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Originally Posted by jgannon
I am intrigued by this project. However, keep in mind one thing:
"<R69> All equipment connected to the Joystick Ports of the Operator Interface must be powered solely through the power available through the port. External power sources of any type are not permitted on any equipment connected to the Joystick Ports. Portable computing devices may not be connected to Joystick input ports on the Operator Interface."
As you've pointed out, the Dashboard port is one-directional, so the only way to send data to the RC is through the joystick ports. I don't know how this impacts your plan. Nonetheless, good luck, and keep us updated.
(On a side note, those gumstix computing devices look awesome... definitely something I'll keep in mind for future projects.)
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I dint know if this was pointed out or not and i may be wrong but this refers only to the joystick ports. This is to prevent the unfair use of extremely expensive or nice control systems by limiting the power available. In fact I'm sure Ive seen control systems that integrated laptops for dashboard viewing. however i agree that the dashboard is not a two way connection. Ive seen allot of threads about using outside computing systems to augment or change the normal game play and i think that it should be explored for the learning potential but should not be attempted in game play as not only would this give teams a hugely unfair advantage it would also change the way the game is played. I didn't read every post on this thread so this might have already been pointed out and if so I'm sorry for acting like a parrot.