Posted by Nick at 1/10/2001 4:52 AM EST
Student on team #240, Mach V, from Jefferson Monroe High School and Visteon.
Could anyone tell me how to download user written programs into the Default program slot? Also is there any way to load more information than the 2k alotted for each program?
Posted by Elaine at 1/10/2001 5:48 AM EST
Student on team #368, Kika Mana, from Mckinley High School and NASA Ames/Hawaiian Electric /Weinberg Foundation.
In Reply to: Programming
Posted by Nick on 1/10/2001 4:52 AM EST:
You have to take the pin out of the default setting located on the control system(robot)and switch it to the other two pins…If you need more information, it should be written on the innovation first site @ www.innovationfirst.com
Elaine
: Could anyone tell me how to download user written programs into the Default program slot? Also is there any way to load more information than the 2k alotted for each program?
Posted by Nick at 1/11/2001 12:07 AM EST
Student on team #240, Mach V, from Jefferson Monroe High School and Visteon.
In Reply to: Re: Programming
Posted by Elaine on 1/10/2001 5:48 AM EST:
I thank you for your help, but I guess I just don’t understand what you are trying to say. I would be grateful if you would clarify.
Posted by Matt Leese at 1/10/2001 12:47 PM EST
Other on team #73 from Edison Technical HS and Alstom & Rochester Institute of Technology.
In Reply to: Programming
Posted by Nick on 1/10/2001 4:52 AM EST:
You can’t overwrite the default program. You can however, overwrite the user program. There’s a jumper that needs to be set on the Robot Controller in order that it runs the user program.
Matt
Posted by Joe Johnson at 1/10/2001 9:45 PM EST
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
In Reply to: Re: Programming
Posted by Matt Leese on 1/10/2001 12:47 PM EST:
I have it on good authority (Tony Norman at Innovation
First), that is is not only possible to write to the
default program space, but it is a recommended practice.
FIRST is recommending that teams download their code
twice (once in default, once in user) so that you will
not have to re-download your code in the heat of battle
if a glich toasts one copy of your code.
This happened a few times last year to the great
displeasure of the teams that it happened to. This is
a work around until the cause of these very infrequent
loss of code problems is discovered and prevented.
Joe J.
Posted by Joe Ross at 1/11/2001 3:47 AM EST
Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot 2001, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL and J&F Machine.
In Reply to: Check again…
Posted by Joe Johnson on 1/10/2001 9:45 PM EST:
: FIRST is recommending that teams download their code
: twice (once in default, once in user) so that you will
: not have to re-download your code in the heat of battle
: if a glich toasts one copy of your code.
I seem to remember trying to upload new code last year to the default space and I got some sort of error. As soon as I switched the jumper to the user program the program uploaded fine. Is there any documentation on how to do this, because I would like to be able to keep two copies in the robot at all times.
Posted by Joe Johnson at 1/11/2001 9:34 AM EST
Engineer on team #47, Chief Delphi, from Pontiac Central High School and Delphi Automotive Systems.
In Reply to: How?
Posted by Joe Ross on 1/11/2001 3:47 AM EST:
Try it on this year’s controller, the feature is new this year.
Joe J.