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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
We will have two control board, the comp bot control board has the given router, the 2nd we currently plan on wiring to the same router (and just setting a different team number). This is possible, and this works, correct?
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That is correct. It will work without any issues.
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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
What we were wondering, is could we take that scenario one step farther and eliminate the wire between boards by throwing a gaming adapter on the control board for the practice robot (remember, also a gaming adapter on each robot, each driver station set up with a unique team number). I'm pretty much wondering if we can simulate it being hardwired with that gaming adapter, or, does the driver station expect to be physically wired into a router (regardless of the number of other teams on that router).
We want to keep standardized equipment, we don't want to delve into using other equipment. We also don't want to use two routers.
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Yes that will work. If you connect a game adapter to the second DS and configure it the same as you would for the robot, except that the IP address has to be something else. The specific address doesn't matter, but I would set it as 10.xx.yy.254, where xx.yy is your real team number.
If you're looking to save money you can use a lower price WiFi G adapter, but you would need to enable the 2.4ghz radio on the router.
This would also give you the added advantage of being able to debug/program/view dashboard totally wirelessly from both robots, assuming you have a laptop with wireless G or B. And yes, I have tested this and it does work. If you want more info just ask.