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Re: **FIRST EMAIL**/Invitation to Beta test the New Control System
If you go to http://forums.usfirst.org/ then click on "FIRST Programs" then click on "2009 FRC Control System Beta Test Public Forum" you get to here
http://forums.usfirst.org/forumdisplay.php?f=743 which would be the "2009 FRC Control System Beta Test Public Forum" |
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If you are within Driving Distance of Ambler, PA on November 8th, Team 103 will be holding seminars and demonstrations for the new controller at Ramp Riot 2008.
Ramp Riot is sold out but every interested team is welcome to stop by and learn about the control system on that day. You do not have to be a registered team to participate. Thanks to Team 103 for making this possible! More details will follow in the Ramp Riot thread. If you want to access general information about Ramp Riot (directions etc.) you can go to our CD thread or visit www.team341.com and click on the Ramp Riot link. Hope to see you there. |
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FIRST has done right by creating a central repository for work and requiring all teams to post their findings there first. JM $.02 |
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At the very least, I'd think notifications of local beta tester demos at offseason events and such would start showing up in this particular subforum of the FIRST control system forums. As you said re: rookies - not all of them are hooked into the (I'll rephrase) "in the know" network, of which Chief Delphi certainly a part. I think it would be best if people would announce their demos on the FIRST-provided site, and then by all means extend their notifications elsewhere online by providing a link to the forums post. I've seen notices for NI/LabVIEW/control system demo events posted to numerous subforums on CD. Even for veterans - it is very confusing to keep track of all of them. I ask everyone to consider following a unified method of announcing control system-related events online. By posting only links to the central site, if any information is updated on the FIRST forums, it will be automatically captured everywhere else the link was posted. It won't have to be re-edited in multiple places, saving time and avoiding the risk of orphaned, conflicting information appearing online. I know this is Common Sense and Organization 101, but I don't think it hurts to provide such gentle reminders of streamlined methods. Conditioning all teams, vet and rookie, to visit central, common, consistent repositories of info and then reinforcing that knowledge with resources provided by local vet teams in the region seems like a logical course of action. All this comes at one big caveat, though - how frequently will information be posted and updated to the central repository? Per Bill Miller's blog, control systems were to ship 9/15 - a week ago. Without putting too much pressure on testing groups, I would personally like to hear/see some basic beta tester observations released soon - including whether or not you've actually received the systems. |
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Some teams have just received theirs, we are supposed to get our kit tomorrow, results will be coming soon ;) as far as posting goes, we can post information anywhere( our website or chiefdelphi) as long as we put a link to that website on the official FIRST Forums so that everyone will know about it. We will be having a really busy couple months! |
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Team 79 received ours late last night so work on it will not even begin until later tonight. The digital sidecars are not expected to arrive until Thursday so testing anything requiring motor controllers, relays, or even just a pwm connection (excluding solenoids) cannot be tested until then.
We are currently finishing our team beta controller website where we will post all information produced by the team, including whitepapers, photos, videos, diagrams, notes, issues, etc. A lot of this will be posted to the required FIRST repository, but everything will be available to anyone who wants it. Schedules were due to be posted to the beta-program-only forum yesterday so I would assume this information will be showing up on the FIRST forum shortly. The schedule FIRST gave the teams seemed rushed at first, but now that we have not even received our entire controller to test, it is going to be nearly insane for the first few tasks. Expect a lot more information to disseminate after teams have completed their bench-top tests and ironed out general controller functionality. |
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The 2009 Control System Intro Video is posted on the FIRST Forums:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=9802 Beta Teams should begin posting on these Forums shortly as well. Stay tuned... |
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"This video violates FIRST Logo Standards"......ok sorry I couldn't resist. :) LOL thanks for posting what will be the first of what I am sure many resources uploaded to the Forums site. The vid is definitely more detailed than anything else I've seen up to now. Keep it up! |
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Digital Sidecars are on the way. :)
Gotta love long lead-time parts...ordered MONTHS ago. :( |
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