Unlike like year's robot controller that waited for either a valid radio signal or tether connection to begin processing your program, the new Edubot controller with the C language automatically begins running your code when powered on.
See page 3 of the "2004 EDU Robot Controller Reference Guide" on the Innovation First web site for more details.
http://www.innovationfirst.com/FIRST...10-15-2003.pdf
You will need to add some of your own code to make the EDU robot controller behave how you would like it to.