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Camera cutting out - cables coming loose?

Hey everyone,

We're trying to do some tracking wit our camera, but we find that when we pick it up, sometimes the lights go off and we lose the image on the Dashboard (indicating that the power got cut somehow). It would seem that sometime when you pick up/shake the camera, the power cable comes a bit loose and then the camera fails. We are concerned that this would cause problems with our camera during competition, as it obviously would be along for a bumpy ride on the robot.

Has anyone else had experience with this issue? Any workarounds known?
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