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Unread 03-04-2006, 01:10
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Re: timer after restart

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Originally Posted by Matt Krass
We've actually found a way in software to force a reset in under 2 seconds if the camera stops sending data, its also part of our initialization, so even if we have a bad power-up, the camera does come online, it simply takes a bit longer. I don't have specific code for you, I'll email Mark McLeod and ask him to post it when he has a chance, but it essentially clears out the involved variables and sends a few databursts to "wake" the camera, then re-runs the initialization packet sequence, it works pretty reliably for us.
Matt/Mark,

I'd love to see it (and, I'd imagine, so would many other teams).

Regards,

Mike
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Mike Betts

Alumnus, Team 3518, Panthrobots, 2011
Alumnus, Team 177, Bobcat Robotics, 1995 - 2010
LRI, Connecticut Regional, 2007-2010
LRI, WPI Regional, 2009 - 2010
RI, South Florida Regional, 2012 - 2013

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