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Originally Posted by Gdeaver
Please, some one tell me I'm wrong, that I'm just paranoid, but I watched the NI joy stick control in 10 minutes video several times and I did not see a disable or E-Stop switch hooked to the operator interface. The NI guy had no problem writing a VI that apparently ignored the lack of a kill switch. Trying to click on the stop execution tab with a mouse while a drive chain is chewing up a student is not acceptable. How is a total compact rio shut down handled? I have not seen any thing yet that leads me to believe that this issue is well handled. Please NI and beta teams tell me I have nothing to worry about.
Also note that there does not appear to be any fuse between the battery and the victors in the video. Sloppy.
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This issue is handled through the competition port on the DS(Drivers Station)
There are 2 commands that disable the robot. the Disable command and the E-stop.
when the cRio receives the disable command, the outputs are temporarily disabled, and can be re-enabled again.
When the cRio receives the E-Stop command, all the outputs are disabled until the cRio is rebooted.