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Unread 05-03-2015, 18:48
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Re: Programmers on the Drive Team

I'm the lead programmer and one of the drivers this year. I added in an automated program for our lifting device that utilized various limit switch sensors for different states. One can just hold down a button, and the lift will cycle itself appropriately based on the current state. So we can have one driver positioning for collection while the other driver simply holds down the button while totes are being collected. No need to manually control the lift and manually align totes for stacking!
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