[Longhornchris04]

Well, our robot was very simple this year (rookie year, we followed the KISS philosophy), so we had the digital inputs to spare, but for next year I'm suggesting the following.

On the OI, have a couple of fixed position analog or digital inputs used to select the autonomous mode and a "Lock Autonomous Mode Switch." After the robot is powered, have the robot placement team signal the OI team to "Lock" the autonomous selection. One note on this is the "Lock Switch" will probably need an LED and an "Arming Cover" The OI has 16 analog and 16 digital inputs, so this shouldn't be a problem. This would require 1 digital (lock switch) and 2+ analog (start position and drive pattern??) inputs.

If we go this way though we will test the heck out of it using a competition port dongle and have a startup checklist... which reminds me. There are 2 kinds of people: Those with checklists, and those that will soon have checklists.