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By patrick-the-funion
#200227
XBee:

The XBee stuff will be the same as last year. Luckily the transmitter from last year was not cannibalized, so it will return with the same settings.

channel: 12
pan: FA57
MY, DL and DH: 0

We will not use API.
By ChaosBuster
#200236
So the start signal will be a lighted signal (or XBee signal) and not the Car Wars start sign? I hope this xbee signal is in addition to the rules below as a way to gain the autonomous points. I was going by the following in the rules:

3.2.1.3. A starting signal will be placed facing the robot in the corner of warehouse.
3.2.1.4. The starting signal will be a 2-foot circle with one side painted green 1 foot above the hay bales just to the left of the starting line.
3.2.1.5. At the start of the heat, the starting signal sign will flip to the green side.