Thread: UH OH!!!
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Unread 15-02-2005, 20:09
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Re: UH OH!!!

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Originally Posted by ace123
There's nothing like facing your robot away from the computer by yourself, leaving autonomus mode on, screwing in the program cable to both sides, and watching your Program Port get torn out of the FRC as your robot races away.

I was lucky that half of the pins were still attached, and that we had a good soldiering expert on our team who could manage to get the port working again.

I could not have imagined my instructors look if he had walked in before I hid the FRC out of sight to hide the

The moral: Do not put your robot on the ground while downloading code and while leaving autonomous mode on (using a switch on the OI).
If you want to do this, at least do not screw your Serial cable in to both sides of the connection.
Yes, there is. When the robot's front is facing your legs.