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Originally Posted by Kingofl337
In C and Java all you need is to kill the Instance of CANJaguar and Construct PWMJaguar. You will also have to let your code know not to use the advanced features in fail safe mode. I will double check with Brad to see if this will work.
Edit: Also on Al's note, I'd go as far to say if you can't run your robot for 4 minutes on a battery it may spell trouble. especially with the MK batteries. If your team grabs a weak battery and your on the edge of power consumption you may find yourself dead on the field at a critical point. It stinks to loose a key match to a weak battery.
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Regarding the weak battery - it depends.
During overdrive, many teams were pushing the batteries VERY hard. So hard that during the practice matches, they were dieing at the end. This includes a number of top teams. I had the luck to watch the battery voltage on one of the world champion teams during a regional competition, and at the end of the 4 minute period they were in the 6's and 7's voltage wise while trying to hurdle.
I know we would never have made it through 2 matches without performance degragation. We started to lose simultaneous lift + drive ability after 3 minutes. (4 cims + 2 fish running near stall during the lift + turn).
That's why we rank all of our batteries on a battery tester (the one Al recommended I believe) and only use the top ones at regionals.