[pathew100]

Yeah, our robot wacks us pretty good. The charge is building up in our metal frame and pvc and it's knocking out the radio connection when it discharges.

Here's my theory, the metal on the DB9 connector is the ground shielding of the cable, so it is the easiest place for the charge to jump to. The radio is mounted so the connector was 1/4" or so away from the pvc or metal frame. We put some electrical tape on the exposed metal on the DB9 connector that plugs in to the radio, hopefully this will insulate it enough.

Otherwise we will try dragging something on the carpet or suspending the radio in some sort of zip tie web so it is not hard mounted to the pvc or metal.