PDP User’s Guide
3/28/2018
Cross The Road Electronics Page 20 3/28/2018
5. Troubleshooting Tips and Common Questions
5.1. What is the threshold for Vbat fault?
PDP will assert the battery fault when battery voltage drops below 6.5V. This only causes the
status LED to slowly blink orange when robot-disabled. No robot functionality is affected.
Battery voltage is ignored the first 500ms since power-up to ensure erroneous trips are not
detected (battery connect, closing 200A breaker).
5.2. Are sticky faults cleared during/after a firmware field-update?
No. Sticky faults will persist during and after a field-update. They do not affect robot
functionality and only exist for diagnostic purposes. See FRC WPILib Screensteps
(
http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com
) for steps to detect and clear faults (“Updating and
Configuring Pneumatics Control Module and Power Distribut
ion Panel“).
At the time of writing this link can be used:
http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/4485/m/24166/l/216217-updating-and-configuring-
pneumatics-control-module-and-power-distribution-panel
5.3. Do I need to firmware-update? Where are the files?
The ship firmware of the PDP is not FRC legal. The latest CRF can be found at
http://www.crosstheroadelectronics.com/control_system.html
. Consult FRC game rules for what
is required. Consult
Section 4
for software details.
Additionally the firmware file can be found after updating/installing the driver station software
on
your hard drive
.
Instructions on how to field-upgrade the PDP are available at FRC WPILib Screensteps
(
http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com
).
At the time of writing this link can be used:
http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/4485/m/24166/l/216217-updating-and-configuring-
pneumatics-control-module-and-power-distribution-panel
