Our team wants to use the PIC Microcontrollers to host a summer camp for the local elementary school children, but we do not know how to regulate the start of matches using the PIC Microcontrollers.
Do the VEXnet Competition Switches work for the PIC Microcontrollers? And if so, what type of cables should we use?
At all the meets 4886c attended, I used a PIC and it did work with the VEXnex comp switches. I think instead of using a long Ethernet cable, we used a coiled up cable.
Could explain more? The tethers for the old PIC controllers are different from Ethernet cables. And I’m pretty sure just stuffing them into the Ethernet ports on the competition switch wont work.
When you say PICs are you talking about using them with the crystal based transmitters not Vexnet?
I am basing the rest of my reply on that assumption.
If you already have a competion switches they need to be a Vexnet Alliance splitter to allow it to run with Crystal based transmitters.
You can see on the splitter there are two smaller 4 pin ports on each side.
These take the old tether cables. One port is used for each transmitter.
Make sure your tether cables are straight thru eg pin 1 - pin 1 else you can damage the transmitter.