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Unread 25-09-2002, 15:38
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Originally posted by Sachiel7
So, now my question is, How does the competition port at the actual competitions make it so that you don't have to mess with your Channel Dipswitches?
Because the event competition port cable does a lot more than just jumper the channel select pins together...there is another piece of electronics known as an arena controller which actually communicates with the OI to do things such as setting up the radio channel, providing power, etc...
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