Radio Problem - Firmware?

[Bomberofdoom]

We had that in our robot before it was sent (boy, what a rake he did). From what FIRST reported, it was a problem with the new 2007 radios. Teams after the 3rd or 4th week recieved 2005 or older radios which worked fine.
Ask for those from other teams or FIRST.

[Adam Shapiro]

Originally Posted by Bomberofdoom

We had that in our robot before it was sent (boy, what a rake he did). From what FIRST reported, it was a problem with the new 2007 radios. Teams after the 3rd or 4th week recieved 2005 or older radios which worked fine.
Ask for those from other teams or FIRST.

I was under the impression that IFI did firmware updates on the radios to help fix the problem at competitions. Did they really approve the use of past radios? I would imagine that there would be quite a few issues with this, especially since the radio tree on the field was outfitted with 2007 radios. Are the new radios compatible at all with the old ones?

[Bomberofdoom]

I don't think so, they gave us the old robot controller radio in the competition. After the competition our mentor borrowed a 2005 RC radio and Operator radio and we didn't have anymore "lags".
Oh and in the competition they took our new robot controller radio...
So hang on, mabye it does work with old-new....we'll have to check sometime later.

[tseres]

make sure the OI is plugged into a power supply. it works by tether because the techer gives the OI power. with the radios though, you need a wall supply (it comes with it).