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jajabinx124

04-01-2017 17:12

[FRC BLOG] Festival of Champions and Encrypted Game Manual

FRC blog post 1/4/2017.

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Festival of Champions and Encrypted Game Manual
Written by Frank Merrick.

Festival of Champions

By now, many of you have probably seen the announcement by FIRST Senior Management about the Festival of Champions to take place in New Hampshire on July 28th and 29th, 2017. We’re very excited to be hosting the Chairman’s Award winning team and the teams on the Winning Alliance from each FIRST Championship location for a two-day celebration. We’ve got several activities for the teams planned, including a special dinner with Dean at his home (so cool!), along with a competition between the winning alliances, to be webcast to the world. See the link above for more info. We still have many details to finalize, including all those pesky rules that will need to go along with this, but we wanted to pass along this news as soon as we could!

Encrypted FIRST® STEAMWORKS™ Documents

You want your encrypted game manual? You got your encrypted game manual. Download it now here. The paint may still be a little wet, so be careful.

For folks new to this, here’s the deal: Download the encrypted manual now to your iPhone/Android/PalmPilot/whatever (pdf apps like Foxit PDF or Adobe Acrobat are helpful). At the end of the Kickoff broadcast, we’ll reveal the code that will unlock the file so you can immediately start devouring all that FIRST STEAMWORKS goodness.

The Kit of Parts checklists, which will let you inventory your Kit of Parts, have also been encrypted and posted. You can find them here.

We’re still working on finalizing the drawing package that goes with the game. That likely won’t be ready for download before Friday, but we’ll let you know. It, too, will be encrypted.

All files encrypted prior to Kickoff use the same password, again to be revealed at the end of the Kickoff broadcast.

More news soon!

Frank

MARS_James

04-01-2017 17:20

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We’re still working on finalizing the drawing package that goes with the game. That likely won’t be ready for download before Friday, but we’ll let you know

As a member of a team who is hosting a kickoff I am patiently waiting till post kickoff to vent about something related to this.

bdaroz

04-01-2017 17:27

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Originally Posted by AlexanderLuke (Post 1625129)

For those of you who are going to look at this thing (the manual) and want compare how many pages it has to last year's manual or manuals from other years, here is the rundown of more recent years:

2017 - 126 pages
2016 - 111 pages
2015 - 65 pages

Just to point out, it's not a 1:1 comparison... Supposedly some parts of the former (/mourn) admin manual are now in the game manual.

Hallry

04-01-2017 17:31

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Here's a direct link to the 2017 FRC Game and Season Manual (Encrypted): https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.n...asonManual.pdf

Here's where to find the encrypted KoP checklist: http://www.firstinspires.org/resourc...7-kit-of-parts

With a direct link to them here: https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.n..._encrypted.zip

And here's the page where all 2017 FRC Game and Season Materials will be posted: http://www.firstinspires.org/resourc...nual-qa-system

Jon Stratis

04-01-2017 17:39

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Originally Posted by AlexanderLuke (Post 1625129)

Where did you get your numbers? I just downloaded the old manuals from http://www.firstinspires.org/resourc...-documentation and I get:

2016 - 114 (game) + 126 (admin) = 240 pages
2015 - 65 (game) + 59 (admin) = 124 pages
2014 - 111 (combined)
2013 - 94 (game) + 67 (admin) = 161 pages
2012 - 91 (game) + 73 (admin) = 164 pages

jlindquist74

04-01-2017 17:40

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Originally Posted by MARS_James (Post 1625127)

As a member of a team who is hosting a kickoff I am patiently waiting till post kickoff to vent about something related to this.

Why not encrypt your rant and post it now, then release the password during kickoff?

Bmarshall645

04-01-2017 17:49

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How are people downloading these files to their computer? I click the link but can't download it?

https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.n...asonManual.pdf

AlexanderLuke

04-01-2017 17:52

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I deleted my posts. I thought that what I had posted were the page numbers of what the page counts were in the encrypted manuals.

I seem to have been causing more confusion than good, so the posts have been removed. Sorry for the trouble.

Mark McLeod

04-01-2017 17:52

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Originally Posted by Bmarshall645 (Post 1625146)

How are people downloading these files to their computer? I click the link but can't download it?

https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.n...asonManual.pdf

Try right-click and choose Save Link As...

ABreyen

04-01-2017 17:55

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Just got Rick Rolled by FIRST... Won't say where... but its there xD xD xD

Bmarshall645

04-01-2017 17:56

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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod (Post 1625148)

Try right-click and choose Save Link As...

I did. No matter what I save it as it gives me an error when I try to open it in adobe. The error says there was a problem reading the document.

Mark McLeod

04-01-2017 18:00

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Originally Posted by Bmarshall645 (Post 1625151)

I did. No matter what I save it as it gives me an error when I try to open it in adobe. The error says there was a problem reading the document.

Is it the same for the KOP zip file?
Try a different computer.

I get the password popup for both.

Mattb706

04-01-2017 18:03

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Wait so I can download the link but it still is telling me I need the code?

Bmarshall645

04-01-2017 18:05

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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod (Post 1625156)

Is it the same for the KOP zip file?
Try a different computer.

I get the password popup for both.

KOP zip works fine and asks for the password when I open it.

Mark McLeod

04-01-2017 18:05

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Originally Posted by Mattb706 (Post 1625158)

Wait so I can download the link but it still is telling me I need the code?

The password is released at the end of the Kickoff broadcast.

Mark McLeod

04-01-2017 18:07

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Originally Posted by Bmarshall645 (Post 1625161)

KOP zip works fine and asks for the password when I open it.

pdf file size here is ~9.96MB in case it's a file transfer problem.

billbo911

04-01-2017 19:27

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I still haven't seen the firmware for the OM5P-AC radio yet. Will that be part of the technical documents released after Kickoff or will we need to search elsewhere?

Bkeeneykid

04-01-2017 20:29

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Originally Posted by billbo911 (Post 1625195)

I still haven't seen the firmware for the OM5P-AC radio yet. Will that be part of the technical documents released after Kickoff or will we need to search elsewhere?

My guess is the radio update utility will be installed with the 2017 Update Suite. Might be posted here:http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/ma...nav:pdl/q/FRC/

Joey1939

04-01-2017 21:12

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Originally Posted by Bkeeneykid (Post 1625255)

My guess is the radio update utility will be installed with the 2017 Update Suite. Might be posted here:http://search.ni.com/nisearch/app/ma...nav:pdl/q/FRC/

From this guide http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/...o-for-home-use, the utility is available here https://usfirst.collab.net/sf/frs/do...ration_utility.

GeeTwo

04-01-2017 22:14

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Originally Posted by Bmarshall645 (Post 1625146)

How are people downloading these files to their computer? I click the link but can't download it?

https://firstfrc.blob.core.windows.n...asonManual.pdf

What Browser are you using? With Firefox, select Save Link As... I would have thought that that saved the link itself, but it downloaded 10.2 MB of data.

tjf	04-01-2017 22:19

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo (Post 1625313)

What Browser are you using? With Firefox, select Save Link As... I would have thought that that saved the link itself, but it downloaded 10.2 MB of data.

Firefox and Linux both describe the file as 10.2MB. However, if you do file browser on it, the number of bytes should line up perfectly.

My file is described as "10.4 MB (10,444,146 bytes)".

logank013

05-01-2017 00:08

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Has any iPhone user been able to save this to their iBooks app on their phone? I can save it in dropbox but I'd prefer to have it in iBooks. When I click on "view in iBooks" in the safari browser, nothing happens. Thanks.

RobotsQ

05-01-2017 08:00

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Originally Posted by logank013 (Post 1625375)

I am getting this problem too. I might try some workarounds later. I'll keep you posted if anything works.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Jarren Harkema

05-01-2017 08:15

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Originally Posted by logank013 (Post 1625375)

I literally just had to figure this out with one of our students last night.

Long story short, no solution could be found to save it from Safari. If you go to the link in the Chrome app, you can save it to iBooks from there.

skottmorris

06-01-2017 22:58

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Thanks for the tip. Just wasted 30 minutes trying to save to iBooks from Safari. Installed Chrome and it was done in seconds. I also saved a local copy with Adobe reader too, just in case. Wish the world could run on Android.

Jarren Harkema

06-01-2017 23:17

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Originally Posted by skottmorris (Post 1626287)

Glad to be of help. I tested with other documents and have submitted a radar request to Apple through their Beta channel. I remember being able to save the document from Safari last year, so something changed with Safari.

Kpchem

07-01-2017 01:25

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Originally Posted by Jarren Harkema (Post 1625411)

I downloaded it on my computer, emailed it to myself, and then opened it from the email on the iPad. Was rather disappointed that Safari wasn't working.

Opening it in Chrome sounds like a much simpler solution.

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