I am using Brian Peek's example using a Xbox controller for the NXT. This all works when I just run the code. When I try to run the VPL, I get the following error message. How can I find out what these mean and where I need to check for a problem. Partner enumeration during service ...

I'm creating a Diagram to hook the XInputController Service to my ControlSample9 Service. [Controller4.mvp] (Diagram 1)XInputController --Activity-ControlSample9 ControlSample9 starts its service using InitialState Controlsample9.xml And ControlSample9 is listening (and is a partner of ) the ...

I've used a development environment called Rational Rose Real Time. We've used the tool for robotics and other real time application development. RT is a round trip engineering tool that provides a visual interface for creating capsules (services) ports, connections, protocols, etc. Are there ...

hi i found i can not use the components in the serveices window becasue the window is empty,and i am so confused now.Another question can i renew or input the component from a folder?Thank you ...

I am using Brian Peek's example using a Xbox controller for the NXT. This all works when I just run the code. When I try to run the VPL, I get the following error message. How can I find out what these mean and where I need to check for a problem. Partner enumeration during service ...

How are four toolboxes docked with the window?

This may be a long shot, but let me tell you about what we're doing and where we want to go next. First, I am working with a High School teacher and his new class as an engineering mentor. He is designing the class to teach robotics, programming, and all the inter-related skills needed to do ...

How are four toolboxes docked with the window?

Hi,I think I have found a bug when trying to compile my VPL as a service when it includes the TextFunctions Activity. The DiagramService.cs source that is code generated is not vaild C#. To demonstrate, try this very simple VPL: Code Snippet +-+ +-+ |Data | LastIndexOf |TextFunctions| ...

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I am trying to control the motors on a lego NXT brick using an Xbox controller. I would like to control MotorA and MotorB on the left thumbstick and MotorC on the right thumbstick. I have worked through the Tutorials and looked at Brian Peeks' coding for fun article. The problem is that ...

I have a simple VPL Diagram which consists of an XInputController Service and I want to display a dialog box to identify which Button was pushed. From the XInputController I'm linking to a Switch Activity and I can see the button types displayed. When I enter A=true I'm getting an error ...

greetings, the service for the xbox controller generates the following error; Error Loading Diagram Unable start configured partners Code s:Receiver Reason System.IO.IOException: Code:W3C.Soap.FaultCode,Subcode:unknown,Reasonystem.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has ...

Ive been trying to get my robot to follow this line but i haven't been able to get it yet and ive been working for 3 days on it, so can someone help me out? my deadline is mid-night tonight! please help me or ill lose the challenge with my friend =(Course ...

Hey everyone, I've gone through the VPL tutorials, and I can get everything working fine. I just have one question: is it possible to create a GUI form from scratch in the VPL? I can get tutorial 4 working, and I understand how everything works, but is there a way to have a form with more ...

greetings, the service for the xbox controller generates the following error; Error Loading Diagram Unable start configured partners Code s:Receiver Reason System.IO.IOException: Code:W3C.Soap.FaultCode,Subcode:unknown,Reasonystem.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has ...

I am having trouble getting my VPL program working and I'm looking for suggestions on how to go about debugging the problem. It is using new VEX services source code and the tutorial based on the VPL Tutorial 1 where a Contact Sensor causes a Data object to send the string “Ouch!” to a Simple ...

I have tried creating a program based on VPL Tutorial 1 but I am having trouble trying to run it. I'm getting the following error message: Code Snippet Error Loading Diagram Unable start configured partners Code s:Receiver Reason System.IO.IOException: ...

I am having a problem using the Parallax.MotorIrBumper.Manifest.xml in the VPL. I get a "Failed to create services using manifest" error. I'm trying to do tutorial number 1. Can anyone help with this? Thanks. Eric

Hi, I have just installed Robotic studio on windows VISTA and trying to run VPL. VPL doesnt run and just displays mesg that the "VPL has stopped working & windows is trying to find solution" and then it stops working saying it needs to be closed. Also initially when i started ...

Hi, I was working on a CreateTimer implementation using settimer function. However, apparently there seemed to be some problem with the code as the callback function was not getting called. Please suggest some possible reasons for this and some procedures to get it working! it would be ...

Is it possible to add new modules/blocks to the services list in VPL? I see iRobot, LEGO etc blocks, how do you create and add new one. Do we need special partnering arrangements with MS?

Hi,I am having trouble finding examples of how I create an activity in VPL that will allow me to initialize a timer with a tick interval greater than the one second tick timer and then receive notifications every interval seconds for the lifetime of my service.I don't understand what should go ...

Hi, I have been trying to compile various services, but I always get the following message : * Loading Program: file:///C:/Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5 (CTP May 2007)/5293ff99-4a89-4ee8-af9e-2183135646a2/RandomDrive.program.xml* Starting internal DSS Node on ports 50000 and 50001...* Finding ...

When is the next release due out? I have been using the May 1.5 release with some success with the Lego NXT system. I was kind of disappointed in the VPL's stability as a beta. The service and robotic tutorials are nice but somewhat confusing. Looking forward to some new and stable stuff ...

Hi,I have been trying to compile various services, but I always get the following message :* Loading Program: file:///C:/Microsoft Robotics Studio 1.5 (CTP May 2007)/5293ff99-4a89-4ee8-af9e-2183135646a2/RandomDrive.program.xml* Starting internal DSS Node on ports 50000 and 50001...* Finding ...

While opening VPL and trying to drug either an activity or a service to a new diagram, I encounter the following message: "Just-In-Time Debugging" window is shown. Inside the window it's written "An exception 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException' has occurred in ...

I just want to know that where can I look over service-return-value.for example..In the example of the Sick Laser Range Finder:-- --Sick LRF | -replace--DistanceMeasurements.Length > 0 | ....- --like this,how can you know there is a List named DIstanceMeasurements storage result of ...

Hi,it seems that a new Version of VPL is provided when downloading the latest Version of Robotic StudioNo Problem so farUnfortunately I am a rooky on VPL and have to go through the turorials which is a bit a pain as many things look a bit differentDo you plan any updates to the tutorials ?Where ...

Hi,When I try to "Compile as a Service" I get an error dialog with the following contents:Creates a .Net service from an MVPL diagramVplToNet /Program:<file> /Service:<string> /KeyFile:<string> [options]/Program:{<uri>|<path>} The source VPL program file ...

I’ve just been going through the VPL tutorials and every time I run my program for the 2nd time and then hit Stop the program crashes, giving me the “Microsoft has encountered and error” – message. The difference between the 1st and 2nd runs is during the first run, in the Run window the ...

In the vpl-sample,while loading completed,the scene there is draw by the programmer. How can you do this ? Is I must use C# or other programming language to do this? Is there any tools for me to create XML files like this automatically? Thanks Tan Wangda

Hi, I don't understand one thing: if I insert a service inside a custom Activity (for example, I insert a GenericDifferentialDrive) I can't use the service's Notifications. Why? Is it possible to use service's notification inside an activity? thanks Lorenzo

Many people use Microsoft Robotic Studio just to understand how robots works,or how to make a program to control a robot in the attracted simulation environment.Sometimes they don’t have a “real” robot,I am one of them. So it may be hard to understand how the robot works,especially sensors ...

How do I select a manifest to use in the configuration for a generic differential drive if the one I want is not in the drop-down list? Is this even possible? Please help!

I'm a newer to MSRS,so there are always questions about VPL,hope you can answer my question :-DAlso in the example of Sick LRF,part of the program like this:- -- |* Worker * | | | *SickLRF*| |* if ( ..... ) *| |* Worker * | | |* Worker * | |* Worker *| -| if (name == "Right")| ...

First, please have a quick look at the VPL diagram:www.ie.bgu.ac.il/kartoun/microsoft/pics/VPL_Count_Down.JPGWhile trying to run the counting down program, I encounter a weird output; sometimes the program runs properly and says: "ten, nine, eight and so on till zero, all done" and ...

I'm a newer to MSRS,so there are always questions about VPL,hope you can answer my question :-DAlso in the example of Sick LRF,part of the program like this:- -- |* Worker * | | | *SickLRF*| |* if ( ..... ) *| |* Worker * | | |* Worker * | |* Worker *| -| if (name == "Right")| ...

I just want to know that where can I look over service-return-value.for example..In the example of the Sick Laser Range Finder:-- --Sick LRF | -replace--DistanceMeasurements.Length > 0 | ....- --like this,how can you know there is a List named DIstanceMeasurements storage result of ...

While opening VPL and trying to drug either an activity or a service to a new diagram, I encounter the following message: "Just-In-Time Debugging" window is shown. Inside the window it's written "An exception 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException' has occurred in ...

First, please have a quick look at the VPL diagram:www.ie.bgu.ac.il/kartoun/microsoft/pics/VPL_Count_Down.JPGWhile trying to run the counting down program, I encounter a weird output; sometimes the program runs properly and says: "ten, nine, eight and so on till zero, all done" and ...

I followed the VPL tutorials included in the May CTP download. First, the tutorial images do not look like this version and some minor steps seem to be missing. But not a big deal or challange to figure out. However, On the first tutorial (and second) it uses the simple dialog to show if the ...

Hey MS - I was just trying to get a very simple xbox controller working with the tribot sim and am having a problem where somewhere in my components my xbox controller change values aren't getting passed on. To help figure out where the broken link is, I tried putting Simple Dialogs around ...

Hello My message flow diagram orchestrates several services running on one node. Now I want one of them to be running on a different machine. When manually starting DSS host I can easily express this by editing partner list in manifest. Is there a way to do the same in VPL environment? In ...

Hello, one short question: Is VPL based on the Windows Workflow Foundation? If not, what features of .NET 3.0 are used? Thanks, S@ilor

First, please have a quick look at the VPL diagram: www.ie.bgu.ac.il/kartoun/microsoft/pics/VPL_Count_Down.JPG While trying to run the counting down program, I encounter a weird output; sometimes the program runs properly and says: "ten, nine, eight and so on till zero, all done" ...

Lego Mindstorms Nxt, I have got a problem, I would like to create a Program which is able to follow a line on a base-plain, and this has to be done with a light sensor. Now I was asking if one you could kindly help me create or guide me in the creation of the program.

While opening VPL and trying to drug either an activity or a service to a new diagram, I encounter the following message: "Just-In-Time Debugging" window is shown. Inside the window it's written "An exception 'System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException' has occurred in ...

I've just tested VPL and I think it sucks. Is built for plumbing Webservices and Applications using Activities, but If you want to develop programs that provides and uses this services and/or activities you stuck. VPL seems to be a plumbing language rather than a programming language in my ...

Hello,I'm a green hand at robotic field,I'm from HUST in China. There're many questions with Vpl and robotic studio.I need your help. In Basic Robotic Tutorials 2Accessing a service) I made program like tutoral said. But the end of this tutoral,it didn't said which manifest should be ...