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Re: Programming - Getting Started

You set your team number using the binary dip switches on the Operator Interface (OI) labeled "Team Number."

--Tether the OI and RC together.
--Power up the RC (the OI will get it's power through the tether).
--Press the "Select" button on the OI three times and it will display the current team number setting. As you change the dip switches you will see the team number display also change, so it's easy to verify you've set your team number correctly.
-- The left most dip switch is the most significant bit.

Each switch is "1" if the front is pressed down and "0" if the back of the switch is down.
You can figure out the binary number of your team, or start with all the switches set to zero then beginning at the left flip the switches one at a time. If the number you get after you flip a switch to "1" is lower than your team number, keep it. If the resulting number is higher put that dip switch back to zero and go to the next one on the right.
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