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does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

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We hooked up our drivetrain with the OI and RC complete. As we were testdriving our robot so far, we noticed that the radio would go to "no communication" mode and the controllers were basically dead and not controlling the robot. It is intermittent.
anyone have issues or solutions with this problem?
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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

When the radio doesn't work, the first response should be to tether up and see how things go. If that does not work then you can start to troubleshoot wiring errors, team number settings, dead batteries, etc.
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When the radio doesn't work, the first response should be to tether up and see how things go. If that does not work then you can start to troubleshoot wiring errors, team number settings, dead batteries, etc.
It's not that the radio just loses connection but that the user loses control. Even the disable switch doesn't work. It's my understanding that if the robot loses contact with the OI it should disable itself. It doesn't. The user simply loses control for a short while.
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It's not that the radio just loses connection but that the user loses control. Even the disable switch doesn't work. It's my understanding that if the robot loses contact with the OI it should disable itself. It doesn't. The user simply loses control for a short while.
This sounds similar to last year's "8.2 volt" bug. It never bit us, so I didn't pay close attention to the prescribed fix. I think it involved modifying the linker script to make a bank of memory out of bounds. If nobody pipes up with a good pointer to the details, you can search the forums.
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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

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This sounds similar to last year's "8.2 volt" bug. It never bit us, so I didn't pay close attention to the prescribed fix. I think it involved modifying the linker script to make a bank of memory out of bounds. If nobody pipes up with a good pointer to the details, you can search the forums.
Yes, that sounds very familiar!

Also, for those who think the problem may be completely unrelated to the 8.2v bug, remember that when you corrupt a section of memory on a running computer program, the results are (almost) completely unpredictable. A section of memory that is receiving data from the OI may be being corrupted, thereby locking in the last data frame instead of shutting down due to lost radio link.

I wonder if this may be a problem peculiar to your RC, only time will tell.
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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

We also experienced this. At the time, we were running the 2006 OI. Robot seems to be locked in the last data packet sent by the OI. Tonight we will continue testing with 2007 OI to replicate the problem. Because the robot thinks it has good data, disable switch does not work, leading to a very dangerous situation. It seems to happen for a matter of seconds, and return to normal operation. Because of the short duration, and random nature, haven't been able to read the diagnostic lights on the OI. It has not occured with the tether cable.

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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

I strongly suggest that you report this problem to IFI.
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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

I believe it's a problem with the communications. With the 8.2 problem, I didn't see any reference to the disable switch failing. We were using the 2006 OI with the new radios, so it may be a change in the radio communications which causes a intermittent problem. I have notified IFI of the situation. We have the new libs, and linker file installed.

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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

Have you updated the Master Code on the 2006 RC?

I believe that the new V13 master code for 2007 has changes for the new radio.
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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

It's the 2007 RC, which I believe has v13 master. Waiting for a return call from IFI. Were getting a "no radio" on the OI. Shouldn't this cause the master to shut down, regardless of what the User processor is doing?
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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

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It's the 2007 RC, which I believe has v13 master. Waiting for a return call from IFI. Were getting a "no radio" on the OI. Shouldn't this cause the master to shut down, regardless of what the User processor is doing?
Correct, "no radio" should immediately stop the robot dead in its tracks.

Does it work fine tethered??
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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

Spoke with the fine people at IFI. Best guess is it's either a bad cable, or interference from another radio source. There is a half second delay after the last good packet before the robot shuts down. After a good packet is received, the counter is reset, causing an additional half second delay. Hopefully we can narrow it down tonight.

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We have not seen it happen with the robot tethered. It only happens intermittently on the radio.

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Re: does anyone have OI and RC radio issues

we were using the 2006 oi and rc with the new radio's from 2007. Is there a difference with the 2007 oi and rc? we are going to try and run tomorrow with using the 2007 oi and rc and see if there is a problem.
when we lose the radio signal on our oi, the robot stall and shows loss signal also.
cant see how it would be intereference. nothing else around and we have always tested in the same room.

anyone? please help.
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we were using the 2006 oi and rc with the new radio's from 2007. Is there a difference with the 2007 oi and rc?
To the best of my knowledge, the 2006 and 2007 systems are identical hardware. But the 2007 RC came with v13 of the master code installed, which has specific support for the new radios. If you haven't yet updated the master code in your 2006 RC, that might be an issue.

(To check the master code version, press the mode button on the OI until it shows the 3-digit user value. The display will show the version number briefly before changing to the user byte value. You want to see u013 appear.)
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To the best of my knowledge, the 2006 and 2007 systems are identical hardware. But the 2007 RC came with v13 of the master code installed, which has specific support for the new radios. If you haven't yet updated the master code in your 2006 RC, that might be an issue.

(To check the master code version, press the mode button on the OI until it shows the 3-digit user value. The display will show the version number briefly before changing to the user byte value. You want to see u013 appear.)
OK. I just checked the version and it is the u012 version. i used this years mplab to get the default frc code. how do i update to version 013. Does anyone know if its the reason it would cause radio, no modem failure?
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