Field Electronics Setup Guide
Rev 10 1/23/2013
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FIRST
Tech Challenge
6.
LOADING THE CONFIG F ILES ONTO THE SAMANT HA MODULES AT SOFTWARE INSPECTION
6.3.
To ensure that all Samantha modules are configured and operating uniformly the software inspector
should perform the following steps at the start of each robot software inspection:
1.
Ensure the Samantha is powered off.
2.
Insert the flash drive into Samantha.
3.
Holding the red button on the Samantha, turn the power on and let go when the LEDs light up.
4.
Watch for the lights to flash red->white->blue->white->red (about 15-20 seconds) until the red
(power)LED is solid, the white (WiFi) LED is blinking slowly, and the blue (NXT) LED is off.
The LED
lights will cycles once for each file that is uploaded to Samantha. Two cycles indicates that files are
being uploaded (one cycle for the Samantha.hex and once for FTCNTKY and SMRTNTKY) If only one
file is being uploaded then the light cycle only happens once.
5.
When all files have been uploaded, remove the flash drive and insert the USB cable from the NXT into
the Samantha, and power on the NXT. The blue LED will illuminate but will not be solid. This
‘heartbeat’ is an indicator that the NXT is communicating properly with the Samantha.
6.
When all of the above has been completed, the robot is ready to communicate with the FCS.