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Re: "No Comms"

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Originally Posted by David Brinza View Post
"No Comms" is not a DS problem - it's a failure of the link between the robot and the field wireless access point. Unless ALL of the robots lose their links in a match, the problem lies within the robot.

Here are some likely causes of the problem: unplugged or intermittent power/ethernet connections, burying the adapter in the robot, problem with the wireless adapter +/-12V supply from the PD module and mounting the wireless adapter such that the security button gets pushed as the robot is bumped.]

If you momentary lose the wireless adapter, it can take up to 45 sec for the robot to get synch'd with the field - very painful!

There were instances at GSR i know cause it was our robot where ours and only ours died and they ended up replaying the match due to a field error not our robot....
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