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Unread 04-28-2010, 07:29 AM
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Re: No Robot Code!!!

masoug et al,
A few of these issues have been plaguing teams and I saw a few up close at Champs that we were able to observe and rectify. Frayed/splayed wiring at the PD or at the Crio end of the power supply cable causes very intermittent breaks in the power supply line. On several robots, this eventually led to a no code or other error as the noise produced by the wiring eventually corrupted the Crio. Teams should know that a properly terminated power cable has no exposed copper and cannot be pulled out with a tug to each of the wires at both ends.
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