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Re: Autonomous: dongle?

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Originally Posted by jeffmorris
I think that you don't have to put the jumper in jumper port 13 after downloading the program that was created in EasyC. One problem: How to make the robot wait for the user to put it on the floor after turning it on? If the program controls the motors, the motors run when the robot is turned on.
I am not sure, but can't you replace the jumper with a switch?

If not, there are other work arounds.

How about programming in delay of X seconds?

You could also wait for some sort of switch transition to start the real work of the autonomous code.

Good luck.

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