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Re: Intermittent connection on field only
Unfortunately, which robots are on the field is part of the "environment", and so working in one regional and not in another could simply be the mix of robots. I believe that the DLINK is certainly one point of failure, from the battery to the power connection on the box, and internal to the DLINK. I also believe that there are issues with how the network is configured.
Maybe at one of the off season competitions - our first one is at Monty Madness, we can get a group together and poke and prod the field setup, and network with a mix of different robots. If we get enough robots together we might be able to map out some of these issues, on a real field.
I think that we would all like to have a level playing field for all robots. And to do that we need data on real fields, and I would like to be involved in the analysis, not simply told that it's "fixed" because I'll be back to the "there doesn't seem to be any issue with my robot, in the pit, or at our build site, and there is at competition". And once again, left to tell the kids that I can only theorize about what is wrong because the conversation is closed when it comes to discussing details about the field with FIRST
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