Re: New Zealand VEX
 

Sorry, I dont have any 1.3 MP cameras.

Big day is coming up soon, and we still dont have auonomous!
Our main prblem is that we dont have any shaft encoders, etc, only limit and bumper sensors

Could someone help me in trying to do some autonomous, even if you give me measurements.

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

Make it simple, without encoders you will have an even tougher time making an autonomous with drive (took our junior team like 10 hours (with the field) remember drive slowly you don't want to have to take into account slip.

EDIT: seems like streaming has been given the go ahead by massey :)

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

my webcam sucks but will check my brothers.

as for auto, we just went

Arm Lift 1.5s
drive .5s
eject 3s

it does great =]

and Tim, i'll give positive feedback to combat ur report :D

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

Tim thats good you can stream it.

You have probably have thought of this already but on your website could you put some notices reminding people we are a day ahead of large parts of the world particulary a lot of the States.

This way they won't tune in a day late.

I don't have a webcam so sorry can't help.
But do you have any video grabber hardware for your computer because I thought there might be a video feed you could tap?

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

Hi we do have web cams but they are not 1.3mp ones unfortunately, our webmaster spent a lot of time last night setting up the site to get the streaming to work and apart from a little lag (due to slow uploading) it seems to work well. there will be a new thread created informing the users of Chief Delphi of the stream and the time delay.

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

im doing it now. and if you report the video ill re upload it :)

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

Tim, I played with my digital camera, and I found out that it can also act as a webcam (its a 4.1 MP camera). I have tested it and it is confirmed to be working.

The problem with my camera is that it eats through two AA batteries very easily. At the moment i dont have any AA batteries. That might be a problem.
otherwise, if anyone has a 3V DC charger (its a very small head size) then we could forget about batteries and run it off the main power supply (the only thing im worried about is that the charger anyone supplies may supply too much current).

if your interested, I will definitively bring mine.

Edit, my video camera (which i have a rechargeable batteries for and a DC power supply) can act as a webcam, the downside is that it needs a firewire port.

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

I've procured a 1.3mp webcam for us to use so that should be good. now i just hope massey has a decent internet connection for minimal lag to the server. with my private testings i have about a 1-2 minute lag :eek:

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

So do you want me to bring my own, or not? it would be nice if we had a camera for both fields.

just wanting to confirm.

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

bring your own as well for redundancy or we might be able to rig something up and have multiple broadcast stations :) im quite sure my server could handle that

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

Okay, Do you have a firewire port? Even so, I need to find the driver for my camera...

I will bring my digital one. The internet connection at massey should be fast, its a university connection and they normally have a direct link to the network, or even fiber optic link.

Also; what name would I be looking for on your team T-shirts?

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

ahh right, the laptop im going to be using to stream doesnt have a firewire port.

ill be wearing the shirt that says aciid_trojan ;)

and yeah, im hoping for some form of fiber with direct connection to global gateway *drools and wanders of to nerd heaven*

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

fraid i cant help with cameras, sorry.
will be videoing lots though and they'll go on youtube. or maybe i'll sell them :D

is it bad that i understood that? XD

If is running from SymbiOHSis pits what will it be filming?

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

not at all. nothing like downloading things on a direct connection to the global gateway. "linux isos" fully downloaded in minutes.

and it will be filming us frantically running around screaming that we've broken the robot or something like that, hopefully we can put a camera closer to the fields too :)

Re: New Zealand VEX
 

could always film the big screen they're feeding onto?
or just h4x the feed (wouldn't put it past you guys)