[ScorpiusWireless]

Even with the standard track sensors it's possible to force the car in front into a lane change , filling it up with even more is not going to work with all the cars on track  .

Even with the standard track sensors it's possible to force the car in front into a lane change , filling it up with even more is not going to work with all the cars on track  .

Lots of people dreamed about 12 cars or more. And who could blame them. But we tried in early 2007 with extensive tests on a specially
made drag 10m drag strip at 25V to test accuracy.

The power base code employs a checksum as a tool to identify corrupted packets and remove but it only works with IDs 1-6. Any real engineer can deduce this with a quick look at code.

The LED space ratio (the time the led is emitting compared to the time it is not emitting) is inverted when changing lanes and if you try to invert ID 7 upwards there’s not enough window of opportunity for the LC to gather enough data to recognise lane changes. ID 8 was dismal and ID 9 didn’t even trigger the LC at 3m/s. 
So unfortunately using an extended SSD protocol cannot work. That’s when I suggested to John we develop a proprietary code for 16 car IDs, at a much higher frequency for Scorpius development. A blessing in disguise and we have never looked back. We later upped it to 24 car IDs.
I offered $1000 if anyone could send me a car that can do more than 6 IDs. No one took me up on the offer.

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