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Originally posted by Andy A.
Why not just power it through a competition port dongle?
All you need then is a 25 pin connector (or a 25 pin cable chopped in half) and a battery.
*shrug* seems cheaper, and you can put in switches for disable and auto mode while you're at it. It's something I've been meaning to do for a while now. I would like to find a better power source, something in between a 9 volt dry cell and a bot battery. I was thinking an old laptop battery, although it is rated at 14.4 volts. I know nothing about the power system of the RC, so I won't try it, yet.
But it would be so cool.
Maybe if I get bored in the pit...
-Andy A.
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Be careful when you do that. Innovation FIRST will void your warantee if you try to power it through the Competition port on your own, and it screws up. From what I can tell you, the OI gets its power from Pin 1. I believe when you power the OI from the Competition port you un-lock more channels than you get with a regular dongle. To check the voltage of the OI you can measure it from Pin 1 to a ground (Pin 8).