Newbie Question (Supporting other platforms)

Hello all:

I read the following post (About custom robots and interface to non yet supported platforms)

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2077297&SiteID=1

I understand that I can use one box (PC or Laptop) as robot brain, in which resides and abstract concept of the robot, then i can interface via Serial Port, USB, Wireless or Bluetooth this box with the physical robot (In this scenario no windows OS is used in robot), because of this i assume i can interface my box with a PDA device like a Palm that supports Wireless or Bluetooth.

I am correct in this asumption?

If my assumption is correct, I want to start learning this and my idea is by creating a program in Palm that contains a windows with some label and buttons to simulate motors (Labels change to on or off) and bumpers(buttons to simulate a switch as a sensor).

Well, now the big question is what i need to start to build a service for this kind of project, I review the tutorials and i found in Remotely Connected Robots some information but this tutorial is not focused to create a new service. How do i start building this?

Thank you in advanced.

Leopoldo

[1453 byte] By [LeopoldoLara] at [2008-1-9]
# 1

Hi,

Your understanding of how MSRS interacts with hardware is right, only MSRS needs a .NET runtime to run on it. For mobile devices MSRS supports .NET Compact Framework (CF) 2.0 that can be installed on Windows Mobile and CE devices. I'm not sure if there is an installation of .NET CF available for Palm devices but if you can make a wireless connection from a PC to your palm device then you can run MSRS services on PC and then get it to communicate with the palm which may control the motors and hardware attached to it.

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