11-12-2008 12:35 PM
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11-13-2008 12:04 PM
RXE files are generated by the LEGO MINDSTORMS programming environment (also called NXT-G; it is based on LabVIEW but not equivalent). These files contain binary data representing a MINDSTORMS program. To open them, you need the LEGO software.
This comparison may also help clarify:
*.rxe is the binary file format for LEGO MINDSTORMS (NXT-G)
*.vi is the binary file format for LabVIEW
*.doc is the binary file format for Microsoft Word
12-26-2008 11:48 AM
James B. wrote:RXE files are generated by the LEGO MINDSTORMS programming environment (also called NXT-G; it is based on LabVIEW but not equivalent). These files contain binary data representing a MINDSTORMS program. To open them, you need the LEGO software.
What LEGO software are you referring to? I tried to use the LEGO Mindstorms NXT that comes in the package but all it seems to know how to open are .rbt files.
Thanks in advance for all your help.
01-06-2009 04:16 PM
You're right -- my mistake. NXT-G (the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT Software) stores its binary data in the RBT format. Once you have compiled one of those programs into bytecode and downloaded it to the NXT, the file on the NXT has the RXE extension. So, you can't "open" an RXE file with any software. The only useful thing you can do is download it to an NXT and run it from there.
To correct my analogy:
*.vi is the binary format for LabVIEW programs.
*.rbt is the binary format for NXT-G programs.
*.exe are binary files that contain low-level (assembly) instructions that are only understood by Microsoft Windows.
*.rxe are binary files that contain low-level (bytecode) instructions that are only understood by the NXT firmware.
01-06-2009 04:24 PM