[EricH]

One other thing that I'd like to say.

Einstein this year was a minor speedbump compared to another event a couple years back. Admittedly, said event had a number of factors besides the field issues complicating things.

I would not say that we've had nothing but problems since switching the control systems/wireless. However, I will say that field connection problems seem to have become more prevalent, and if this continues to be an issue, I expect that FRC HQ will be under significant participant pressure to change something with the system. Whether it's the FMS (which was mostly reliable the last couple of years), or a "Not my system" attitude held by both teams and field crew on occasion, or the routers on the robots, something needs to be made more reliable.

With the IFI system, they could tell right away whether it was the field or your robot, and if it was your robot they'd help you find and fix the problem. I haven't seen that type of full-system support the last few years--maybe because it's a multiple-manufacturer system. The system as it is is pretty good... but with this public of an issue, it could use some improvement.