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Unread 14-09-2012, 12:39
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Re: Communication lost

Mike is correct. However when the condition exists only on turns, I am going to guess you have sticky tires and are using a tank turning for steering. When this type of drive mechanism is used with high friction tires, the motors do tend to stall or get very near. A CIM motor stalls at 131 amps so with all four motors in stall, you are drawing so much current from the battery that the terminal voltage falls below the point that the power supplies in the PD can keep running. If both the Crio and the Dlink reboot, the Dlink takes longer to come back. Also, and I have to say this, if the Dlink is not powered from the dedicated +12 volt radio output on the PD, then small fluctuations in battery voltage will cause the Dlink to reboot.
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