NXT Poll Brick

This window is for efficient polling the NXT brick for current settings of the motors and sensors.

Motors

The top table in the display contains the current settings for the motors. This includes both the current speed setting and various encoder (or “Tachometer”) settings.

Sensors

The next table contains the current settings for the four sensors.

Buttons

Button

Action Performed

Poll Once

This causes the motor and sensor data to be retrieved once

Poll Continuously

This causes the motor and sensor data to be continuously retrieved.

More / Less

This buttons expands (more) or contracts (less) the window to display additional fields that will allow you to write values to the motors and sensors. Writing to the motors / sensors is for advanced users.