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Unread 30-01-2012, 07:58
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Al Skierkiewicz Al Skierkiewicz is offline
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Re: Robot looses comms when hit/jolted

Don't use hot glue. Figure out why they are coming loose. To hot glue something that is incorrectly assembled means you can't fix it when you need to. Most often when wires come loose on the Crio, it is because they were improperly striped. If the wires to not fully insert into the connector they will be pushed out when you tighten the screw on the side. If the main breaker comes loose, I have to ask if you are using the locking hardware that came with the breaker? For those items that move with the robot, find a place near the connection and use a wire tie to secure them to the robot. We loop the wire going to anything and then take it straight down to the deck. Since we use perf stock to mount everything, we simply pass a tie through the perf stock and around all the wires. The loop allows some movement, and the tie restricts the movement so that it can't be pulled off.
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