Re: What operating system do you use on your driver station?
 

I am all about the driver station without a computer, iPhone only!

Maybe I will make a version for mac as well!!

Re: What operating system do you use on your driver station?
 

I'd like to see the RobotOpen/Sasquatch system put into the mix. Running a robot through Chrome? Yes, Please?!

I see 99% Windows as a CSA. Mostly 7 with some older Vista in the mix. The trend now, based on this season, is touchscreen Windows 8. Simplifies the interface for the DS a fair bit. Just gotta watch it in the heat of the match.

I've seen a few Macs with Windows over the past few years with no issues. Once, even seen an attempt at a Linux powered DS but it was more of a curiosity to see if it could be done. They had the software up and running but it failed the field connection test. I am unaware if they ever succeeded in full field functionality.

Whatever you use, make sure you work out the bugs before competition. Also have spare DS(es) ready to go. The field will have a classmate on hand if you need it but it's setup for basic operations only. If you're using anything beyond the drive and camera, you're not gonna have that functionality.

Re: What operating system do you use on your driver station?
 

I want to underscore what Harsharan is saying here.

The Ultrabook works fine, BUT, it has a touch screen. If you don't know EXACTLY what you are doing, it's a disaster!

For example: We ran hot goal detection on the laptop. This allowed us to fine tune the detection to changing lighting condition right before the start of every match. It worked really well. That is, until the FTA was looking at our DS right before a match and reached up to point at the screen and made contact! It threw our detection calibration right out the window. Let's just say, we missed the hot goal that match.

The issue is that a live touch screen in a competition environment might not be a good idea.

Re: What operating system do you use on your driver station?
 

How to turn off the touch screen in Windows 8.1 Update

1. Windows-x (my favorite shortcut)
2. Device Manager
3. Human Interface Devices
4. HID-compliant touch screen (name of this may vary on your machine)
5. Right click, select Disable

Re: What operating system do you use on your driver station?
 

Understood. But, as I said, if you know what you're doing, then it's not an issue. We take advantage of it for many things. We use it for calibrating the vision code right before a match. So, turning it off really doesn't help us. We just need ta ask people to NOT TOUCH it please!

Re: What operating system do you use on your driver station?
 

Sort of off topic, but in this years game animation, who all noticed that the driver stations laptops were all Mac's, despite the fact that the Driver Station cannot run on Mac OSX?

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That's just Dave having a little fun with us. Think of it as an easter egg.

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They're all running Boot Camp :)