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NXT Tips
How To Play a WAV File
Modified: 2007-04-12 13:09:26
Increase the Volume on your NXT
- Turn your NXT on
- Press the right arrow until "Settings" appears
- Hit the Orange Square button.
- Press the right arrow until "Volume" appears
- Hit the Orange Square button.
- Press the right arrow until "4" appears at the top of the screen
- Hit the Orange Square button.
Note: Even then, the sound really isn't too loud, but at least you can hear it.
Convert the WAV File to RSO
- Download Wav2Rso (direct download of Wav2Rso)
- Extract the wav2rso.zip file
- Run the wav2rso.exe program
- Click the "Select Files..." button
- Choose your WAV file
- Click the "Convert" button.
The new RSO file will now appear in the same directory as the wav2rso.exe program:
- Download Bricx Command Center (a href="http://bricxcc.sourceforge.net/test_release.zip>direct download link of latest BricxCC)
- Extract the text_release.zip file
- Run the BricxCC.exe program
Under Port choose "USB0::0X0694::0X0002::0016530279AF::RAW" (this will probably be different for your PC) then choose "NXT" under "Brick Type":
- From the Tools Menu choose NXT Explorer:
Now just drag and drop your RSO file from your PC files on the right onto the NXT files in the left pane:
Play the RSO File using your Robolab Program
- Create a new VI
- Drop the NXT Play Sound File block into your program and wire it up.
- Right click on the "Sound File Name" input on the block and choose "Create -> Constant"
Type the name of your RSO file in the blank:
Note: It seems that some sound files just don't work. this hello.wav worked. But Please Standby.wav does not work Hope this helps some people.