Is this normal?

[ChuckDickerson]

This is kind of hard to explain but is it normal to have to cycle the power on the robot and/or the Wireless N game adapter several times before communication will be established between the cRIO and the Drivers Station? This is not a new “problem” for us as it has existed since we first got our electronics in December. EVERY time we start up the robot we have to either cycle the power or pull the plug on the wireless N game adapter to get things communicating. Most of the time two or three cycles of just the game adapter does the trick but sometimes we have to shut off the main breaker and count to 10 before powering it back up. Early on it was irritating. Now it is just plain frustrating because it takes quite a bit of time and effort to get the robot/cRIO and the Driver Station talking. Once everything starts talking it is fine until you power off and back on again. I just can’t imagine that this is normal. If it is then there will be a lot of wasted time trying to get the robots communicating with the field at the beginning of each match. I’m not talking about the boot up delay either. With our system you could wait an hour and it won’t start talking unless you cycle the power just right, hold your breath and have all of the freshman jumping on their left foot facing North.

Are other teams having these sort of issues? Anyone know what we should try?