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Re: IR Difficulties

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Originally Posted by interfect View Post
Also, how do you have your power and data hooked up? We used the rainbow cable, two PWMs, and some of the screw terminal block to essentially make a custom cable and get it talking to the OI. A single PWM won't work for data, but you can use it to power it up and train it.

Do you know the pinout for the IR board?
Pinout for the ribbon cable of the IR board can be found on this page on the FIRST web site:

Page with link to PDF instructions for IR Board:
http://www.usfirst.org/community/frc...t.aspx?id=7600

Direct link to PDF instructions for IR Board:
http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...%20_121007.pdf
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