Thread: 2007 tether and program cable question
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Re: 2007 tether and program cable question
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Originally Posted by vhcook View Post
Based on our team's experience, it's also a good idea to have a short sacrificial cable off the tether port that is not screwed down. Our rookie season, we had a robot runaway on tether, and nearly ripped the tether port off the RC when the OI carriers failed to keep up.
What we have done is screw in only on end of the tether or programming cables, then connect the other end to these long 25ft cables, but DO NOT SCREW THE EXTENSIONS and the Tether/Programming cable ends together. So if the robot runs away the two cables pull apart from one another without breaking the screwed in side.
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