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Originally Posted by neilsonster
On our robot the program port is right beside the wheels so I have to go in between the chains to get to it... all they would have to do is turn it on while I'm working to kill my precious fingers (or my precious serial cable)! But that's why I unplug the pwms! To save my fingers. 
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One (serious) suggestion for anyone who hasn't already done this:
The robot controller can often (read always) be hard to reach. If you plug serial cables into the program and tether ports and run them neatly to somewhere somewhat accessible on your bot it becomes much easier to plug in. You can even put them up high (depending on the bot) so you don't even have to bend over to plug them in! hows that for convenient!
Also, a rocker switch attached to the reset and program buttons in an easy to reach place is also a good idea.
- Toby