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Originally Posted by EHaskins
The OI sends data through the dashboard port even when its not connected to the robot. You could set the OI to output the OI values, and connect your WiFi serial things to the dashboard of the OI and the program port of the RC. You would get all the joystick and switch information through this connection. You could also write software to drive the robot from a computer.
You would still need to write the software to interpret the dashboard data, but that is well documented, and would be relatively easy.
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Note that the OI requires some kind of connection before sending data, even if it's just a radio w/o a robot. I think of the dashboard as the raw data sent or recieved; if the OI isn't trying to send data, you won't get it on the dashboard.
What this means is that an OI without a tether or a radio won't send data. (At least the 2005 won't.)