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Re: [FTC]: Samantha? Like it or hate it?

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Originally Posted by normalmutant View Post
Sorry, I realize that my previous post wasn't accurate. A better description of it is that when the Samantha FCS stops working, it either shuts off completely, or continues sending the last signal it received from the joysticks. That's what I meant by "freezing up". This makes it harder, though, because the program can't tell when Samantha stops working - the signal it gets seems perfectly normal to the NXT.

It's actually not specifically a samantha issue. The same thing can (and does) happen over bluetooth, and even potentially direct USB tether (if one were to pull the cable out). The joystick.c template fails to get any packets from the controller, and just assumes the values should remain the same. (instead of entering a failsafe mode)
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