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Originally Posted by SenorZ
Hmmm. Intentional interference... sounds like FRC is really starting to look like a "varsity" sport.
Aside from Einstein having issues there were tons of radio and cRIO issues at regionals. It really is time for FIRST to look at a new system.
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After reading the report, I think I could say that I now support FIRST's claims of "Its not us, its you" in regards to comms loss at the regionals this year. If 5 of the 12 Einstein teams could have electrical/programming issues, I can see it being a larger problem then I thought before. Even though most of the errors were silly mistakes that wouldn't effect comss, imagine all the other teams that could make silly mistakes that would. The control system is fine, if put together correctly. More documentation is all you could really do about that, but teams have to read it. Now the radio, on the other hand..
I'm impressed with the detailed report and the handling of the situation by FIRST. Can't wait to get my hands on the FMS white paper!
As to the "interferer", I see his actions "accidentally intentional". From my understanding of the report, he simply tried to connect to the robot and provided an incorrect network password. I've seen robot networks on my mobile device many times, and tried connecting to it in the shop out of curiosity. Nothing really happened in that environment, but I'd give him the benefit of the doubt and call it a case of curiosity killed the cat. After all he did come forward.