OK...This is something really cool that I found the other day. We have a switch box using 3 analog and 3 digital switches. This box is going to be used durring disabled mode to tell the robot which autonomous mode we want to use. It wouldn't be hard to convert it into a box for 'autonomous manual' control. The really cool thing though is that if you look at the dip switches that are found on the operator interface, you will find a set that gows from I think 1-8 with the label of 'DISABLE'. Using this set of switches, you can also use more switches to operate as the switches for the other ports. The switches 1-4 take the switch controls from port 1 and give it to port 4 and the switches 5-8 give the control of the switches for port 2 to port 3. For a more accurate explanation, I think I found the diagram on
http://www.usfirst.com.
P.S. You need to have a cable that will connect the switch box to one of the operator interface ports.