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Originally Posted by Bongle
10 volts (which is really, really low btw) at idle could certainly drop to 3 volts when you start actually driving.
Here's an alternate theory:
-The 10V robot started the match, and as soon as the drivers engaged the power-hungry main motors, the voltage dropped so low the various voltage regulators couldn't keep the cRio and bridge functional
-The 2011 bridge takes about 90 seconds to reboot in our timing
-By the time the bridge rebooted and reconnected to FMS, the match was over.
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I realize that 10 volts is low (someone on our team put the wrong tag on it), but it was a little unusual to see a robot lose connection right at the beginning and regain it immediately when the match ends.
To everyone else, I know the hacking theory is a bit out there, and it is possible FMS was being a total butthead of a system. On the first day of practice matches they almost made us switch to the 2009-2010 gaming adapters because the field failed to connect to the new ones for a good 8 hours.
Of course, it turned out that the wifi in the gym there was interfering with FMS.
And to anyone who was at FLR, I really hope none of you tried to connect to the "Free Publlic Wifi" adhoc network.