Software Setup Tutorial
1.
Installing
2. Installing BricxCC
3. Installing NQC
4. Placing Firmware on a RCX
1.
Download this folder for XP or this folder for Vista. You may save
it to your desktop. You
have just downloaded a compressed set of files.
The folder will need to be uncompressed before using it.
2. Double
Click the folder to open it. You will see a file called Setup.exe. Double click
on it to install the driver for USB IR Tower.
3. Connect
the tower to your PC to complete the installation. The green LED inside the IR
tower should briefly turn on after the installation and every time the tower is
connected to the USB port on your PC.
Now your IR tower is ready to transmit data.
Installing Bricxcc
Click here to
download the .exe file. Once downloaded to your PC just double click the file
to install.
Now you need to download and unzip the NQC software folder as described in the next step.
Installing NQC
You can go to the course web site to download the
NQC software, or you may just click here. This will download a
compressed folder.
Right click on the nqc-win-2-5-r3.zip file and click on Extract
to Folder ... This will decompress all the files, so that they may be used.
Open the decompressed folder and copy (or move) the
nqc.exe file to the same folder that contains the bricxcc.exe file.
If your RCX does not have the firmware downloaded
yet (for example if the batteries are removed from the RCX for few minutes or
longer and then replaced), then you will need to download the firmware to the
RCX as described next.
Downloading the Firmware
To understand programs and other information the RCX needs firmware, which is the
equivalent to an operating system (think Windows on a computer).
1 Download: Download this file by right clicking then selecting "save target as." After "Save as" dialog box pops up, Select C:\bricxcc for the "Save in" field. Then click Save. Now your "C:\bricxcc" folder should have a file called firm0328.zip. Unzip this file to get the file firm0328.lgo. Move this file to the same folder that contains the bricxcc.exe file.
2 First Usage: If this is the first time you have used your RCX you will need to install the firmware on your RCX.
3
Tower: Connect your
4 RCX & Tower: Place your RCX in front of the tower (Infrared ports facing each other), turn the RCX on.
5
Open the Command Center: Double
click on bricxcc.exe to establish communication between the RCX and your PC.
6
Goto
Tools, Download Firmware, then locate the firmware
file on your computer ( C:\bricxcc\firm0328.lgo) and press ok. This will
take up to three minutes. The firmware will stay in Brick's RAM as long as the
batteries are not dead.
You are now ready to program your RCX !