Thread: DIP switches for autonomous modes
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Re: DIP switches for autonomous modes
1501 uses a thumbwheel on our robot. It uses 4 Digital I/0 slots in the Digital Sidecar. it can also be used on the Cyprus Board i believe, but we decided to not use any custom circuits on our Drivers Station. It offers 0-9, and A-F i believe. Overall there is about 15-16 options, and we have never had a problem with it. I can try to get you the supplier if you PM me. We have never had a problem with it. I believe you wire it into a case selector in labview to change between the different modes. If you dont have that many modes, than you can have your code default to a certain auto mode, or default back to no code if the thumbwheel is set incorrectly. (Which we have never had happen, but we code it in as a safety anyways. Also helps prevents watchdog errors)