Driver's Controls

[Chubtoad]

Originally posted by fast frank
we have 2 joy sticks to drive and a control box. i'll let tim explain the "DOUBLE SECRETE OVER-RIDE BUTTON" if he wants to..

Well I'm the control box guy so I guess I'll explain the control box

Most of our functions or automated. We have a switch for Ball Load posistion. It brings the basket to right underneath the lip of the playerstation to load the 10 balls, then we have a base position, which is the most stable possition while still being able to grab onto a goal. Once we attach to a goal (semi-automated, but automatic in the mechanical sense of the word, not programmed) we then have the "Dump" posistion, which is very appropraite because it send the basket up the next 4 feet and out so it can dump balls. One more button press and the balls are dumped.

In case of other needed movements we have override buttons. If you hit the override button for the Basket functions it turns the LOAD posistion button into the controler for the basket tilt in/out
and the DUMP button goes to control the actual Height (extension) of the basket/arm.

BUT we thought that "What if one of the limit switches is malfuntioning, THE ROBOT WON"T WORK!!" so we Installed the INFAMOUS "DOUBLE SECRET OVERRIDE MODE!"

The simple override still listens to limit switches so you can't send things out of the extent. HOWEVER the DOUBLE SECRET OVERRIDE LISTENS TO NO LIMIT SWITCHES!!! NONE!! and the little LED's that tell you whether you are in Manual(override) or Automatic mode BLINK!! THEY BLINK!!! IT IS SOOOO COOOOL!!!
Come by our Pit at the NATS for a Demonstration of our $@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@#$@# Control system!!!!
YEAH!!!!! 271!!!