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Re: [FTC]: Samantha? Like it or hate it?
Samantha was easier to use than Bluetooth. We had very few problems with Samantha and the problems that we did have were easy to fix. It took us a while to figure out how to set up and configure the Samantha but that was because Samantha was new and none of us knew how to use it. We followed the directions that were on the FIRST website and played around with it and we got it to work. Most of the problems we had involved the computer not connecting to the router or not using the correct templates for autonomous and teleop. The only other problem we had more than once was when the Samostat said that the IP address of the Samantha was 169.254.___. __. That problem was easy to fix all we had to do was turn the robot and the brick off and then turn them back on. If that didn’t work we unplugged and then plugged back in the router or reconfigured the Samantha. Our Samantha died at the Maryland competition for unknown reasons but my guess would be that it had something to do with being in a cold car for too long or something like that. We had problems with FCS not connecting to Samantha when the computer did. Trying to rescan for the Samantha didn’t work so we had to exit out of the FCS. We had to turn on the Samantha before we looked for it using FCS or it wouldn’t find it even if we rescanned. Better instructions for setting up the Samantha would have been helpful. The only complaints I have about Samantha are that we could only get one which meant that if it broke we were screwed and that some of the tech people at the Maryland state and Pennsylvania York qualifier competitions knew less than I did about Samantha and FCS.
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