Thread: Dongle for Competition Port
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Re: Dongle for Competition Port
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Originally Posted by iPilipino View Post
On the tutorials for Operator Interface, it said that we need a dongle to program the robot. Now is this true? because we found the tutorial on google.

Ok heres an easier question, Do we need a dongle to connect to the competition port to program the operator interface?
I know you meant to program the Robot Controller. And the answer is as EricH stated, no you don't. The dongle is just to disable the robot, Run the autonomous code and allow you to access additional channels so you can have a mini/practice competition with other FIRST robots.

I Love Andy Mark stuff and I've put down a few bucks for MANY of the fine products... However... $35 seems a little steep. It IS a nice looking box I admit.
The only real reason you'd need the dongle is to invoke autonomous mode and buying a 15 pin male BD15P connector and soldering a small switch isn't that hard. (If it is... call me and I'll send you mine!)

Steve
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