2,B3,B4,B5
GOTO MAIN

At this point I have all my different subroutines (moves).

Of course none of this worked and I'm sure there are some collosal errors I've made.

I just realized its probably a bad idea calling all the different routines MAIN so I will change that to your verbage.

Thanks again.

Statistics: Posted by visuvius — Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:18 am

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2008-01-16T04:40:49+01:00

You need a initial routine that looks at the remcon input and sends it to the sub(main routine) like so...

Bank_Select:
Get remcon input
IF remcon input = A then goto routine1
IF remcon input = B then goto routine2
IF remcon input = C then goto routine3
Goto Bank_Select

routine1:
IF remcon = Z then goto Bank_Select
all of your basic moves go here.
Goto routine1

routine2:
IF remcon = Z then goto Bank_Select
all of your fight moves go here.
Goto routine2

routine3:
IF remcon = Z then goto Bank_Select
all of your show moves go here.
Goto routine3

---------------------------------------
Where you see routine1/2/3 you would have a different set of moves and remcon jumps specific to that selection of moves.

Statistics: Posted by DirtyRoboto — Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:40 am

Re: I understand now.

2008-01-16T04:04:27+01:00

Pev wrote:
Gort wrote:You write it in your code. Like calling a class or subroutine but you put it at the end of your main code. If you press f, gosub this block of code which has a copy of the main program with different routines for the buttons pressed. To get out of block you have an exit button which returns you back to the main program block.

Oh okay I was thinking of having a vaiable say "CMDSET" as a byte then doing something like

If CMDSET=1 then GOTO SET1
If CMDSET=2 then GOTO SET2
If CMDSET=3 then GOTO SET3
goto MAIN

SET1:
ON A GOTO MAIN,K1,K2,K3,K4.........
goto MAIN

SET2:
ON A GOTO MAIN,A1,A2,A3,A4.........
goto MAIN

SET3:
ON A GOTO MAIN,B1,B2,B3,B4........
goto MAIN

and then have 3 key in each routine assigned to the value to CMDSET

Was that what you meant?

Pev

Sorry to bring up this old thread but Code Banking is something i really want to try out with my Robonova. This post in particular was very helptul in furthering my understanding of what code banking is but I'm still have some trouble implementing it.

My question is, how in RoboBasic, do I link the 3 Remocon buttons I'd like to use to the CMDSET variable above? I don't even know if that question makes sense.

In other words, how in the program do I assign the "E" button to go to SET1? I understand how each of the buttons would make the program go to a different Main loop but the part about assigning the Remocon button to each of those loops is stumping me.

Thanks in advance for any help.

PS - i'm often in Chat if anyone wants to join me in there!

Statistics: Posted by visuvius — Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:04 am

My attempt

2007-01-25T06:49:49+01:00

Using only one key (key 18) to switch code banks, default is basic set (bank 1).

Press once - 2 beeps (switch to 2nd set)
Press again - 3 beeps (switch to 3rd set)
can implement as many sets as you want.

http://my-eportal.com/temp/robonova_moves.zip

Statistics: Posted by fleek — Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:49 am

That is the idea

2007-01-19T14:47:06+01:00

Pev, that is my idea exactly. I think that RETURN may work better than Goto main. The robot basic manual said that you can go 5 deep in gosub calls and us the returns to go back one step at a time. I like the Guru’s idea. I will make a driver block then point to a move type category block of code. Hopefully, I can find time to work on it this weekend. Thanks for the help.

Statistics: Posted by Gort — Fri Jan 19, 2007 2:47 pm

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2007-01-19T01:00:13+01:00

Yet another alternative which I thought of using, but have yet to implement was to take two or three keys as a standard input with audio feedback to inform of 'accepted digit'. The reason I first looked at this particularly if using the remocon was to make it digit only e.g. '005' or '999' and giving up to 1000! alternatives. If all key inputs were combined into a single integer (maybe RR) then the 'Main' section would not change (although I can't confirm that a single code line could contain so many ON RR alternatives ). It is also easier to remember move numbers than Left arrow/E etc. The first 32 could represent the standard moves.
I suspect the final implementation will be somewhere between the two as I like the idea of categorising move types -standard/custom/combat/etc

Statistics: Posted by TheGuru — Fri Jan 19, 2007 1:00 am

Re: I understand now.

2007-01-19T00:04:33+01:00

Gort wrote:
You write it in your code. Like calling a class or subroutine but you put it at the end of your main code. If you press f, gosub this block of code which has a copy of the main program with different routines for the buttons pressed. To get out of block you have an exit button which returns you back to the main program block.

Oh okay I was thinking of having a vaiable say "CMDSET" as a byte then doing something like

If CMDSET=1 then GOTO SET1
If CMDSET=2 then GOTO SET2
If CMDSET=3 then GOTO SET3
goto MAIN

SET1:
ON A GOTO MAIN,K1,K2,K3,K4.........
goto MAIN

SET2:
ON A GOTO MAIN,A1,A2,A3,A4.........
goto MAIN

SET3:
ON A GOTO MAIN,B1,B2,B3,B4........
goto MAIN

and then have 3 key in each routine assigned to the value to CMDSET

Was that what you meant?

Pev

Statistics: Posted by Pev — Fri Jan 19, 2007 12:04 am

I understand now.

2007-01-18T23:22:03+01:00

You write it in your code. Like calling a class or subroutine but you put it at the end of your main code. If you press f, gosub this block of code which has a copy of the main program with different routines for the buttons pressed. To get out of block you have an exit button which returns you back to the main program block.

Statistics: Posted by Gort — Thu Jan 18, 2007 11:22 pm