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[Q]: I want to know how to use.

[A]: The manual of iMCs03 was uploaded on 04/19/2003. Please check it.


[Q]: I get the warning when the driver is loaded.

[A]: It doesn't have the problem though following warning might go out when iMCs03's driver(usc.o) is insmoded.

/*----------------------------------------------*/
Warning: loading usc.o will taint the kernel: no license
See http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
/*----------------------------------------------*/


[Q]: I want to drive iMCs03 by USB bus power.

[A]: iMCs03's current consumption is 90mA or less. USB can provide up to 500mA per a port, you can drive iMCs03 by USB bus power, if the total current consumption of the motor drivers, the sensors and iMCs03 itself is not exceeded 500mA.


[Q]: I get the error when it tried to compile the source program(including the driver) of iMCs03.

[A]: The INCLUDE of Makefile of the driver and the sample source program attached to iMCs03 as follow:

/*----------------------------------------------*/
INCLUDE= /usr/src/linux/include
/*----------------------------------------------*/

In the case of using RedHat7.3 or RedHat8.0, please change the path as follow:

/*----------------------------------------------*/
INCLUDE= /usr/src/linux-2.4/include
/*----------------------------------------------*/


[Q]: I can not load the driver of iMCs03.

[A]: Is UHCI(Universal Host Controller Interface) already loaded? When loading urbtc.o, uhci is needed.


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