[Al Skierkiewicz]

Hey! Hold on there for a second. Let's not blame the controller or the modem until we know for sure. There was a number of teams we found running radio, not tether in the pits. This has occurred at every event for the last two years that we have attended. Although it is claimed that there is no interference when this would occur, I am not yet convinced that some interference might be possible. It might not be data but it might be RF intermod. We are still looking into this and will pursue it with Innovation First in two weeks.
Baxter took a very hard hit in that match. We have had more than once, a broken pico fuse holder on the controller. It is possible that this might be why it began working after some tapping on the case.
It is common to try and get a long tether to allow you to drive while not using the modem. Cheaper, small diameter serial cables have significant loss of both DC and signal. If you were using anything longer than a 10' cable suspect that the cable is at fault.