[mtaman02]

I talked to IFI yesterday (more importantly an IFI guy that I usually see at my local competition - a good friend) and we went over some "possiblities" such as whats on the robot as far as motors and everything. I explained to him that we were using all of the 2007 stuff on a 2003 robot and he said that I may be tripping some breakers and thats why the OI loses the RC - I told him I doubt it since the robot A) Has not been used / touched in 3 - 4 years B) There was nothing ever wrong with the way it was wired and worked perfectly with all the 2003 gear. We ruled out any kind of interference that may make the 2007 stuff stop talking for brief periods of time. So as it stands to him everything is working fine and the OI - RC radio problem lies inside the robot and whatever modules that are in there to make it move.

He says that if all the Lights on the OI & RC are green at the time of Signal Loss that it is not actually the OI & RC that is losing the signal but a wiring problem that is making it lose the signal possibly all the breakers tripping at once. When I asked about me d/l the beta version aster code 14 he says that it won't solve my problem that its not software related.

I will probably try again with the 2007 stuff on another robot - maybe the 2001 robot since I know for a fact that one has not been touched at all and see if I'm getting the same problems. The 2007 stuff works great on tether just not on the radio. I will also try the 2006 radios if my old coaches let me and see what transpires from that. After I'm done doing that and see what happens I will call IFI again and hopefully someone else will answer and give me a different opinion. BTW the reason I'm not testing on the 2007 robot is b/c it's still getting the finishing touches and is not ready for the control system. Should I wait for the '07 robot to be finished or keep trying it on older robots that I know are Electrically & Pneumatically Sound?