Feedback Thread: Robot Control System

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Originally Posted by apalrd

As for the cRio hardware itself, it was fairly good (although it does weigh alot). It would be nice to have a separate Tether and Radio connection to avoid unplugging the radio, but that could be fixed by using a radio with multiple ports (this would also make the tether easier to access, as the radio is generally in a more visible location than the cRio.

I have heard the complaint regarding having to disconnect the cRIO from the radio multiple times on this and other threads. What our team did to solve this issue (it was WAY too hard to get to the connector on the cRIO) was to unplug the network connection from the radio end and then plug it into a simple (cheap 4 port variety) network switch connected to the classmate, etc. It made things easy in the pits to convert from a competition (radio) configuration to a pit/testing (tether) configuration.

However, I will agree that the time for the new wireless switch to boot is very long and the power connection on the radio is very prone on problems as well.

Enjoy!

Floyd Moore
Mentor Team 997