Connection Problem?

[agapedad]

Originally Posted by timytamy

Just to clarify, have you tried running teatherd between the LAPTOP and the DLINK?

Thanks - we can't run the robot around with it tethered. We only lose com when we are running around and jostling the robot.
Right this moment we are running fine with a piece of foam under the RoboRIO...we'll see if this continues.

[Alan Anderson]

If you suspect that jarring the roboRIO is causing a problem, look closely at its power input wiring. Make absolutely certain that the screw terminals are tightly holding the conductors, and that there is no bare wire showing. Especially check that there are no "whiskers" of stranded wire that might have escaped the connector.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by agapedad

Thanks - we can't run the robot around with it tethered. We only lose com when we are running around and jostling the robot.
Right this moment we are running fine with a piece of foam under the RoboRIO...we'll see if this continues.

Just a side note.

I'd recommend you purchase a long (seriously, there's no such thing as too long) ethernet cable for use on the practice field, because you will be using the practice field.

[agapedad]

OK- so we put a piece of foam under the RoboRio and had no issues practicing all last week. Tonight we hit the wrong side of our practice scoring platform, and lost communication briefly. Now it is happening with jostling again.

We are able to communicate again fine after about 25 seconds without touching the robot. We have checked and re-checked all of our connections, and are not seeing any issues. We literally ran with no issues all last week, practicing every night!

Any other ideas