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Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur
Could you add a virtual e-stop (just in case) and a watchdog (in case windows decides to not talk to the virtual DS)?
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E-Stop: I suppose, but what's the advantage of this over simply disabling? The spacebar or ESC can both be used to disable the robot (they are not toggles - if you hit either of them it sets the state to disabled no matter what the current state is). There is no E-Stop on the real DS either unless you're connected to the field control system (unless I'm mistaken?).
Watchdog: I'm not sure exactly what you're asking for here. It's already set up such that if it misses more than 5 packets from the robot (approximately 100ms), it disables the robot and takes it out of autonomous mode.