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Controlling InO-Bot’s Lights

InO-Bot has two headlights in front and 8 LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights on top.

Headlights

The headlights may be turned on together or individually. To turn the headlights on, change their property from 0 to 1. The following command turns both headlights on:

PPROP “INOBOT “LIGHTS [1 1]

The following command turns the left headlight on:

PPROP “INOBOT “LIGHTS [1 0]

The following command turns the right headlight on:

PPROP “INOBOT “LIGHTS [0 1]

Try the following to make the headlights blink back and forth:

REPEAT 10 [PPROP “INOBOT “LIGHTS [1 0] PPROP “INOBOT “LIGHTS [0 1]]

It is also possible to control the brightness of the headlights by using a number between 0 and 1. The following command turns the headlights on at half brightness.

PPROP “INOBOT “LIGHTS [0.5 0.5]

LED Lights

The LED lights display in a wide range of colors. They may be turned on together or individually in any color combination providing the opportunity to create fascinating displays. The LED lights are numbered 1 through 8.

The LED command controls the LED lights. LED requires two inputs: a light number or list of numbers and a color. The color may be expressed in any way the Logo understands colors, including color names, RGB lists, or color numbers.

The following command turns LED light # 4 green.

LED 4 “GREEN

The following command turns all 8 LED lights green.

LED [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8] “GREEN

Set the color to BLACK or 0 to turn the LED lights off.

LED [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8] 0