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Unread 05-04-2010, 22:42
Bruce Meyer Bruce Meyer is offline
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Re: Field Issues at Michigan State Championships

The issues 1023 had were caused by a loosened cRIO mount and/or a nick in the positive wire jacket deep enough to expose copper. Reinforcing the mount with aluminum, a little electrical tape and wire re-routing took care of our problem as it did not happen again.

We also were hit hard enough in the quarter finals to dislodge a module (or connector end).

Neither case seemed to have anything to do with the field system.

The biggest point stressed to us by multiple inspectors is to make absolutely sure of your power connectors for the cRIO.
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