[AiboHack - Boneyard]
RoboSapien V2 IR Codes (for WowWee toys after RSV1)

The V2 modulation scheme is similar to the RoboSapien V1 IR Codes, but longer. The IR Carrier is 39.2kHz. Data is modulated using a space coded signal with 12 data bits (data clock is 1200Hz, but actual data rate varies depending on the data). The V1 format is only 8 data bits.

For modulating the signals yourself, the signal looks something like this:

Timing based on 1/1200 second clock (~.833ms)
Signal is normally high (idle, no IR).
Start: signal goes low for 8/1200 sec.
Data bits: for each of 12 data bits, space encoded signal depending on bit value
    Sends the most significant data bit first
    If the data bit is 0: signal goes high for 1/1200 sec, and low for 1/1200 sec.
    If the data bit is 1: signal goes high for 4/1200 sec, and low for 1/1200 sec.
When completed, signal goes high again.
No explicit stop bit. Minimal between signals is not known.

The first 4 bits (prefix nibble) indicate the robot model:

• 1: "0001" RoboRaptor. More Info.
• 2: "0010" RoboPet. More Info.
• 3: "0011" RoboSapien V2. See below for details.
• 4: "0100" RoboReptile. More Info.
• 5: "0101" RS Media. More Info.
• 6: "0110" RoboQuad. More Info.
• 7: "0111" RoboBoa. More Info.
• F: "FFFF" Sometimes used for testing

RSV2 Codes

Here's are the IR codes for RoboSapien V2 (RSV2) formatted similar to the manual:

	L	S	a	b	c	x	y	z	D	R
Un-Shifted	Walking $300+DIR	Stop $3AA	Sonic Sensors On/Off $383	Vision Systems On/Off $380	Positional Program Entry $381	Positional Program Play $352	Gait Change/ Quick Reset $390	Free Roam $382	Dance Demo $350	Head and Upper Body $320+DIR	Un-Shifted
Shift1	no-op $308+DIR	Reset $353	Right Arm Throw $355	Right Arm Low Pickup $356	Right Arm High Pickup $357	Right Arm Grab $358	Right Arm Give $359	Right Arm Roll $35A	Movement Demo $354	Right Arm $328+DIR	Shift1
Shift2	no-op $3C0+DIR	Sleep/ Wake Up $386	Left Arm Throw $35C	Left Arm Low Pickup $35D	Left Arm High Pickup $35E	Left Arm Grab $35F	Left Arm Give $360	Left Arm Roll $361	Lie Down/ Sit up/Lie Down Stand up $351	Left Arm $330+DIR	Shift2
Shift3	no-op $3C8+DIR	Get Up $364	Right Kick $362	Right Push $365	Right Chop $366	Left Chop $367	Left Push $368	Left Kick $363	Oops $35B	Hip & Waist Tilt $340+DIR	Shift3
Shift1+2	no-op $3D0+DIR	Clear Program $3F4	Sound Program $3F1	Vision Program $3F0	Main Program $3F5	Perform Program $3F6	Guard Mode $3F2	Clear Entry $3F3	High 5 $369	Both Arms $338+DIR	Shift1+2
Shift1+3	no-op $3D8+DIR	Bulldozer Forward $36A	Laugh $36C	Insult $36D	Right Arm Drop $36E	Left Arm Drop $36F	Plan $370	Spare Change $371	Hey Baby $36B	Head Only $348+DIR	Shift1+3
Shift2+3	no-op $3E0+DIR	Bulldozer Backward $372	Roar $374	Diode $375	Fetch $376	Danger $377	Calm Down $378	Hug $379	Burp $373	Head and Upper Body $310+DIR	Shift2+3
Shift1+2+3	no-op $3E8+DIR	Power Down $384	Robosapien V2 Interaction $385	Roboraptor Interaction $387	Robopet Interaction $388	Manual Color Mode: Daylight $389	Manual Color Mode: Indoor Yellow $38A	Manual Color Mode: Indoor White $38B	Don't Press $37A	Upper Body Only $318+DIR	Shift1+2+3

NOTES:

• "S" means the stop button
• "DIR" is a 3 bit code for one of the the directions on the joystick (L or R)
  • +0 - Up/Forward
  • +1 - Down/Backward
  • +2 - Left
  • +3 - Right
  • +4 - Up and Left
  • +5 - Up and Right
  • +6 - Down and Left
  • +7 - Down and Right
• When any shift key is held down, the L stick sends different codes (and appear to have no reaction from the robot)
• Secret code: $37B - used in robot interaction (see below)
• Some keys repeat, and at different rates. You can get an idea of the repeating buttons by looking at how the LED on the remote flashes.

Tricky IR

"Laser"

The "laser" feature uses the bottom IR LED on the controller to send out a very slowly modulated signal.
The carrier frequency is also 39.2kHz (or 40kHz give or take). Signal is normally off. When you press the "laser" button: IR goes on for ~20ms, followed by ~200ms sec of idle, and then repeats. While in this mode, other IR signals are jammed (eg: obstacle avoidance is disabled). The green light/LED is for aiming purposes so you can see where the remote is aiming. You can cover up the green light and it will still track the IR signal (from the bottom IR LED, the one inside the black housing).

Interactions

DISCLAIMER: I don't have the extra robots to record their controller codes, or the full interactions. Here are the starting part of the interaction modes (ie. what you can confirm with a single V2 robot).

• Roboraptor Interaction: controller sends $387 to RobosapienV2. RobosapienV2 sends roboraptor codes $18E, $187, $192, $193, $1D1, $1B4, $186 with scripted dialog and delays inbetween (may have some randomness).
• Robopet Interaction: controller sends $388 to RobosapienV2. RobosapienV2 sends robopet codes $2E4, $2C4, $2E2, $2C4, $2E4 with scripted dialog and delays inbetween (may have some randomness).
• Roboraptor and Robopet interaction are one-way. The RoboSapienV2 will start immediately and perform his part of the script even if there is no other toy present.

• The RobosapienV2 <-> RobosapienV2 interaction is two-way.
• RoboSapienV2 Interaction: controller sends $385 to 1st robot. 1st robot says "What a good looking guy" and sends $37B to 2nd robot. The second robot says "At last intelligent life".
• NOTE: that's all I see. If someone gets two V2 robots, please try this out and see if there is more to the skit.

These may be exploited in a very limited fashion for other things.

PSP RoboSapienV2 Remote

The PSP IR remote sample can be easily adapted to use these codes (some programming required). The RSV2 version was never finished due to lack of interest. Also, because of all the strange shift states, the regular remote works better most of the time.
If interested and you have a Homebrew capable PSP, check out the V1 released program here.

Disclaimer

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