Well, thanks to O'Brie's ingenuity and the work done yesterday, those are now things of the past, because we now have the six kill-switches installed and functioning. From now on, when your car de-slots, you hit your kill switch and power to the track is disconnected, stopping all cars regardless of their throttle trigger positions. So, there'll be no more long coasting, no more creeping, no more jump-restarts. Things should work much more smoothly with all future track calls and restarts.
We finished by cleaning the start line sensor electronics and testing it all with some cars and everything worked perfectly.
Here are some pics of the work in progress.
O'Brie doing his magic with the wiring and Steve offers moral support while consuming a refreshing beer:
Masses of wires to sort out:
The "magic box" that does almost all the work:
Switches in place while work continues:
View from driver station 1. The switch "up" position for all switches means the track has power. Any switch in the "down" position kills all power to the track:
