On-Robot Controls

[MrBasse]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

You will find it impossible to cause the cRIO to activate any motors when the robot is not enabled. That's a safety feature that cannot be bypassed by any code you can write.

My suggestion is that you provide a way to disconnect the motor from its speed controller and then connect it to a separate battery through a manual switch.

What would be the difference between this and simply placing a switch that will send forward or reverse voltage to the motor from the robot battery? I don't see how this would be illegal but a separate battery and switch would be.

Honestly I don't understand why it is a problem to have manual control that is inaccessible unless purposefully controlled for safe travel from the field. I don't know why there can't be a blue box allowance of some sort to R54 to allow for safe transport. I think an inspector could judge whether a manual switch would pose a hazard or not. Think of a goalie robot with a ten foot arm extended going through a door to get to the pits...

To the OP, I think it is against the rules since you are controlling an actuator rather than the robot computer per R54.