And idea what is going on? The field control is always on driver. Never auto never disabled. The controller was working with this computer earlier this year when I ran a tournament but isn’t now.
This is usually caused by a bent pin which shorts out the control signal. Check inside all of the RJ45 jacks on the match controller, driver interface, and the team joystick and look for any bent or out of position pins.
Checked the pins and didn’t see anything. When the match controllers are plugged into the main controller, they show a green light on driver no matter what. I have changed the cables connecting them and changed the cable connecting the main controller to the computer.
It wasn’t obvious in your first video that it was affecting both driver interface ports. Since it is, then most likely the match controller is damaged. Do the green LEDs on the match controller board change to red when you unplug the driver interface boards? Is one of the driver LEDs dimmer than the other (it looks that way in the picture but it might just be the angle)? If you only plug in one driver interface at a time to each port do they both still show the driver LED?
If you want to rule out the computer as part of the problem, you could plug the match controller into a USB charger. Without a data connection to the computer, the driver interface LEDs should remain off. If they are on when just plugged into power, then something is definitely wrong with the hardware.
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It is just the angle. They both seem to be the same brightness.
Yes.
When plugged into an outlet the LEDs shows driver.
I understand it wouldn’t be competition legal, but would it be possible to modify the board to work? (I’ve taken a decent number of EE courses and know how to solder). My vexU team doesn’t have a comp switch and we are wanting to test the robot with field control as we were having issues with that earlier.
Here is a picture of the board. Not sure if there is anything blatantly wrong there.
Is the driver installed and the correct one ?
perhaps just switch over to using a V5 brain and the field control application if all you need is to simulate a competition switch,
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My best guess based on the descriptions is that the USB controller chip (CP2103) is damaged. This could theoretically be replaced but it is a very small package (QFN) and doing so would be difficult unless you have fairly advanced surface mount soldering skills and equipment.
It would be much easier to just use a V5 brain with the field control application as James recommended, or to purchase a new competition switch. You could also build your own DIY competition switch in a pinch - there have been plans posted somewhere on here before.
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