Actual Team Update #20
 

http://usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/...nt.aspx?id=450

Aww, no free classmate repairs...

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

What's the point of the strikethrough on the first part? It still says "Portable computing devices may only connect to the DRIVER STATION", so there's no ban on it. Just a removal of the limits on how it can connect. Hint of another new control computer with more ports next year?

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

Unlikely, considering that they don't make updates to old rules to indicate what they'll do next year. I never saw a Classmate oriented Lunacy rulebook.

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

Off topic, but went back and confirmed there was an update every Tuesday since kickoff (along with a few on other days).

Is this consistent with previous years? Obviously lots of discussion about the 2 blank weeks but each Tuesday before that contained actual updates.

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

They probably didnt want to add "or an Ethernet Port( or a USB/Ethernet adapter)" to a sentence that already had two 'ors' :D . The sentence is a much easier read now. That was an annoying rule anyway, who actually prefers to use USB A to A "transfer cables" to network computers? (other than those who bought one because they were told that's the only way to transfer their files to their new computer)

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

FYI to all. Ours port has been broke for a long time and all we did was super glue in a short ethernet cable into the ethernet port on the laptop and use a ethernet coupler to connect the new cable to the field. Has worked very good for us.

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

Wait, I think I just figured out why. They made it legal to make an ethernet network now as long as it's not the same network as the field

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

If this ends up being the reason why, then I'm pretty excited for all the possibilities this could offer.

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

That was always within the rules this year, wasn't it?

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

He is talking about a second laptop for dashboard etc... Previously it had to be connected to the USB port on the classmate, now it can be connected to Ethernet.

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

But only if you want to use the USB->Ethernet adapter for your FMS connection.

The Classmate only has 1 ethernet port and you still can't put anything but a USB->Ethernet device or a pigtail between the classmate and the FMS cable.

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

Oh man they aren't making the 469 strategy illegal, I thought the 20th time would be the charm.:D

Re: Actual Team Update #20
 

*Obligatory reminder this has been discussed before, snarky comment regarding poster's maturity, offhandedly suggest he grows up*
:rolleyes: :p :D