[IAEP] Turtle Blocks question

[Dr. Gerald Ardito]

Walter,

I have been testing it out this afternoon. It works really well.
I only have one We Do here, so I can't test out if it sees different
devices.

There is one quirky thing. When the script is running a motor, the Stop
icon disappears. Then, if you use ctrl-s to stop the script, the blocks
disappear.

And a question, how do you reverse the direction of the motor?
Thanks.
Gerald

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 1:27 AM, Alan Jhonn Aguiar Schwyn
> <alanjas at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I think that you cannot check what sensor is connected..
> > Butia have hotplug and show instantly that a sensor is connect.
> > Lego not have that, and the only check possible: get a value, if no gives
> > errors, maybe
> > there are a sensor of that type connected..
> >
> >>The usual approach would be to add a device input to the blocks...
> >>device 1, device 2, device 3
> >
> > That can works, but I don't like it taking into consideration that you
> have
> > put the port
> > where each sensor/motor is connected.
> >
> > I think in a special block that sets the brick that you want to use.
> > For example:
> > - you have 2 bricks connected
> > -if you want to: read color sensor from brick 1 in port 1
> > -turn motor in port b of brcik 2 with power 100
> >
> > The code will be:
> >
> > select brick (1)
> > read sensor (color, port 1)
> > select brcik (2)
> > turn motor (port b, 100)
> >
> > See that all the blocks no have changes, only uses the "select brick" to
> set
> > in the system, which
> > brick get the next functions.
> > The important of this change: when you have only 1 brick, the code no
> have
> > changes!
> >
> > Opinions?
> >
> > Regards!
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: gerald.ardito at gmail.com
> > Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 14:45:48 -0400
> > To: walter.bender at gmail.com
> > CC: alanjas at hotmail.com; iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org;
> support-gang at laptop.org
> >
> > Subject: Re: [IAEP] Turtle Blocks question
> >
> > Walter,
> > Agreed.
> > I am happy to continuing working with you on this.
> > Gerald
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Dr. Gerald Ardito
> > <gerald.ardito at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Walter,
> >
> >> if we are crossing devices?
> >
> > Egon Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
> >
> > The usual approach would be to add a device input to the blocks...
> > device 1, device 2, device 3... But also, I should do a better job of
> > autodetecting which sensors are available. The whole thing should be
> > more dynamic.
> >
> > -walter
> >
> > --
> > Walter Bender
> > Sugar Labs
> > http://www.sugarlabs.org
> >
> >
> >
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>
> Attached is a BETA version of a new WeDo plugin that supports multiple
> devices. It follows a schema similar to what Alan proposes above. I
> only have one device, so it is not tested for multiple devices,
> however, it seems to work for one device and includes a new feature
> which tests for devices before each start, rather than just at launch,
> so devices and be plugged in and unplugged without having to restart
> Turtle Art.
>
> Feedback greatly appreciated.
>
> regards.
>
> -walter
>
> --
> Walter Bender
> Sugar Labs
> http://www.sugarlabs.org
>
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