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Originally Posted by Tottanka
A question about the IR thingy.
Is it possible to have one of the 4 cahnnels swith different modes, for example, switch between arm control and drive control, and those making the other 3 buttons do a different thing in each of those modes?
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After reading only section 7 of the rules, I thought this was possible. But after reading section 8, I'm sure it's not. According to <R65>, "Active SIGNALING DEVICES shall: be able to switch between no more than four states or conditions (i.e. send no more than four messages)... [and] not use changes in the signal states to encode or transmit larger messages (e.g. Morse code)."
Having a "mode switch" plus three other buttons would qualify as six "states" and, thus, is illegal. Additionally, having a multi-button sequence is also illegal. However, I think having one button do two things is allowed as long as it can be described as one thing and the robot autonomously decides which of the two to do, for example, arm toggle.
See also
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=60694