simple question on signal light

[john_platz]

what is it used for and is it required?

[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by john_platz

what is it used for and is it required?

John,

The RSL is required by <R54>. The light blinks to alert field personnel as to the status of your robot. The codes for last year were:

Solid ON = Autonomous Enabled

Solid ON, but blinks OFF every 1.5s = Teleoperated Enabled

Slow Blink (900ms on/ 900ms off) = System Disabled; caused by system watchdog, user watchdog or Driver's Station set to disabled

Fast-Slow Blink (200ms on/900ms off) = Low Battery (<12V) or no user code AND system disabled either by system watchdog, user watchdog, or Driver;s station set to disabled

Fast Blink (200ms on/200ms off) = System error: No driver's station communication, bad cRIO Image, bad team ID, extensive comm. error

I do not think that FIRST has published the RSL codes for this year's software yet but they should be very similar.

Regards,

Mike