Does it start when you pair your controller and cortex, or when you connect it to the competition switch?
It starts when they both pair if I remember right.
@newbievex, pre-match auton begins when the field manager clicks start on the Tournament Manager software.
is there anyway you can simulate that in practice
yes. use a competition switch and set the switch to autonomous and hit enable.
but wouldn’t that just start the autonomous and skip the pre auton?
please clarify what “pre-auton” is.
This is not what the post was asking. pre auton != auton.
Pre-auton starts when the controller and the cortex pair.
Also, this is the kind of thing that you can test yourself pretty easily.
pre-auton is one of the modes in vex competition control.
For example in RobotC, it’s
void pre_auton();
, and in PROS 3 it’s
void initialize();
Ah, ok. Makes sense. Thanks for the clarification
I was confused because people said you weren’t allowed to use joystick commands in preauton to set automation code. But if it’s when it pairs why would you not be able to use joystick commands?
It runs and then once it completes driver control runs.
Just because it pairs doesn’t mean it’s accepting further input from the controller. I don’t know the specifics on this one, though. Generally you used to provide input during pre-auton via the LCD screen or potentiometers, though usually potentiometers and the little shorts (forget their name) would be set before turning the robot on. Now I would expect input to be provided through the brain’s screen in place of the LCD screen during pre-auton.
Ok, so when it pairs it automatically runs pre-auton where the cortex does not receive any information from the controller, then autonomous runs, and finally controller where the inputs will actually go through?