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Originally Posted by Andrew Y.
i think you guys arnt understanding what im trying to do...
I know there are ways of stopping the robot like the disable dongle, but its that much faster to kill the autonomous mode during testing to simply let go of a switch. its just a extra precaution .
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There is a pin-out diagram for the disable dongle given. Wire up a new dongle with a simple serial cable and a button on the end. Since the robot is disabled without the dongle, it is most likely a "Open = Disabled" so a regular button would work fine with it.
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3.1.7 Competition Port Pinouts
The competition port is used to enable / disable the robot. A “dongle” is provided in the Kit of Parts
for teams to use for this purpose when not in a competition. If teams need to make a replacement
dongle or need additional spare dongles, a team-constructed dongle can be fashioned by
connecting pins 8 and 9 of the competition port to a switch. NOTE: it is essential that the other
pins of the connector be left unconnected, as some of the other pins contain power and/or ground –
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So you'll have an in-hand disable button. You release the button, and the robot becomes disabled.