Using the Console#

Connect to the Console Serial Port #

To print to the Console, the VEX AIR Drone Controller must be connected to the Console Serial Port.

For information on connecting to the Console Serial Port, open the Connecting to the Console Serial Port tutorial for Mac or Windows.

Enter your text in the Send to Controller text box, then select Send to send the string to the controller.

You can work with the sent information using the following commands in the Console category for Blocks or Python:

The Ask and wait block.#

    ask [What's your name?] and wait

The Answer block.#

    answer

answer = input("What's your name?")

Select SAVE to save all Console information as a .txt file.

Select COPY TO CLIPBOARD to save all Console information to your clipboard.

Select CLEAR to clear all information from the Console.