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STEP 5 – Start your system
Switch on the Main Power switch (RED)
AND
M3 Power switch (GREEN) on the front of the robot.
WAIT 5 seconds
and the M2-ATX Power Supply will cycle the power to the PC automatically.
The M3 Power switch is used to turn on the M3 Controller. If this switch is OFF, the M3 will not be
able to drive the motors or read the sensors.
When the battery voltage drops to
11.2V
(i.e. when the batteries need recharging, the M2-ATX will
cycle the power to the PC again to auto-shutdown before the power is cut (45 seconds later) and the
batteries are protected from total discharge.
This is the same as the user pushing the PC ON switch on the CPU and shutting down the computer.
