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Re: cRIO troubleshooting
What I got out of that was ...
Our robot wasn't working, and in debugging it, we discovered that our cRIO had some slots that didn't work. Could've been that those hard hits from last year really hurt something. Luckily we have a spare. We need to get the other one fixed.
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Since I actually posted after the 9:21 post, but before the others showed up, I couldn't tell what was going on, and envisioned team members with soldering irons or hack saws. It is indeed possible to use the alternate slots for digital and analog with a few changes to Begin.vi or your startup code, but as you note, the blinking robot light is expected to be connected to slot four, and the battery is expected to be read from slot 1. Without those, most FTAs will not let you on the field.
I'd encourage you to contact NI and send the cRIO back get it repaired or replaced. You may even get it back in time to use as a spare for the competition. Also, look at the bus connectors along the bottom. Look to see if there are bent pins or debris that is shorting it out. If so, consider what operations may have led it. You may also try wiggling the connector and see if slot 1 or slot 4 seem looser than the others. It may be that the hit busted the solder joint. You may want to consider a more protected mount of the cRIO for the upcoming season.
Greg McKaskle
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