Programming instructions

ROBOTC
Testing VEX PIC Robots with the 75 MHz Crystals • 2
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Testing VEX PIC Robots with the 75MHz Crystals (cont.)
3. TurnontheVEXMicrocontroller.
4. TurnontheRadioControlTransmitterandobservetherobot.Youwillneedtousethetransmitter
joysticksandbuttonstotesttheusercontrolperiod.
Afterturningonthetransmitter,robotsusingtheCompetition Templatewillimmediatelyruntheir
autonomouscodefortheamountoftimespeciedwithinthetemplate(20secondsbydefault).During
thistime,movingthetransmitterjoysticksshouldhavenoeffectonthebehavioroftherobot.
Aftertheautonomousperiodhaselapsed,therobotwillautomaticallyswitchintousercontrolmodeand
enableradiocontrolfortheamountoftimespeciedwithinthetemplate(120secondsbydefault).Afterthe
usercontrolperiodhasended,radiocontrolwillceaseandtherobotwillstop.Astopwatchmaybeusedto
conrmthattherobotremainsresponsivetothetransmittercontrolsforthedesiredamountoftime.
RobotsusingtheDriver Skills Templatewillimmediatelyruntheirusercontrolmode,enablingradio
controlfortheamountoftimespeciedwithinthetemplate(60secondsbydefault).Aftertheusercontrol
periodhasended,radiocontrolwillceaseandtherobotwillstop.
Note:Ineitherscenario,theRadioControlTransmittermustbeontheentiretime.Forbestresults,fully
raisetheantennaonthetransmitter.
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