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Re: [HELP] Digital Sidecar troubles

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Originally Posted by s1900ahon View Post
The pins on the DSub connector on the cRIO may get bent if the module is not inserted correctly. It is unusual, but I've seen it happen twice now. Depending on which pin is bent, the module may power up and report fine, but may not function properly.
Huh. That's an interesting theory. Although I'm not by the robot right now, that sounds like it might be our problem, as our cRio is a little bit out of the way and somewhat difficult to get to directly at the moment. We may have jostled a pin or two when we replaced the module.
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