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Re: Introducing Electronic Scouting: Tablets

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Originally Posted by evanperryg View Post
Check out 1678's scouting documentation for some great info on tablet scouting. Tablets aren't the only way to do electronic scouting, though. My team uses a custom system with playstation controllers. Tablets are the better option overall, but they can be tough to implement if you want to use a custom system. I have a document similar to 1678's whitepaper which lays out the 2338 system, pm me if you're interested and I'll be happy to share it.
I've asked our two tech leads to weigh in on this. Our system is a less expensive approach than 1983's (whom we're in discussions with), and we were able to get away with only two data SIM cards by using Bluetooth. The year before we used an even less expensive wire network approach. (You can see our previous whitepaper on that system.) It was less reliable, but was about half the cost.