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Mount the USB tower to your virtual machine The wizard will ask you to plug your tower directly into the computer. Go through the new hardware wizard The previous step will trigger the new hardware wizard. You can use all the default options. Insert the batteries into the RCX and place it in front of the tower. Install 2. Check the firmware status Your RCX should look like this after the firmware was installeced correctly.

Complete the setup wizard and start programming You are all ready to go. Just build a robot you desire and program it in the RIS.

Did you try a torrent? Edited September 25, by Raskalito des ouabes. Posted February 27, Posted October 21, Hello, Sorry to resurrect this thread, but I have a few questions: Is there any way to get the instructions for the models not included in the book? Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community.

Register a new account. Sign in Already have an account? Sign In Now. I was running RIS 2. Unfortunately, the new version of Parallels for the M1 processor no longer supports installing Windows XP.

But I just found a solution that worked for me. UTM is similar to Parallels and you have two options: make a virtual machine with Windows or emulate it. I took the option to emulate it and was able to install and run perfectly RIS 2.

Install UTM on the Mac. You double click to start the installation. When the tower is connected, Windows has to recognize and install it. When you get the option to install it, you have to tell it that it will use the software that is on the virtual CD. Sometimes the RIS install window is on top of the Windows window to install the tower. You'll have to find it by temporarily minimizing the RIS install window.

If Windows doesn't install it, the software won't recognize it. Was this review helpful? Report this. Driver Contents File List The following files are found inside the driver download file. TXT 5. Step 2 - Install Your Driver Once you have downloaded your new driver, you'll need to install it. Select the Driver tab. Click the Update Driver button and follow the instructions.

This website is not affiliated with Other Companies. I just looked to see how many motors and sensors were supposed to be here and went from there. This allows you to power the RCX brick and your whole project with an external power supply instead of batteries. This allows you to remotely control movements and begin any of the 5 saved programs. It's not actually necessary to disassemble the RCX unless you have to repair something, but I like to take things apart and I was already thinking of a future project, so I decided to take the brick apart.

It's handy to know what parts go into something. This is a good site that details the internals of the RCX brick. The safest way to do this is to remove all the screws and press the first and last battery contacts out of the battery compartment.

To push the contacts out you have to press the little release clip on the contact that prevents it from slipping back through the hole in the plastic. Once that is released, you can gently pry and work the plastic shell apart. Work slowly because it can get bound up and you could easily crack or break something. There are a few tiny pieces that hold the PC board to the upper case that will break if you are not careful.

I bought another RCX to do some more tinkering, and unfortunately it arrived with a lot of battery corrosion. I made another Instructable about the process I used to clean off the corrosion, which is a common problem with these RCX bricks.

I'm very pleased with the results, but it was definitely a lot of work. There are some sets that came with a USB version of the RCX IR tower, unfortunately I don't have that one and serial ports are getting hard to find on laptop computers. I bought this USB to serial adapter because it has a very long list of supported operating systems and includes drivers for each. I also liked this one because it didn't have a wire so it just plugs onto the end of whatever serial device you have and converts it to a USB device.

It works great and I have been very happy with this adapter. I have since heard that the USB drivers are not supported in more modern versions of Windows. Unfortunately, you can't find this software on the Lego website anymore. You can buy replacement disks on Ebay, but you can also find a few torrents still floating around where you can download the Lego Robot Invention System RIS 2.

The websites that tell you how to patch and install the old RIS software are slowly disappearing, but you can usually still find a website or two that is still linking to a site that used to contain some good information. I was able to paste these links into the Wayback Machine and gather the information I needed. This software was originally written for Windows 98se, but it will still work under Windows XP 32 bit only with patches that Lego distributed.

Unfortunately, those patches are no longer available, so my best option was a virtual machine running Windows 98se. I downloaded Oracle's VirtualBox software which allowed me to create a virtual machine running 98, but I couldn't get the USB to Serial adapter I bought to pass through the host computer to the 98 client machine.