Losing power through DS.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Team3763 Adam

We were told by another team that on the DS, there is a small LED next to the 2-pin connector that flashes. On two of our three Digital Sidecars, the LED doesn't light up. We haven't checked the third DS, however we were also informed that it MAY be something in the coding, although I don't see why.

Wired correctly, the big yellow light should blink in the same pattern as that little RSL light on the Digital Sidecar.
The RSL has absolutely nothing to do with your user coding.
The FRC image controls it.
The RSL is only active in slot 2 of the cRIO.

If all else fails, in the previous years we've wired the light into the 12V terminal on the PD board. Could we splice the wires to the light and wires to the D-Link together and connect it to the same terminal?

Arggg..... No, no, no, no, no

The purpose of the big yellow light isn't to be a flashlight to light the field, or find your robot in the dark.
It's purpose is to let robot status blinks be seen at a distance across the field.