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Re: Wireless in pits
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Originally Posted by Adam Richards
Time to argue and then finally agree with you Matt, since that's what we do best.
The rule restricting wireless in the pits has existed since before FIRST used the 2.4GHz spectrum for robots. It existed way back in the day when we used DB15 connectors for joysticks and radios operated on 900MHz. Back when the old radios were used and wireless connections weren't a huge feature for scoring, regionals had a bit more leeway in determining minutiae, and you probably could get away with a wireless network or two.
Nowadays, rogue wireless signals wreak havoc on the field equipment, to the point several competitions this year have had to contact the school they were hosting the regional and demand they turn off all wireless internet near the competition site (IIRC, there were something on the order of 60-80 wireless networks being broadcast at the FL regional alone before we had everything turned off).
To sum it up: let the robots work, don't use wireless.
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No disagreement here, I understand the ruling. I was just pointing out the approach of the original poster was a bit frustrating because it really seems to come across somewhere between "I didn't read the rules" and "I read the rules, can I break them?" and I honestly don't think that was the intention. I was looking to raise awareness on how this could have been better phrased so that its not a problem in the future.
Matt
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I'm a FIRST relic of sorts, I remember when we used PBASIC and we got CH Flightsticks in the KoP. In my day we didn't have motorized carts, we pushed our robots uphill, both ways! (Houston 2003!)
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