Thread: running the OI off a battery
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Unread 18-04-2003, 11:27
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Originally posted by Andy A.
Why not just power it through a competition port dongle?

All you need then is a 25 pin connector (or a 25 pin cable chopped in half) and a battery.

*shrug* seems cheaper, and you can put in switches for disable and auto mode while you're at it. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while now. I would like to find a better power source, something in between a 9 volt dry cell and a bot battery. I was thinking an old laptop battery, although it is rated at 14.4 volts. I know nothing about the power system of the RC, so I won't try it, yet.

But it would be so cool.

Maybe if I get bored in the pit...

-Andy A.
Be careful when you do that. Innovation FIRST will void your warantee if you try to power it through the Competition port on your own, and it screws up. From what I can tell you, the OI gets its power from Pin 1. I believe when you power the OI from the Competition port you un-lock more channels than you get with a regular dongle. To check the voltage of the OI you can measure it from Pin 1 to a ground (Pin 8).