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FIRST General Forum
#58

We have our bot driving!!! I will get the pics up asap. I will tell you ahead of time that it is a mess because the robots motors and sensors are all hidden, so there is pwm running all over the place. I ran into one problem, which was the digital sidecar not getting any power, and it was plugged in. I moved it to another slot in the fuse panel and it worked just fine. I do think it may have been my fault for sticking the wire too far into the wago connector and having the insulation touch instead of the copper.

One question though… how are you supposed to supply power to the gaming router thing on the bot. It did not come with a connector that goes from the fuse panel to the router, only a 120v power supply. Am i just supposed to hack into the wire and cut it, or am i supposed to have one come in the kit?

#59

Cut off the end and connect it to the PD Board.

#60

here are the pics of the progress so far. Its driving:D , but needs to be cleaned up and programmed… also have to hook up the encoders, limit switches, and compressor.
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/samir13k/sidewinder2.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/samir13k/sidewinder3.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/samir13k/sidewinder4.jpghttp://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc160/samir13k/sidewinder5-1.jpg

If you notice, the speed controllers and spikes dont fit in the old electrical panel area, so they are now located in the back of the bot. (pic 3)

#61

We have ours up and running as well. I will try to get pics or maybe video possibly. We had some issues with the sidecar as well and with the wireless. We got it fixed though. Good luck everybody and Happy Thanksgiving!

#62

Hey,

My team signed up for early shipment but hasn’t received an email yet. Have other teams not gotten emails either, or did we make a mistake in registration somewhere?

#63

They are also shipping units until the 5th of Dec, so you still have time. I’d check with your TIMS “shipping Contact.” I would also double check all my info in TIMS. If that’s correct, I’d be making polite inquiries to FIRST.

#64

No tracking number as of 6 hours ago at our meeting. :frowning:
Hopefully it will arrive before our next meeting next Monday!

Wetzel

#65

You get it in the order of who paid first. We were paid on Oct. 24th and got our system on Nov. 22nd. I hope that gives you some indication as to when you will get yours.

#66

No tracking number for 1712 as of this post … hoping we see something soon as well. I’ve corresponded with team support twice - they couldn’t really tell me anything other than there are other teams that haven’t gotten it and that if there was some sort of problem they’d inform me. So I suppose we’re in the queue somewhere.

#67

We didn’t receive notification of the shipment until 11:56 last night and its expected delivery date is today, for what it’s worth.

Obviously, we didn’t get a lot of notice.

#68

I sure hope ours ships soon, the suspence is too much. There is only so many times you can read through manual and oogle at the parts check sheet.

crossing fingers that it will ship this week…

#69

Also, 397 has ours, but we have no meetings until next Wednesday. :frowning: Oh well, I should be working on the mentor’s vex bot anyway…

#70

Ours was picked up at 4:56
Due in Fri sometime …

#71

Rich -

We have yours. To save time, I just asked FIRST to ship it to us. It arrived today. It seems to be really cool. Hey, is water supposed to come out of it when you tilt it to one side like that? It is here whenever you want to come and pick it up.

-dave

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#72

Great! More time for me this winter. Who wants to spend six weeks snow tubing? Anyone who prays on insecurities like you do should NOT be around young people. And remember my friend, revenge is a dish best served cold. :wink:

#73

I see what you did there!

#74

We have ours. It came yesterday and it was dry:D

I’ll send you some pictures next week if you want to see one, Rich.

#75

Ours was picked up on the 18th
Due in Fri sometime…

#76

It doesn’t go by when you paid because our payment was received on October 2nd and we still have not heard on shipment yet.

#77

We paid the day before they started shipping and they shipped ours today.