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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod
Using both the red and black USB plugs did not always solve the problem for some, including one of the finalists. They finally went with direct connections for both joysticks. They would have benefitted from just a better redistribution of devices, but under the gun during a match the goal is to just get it working.
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We were the Finalist Referred to in Mark's post.
Our control board included 2 Joysticks and 8 Push Button Inputs, all of which were plugged into the USB hub, which was then plugged into the Classmate using both the Red and Black Wires. Throughout the day our joysticks dropped in and out but I don't believe we ever lost our buttons. I'm going to have our programmer and Electronics Mentor Re-Wire the PSOC Board and check all of the connections for any shorts or anything that would cause it to draw excessive power. For Philly we're going to try plugging our Joysticks into the Hub and then into one of the USB Ports on the Classmate and then Plug our PSOC board into the Other. Hopefully this'll resolve our problems.
Mark, Thanks again for all of your help throughout New Jersey.
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Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi
We were using both red and black wires to power our joysticks since the beginning of build so I am unaware of what types of problems occurred. What usually happened? Is this what was happening with 1089 and 816, they told me one stick just stopped functioning.
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Stogi, our Primary issue stemmed from USB Hub problems and I believe 1089's did as well.
We also had a Faulty C-Rio Power Connection that was causing our C-Rio to Short out and Reset on Saturday...