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Re: Vision: what's state of the art in FRC?
My answers are marked with ***s.
How does this indicator determine what the field limits are?
Is it set dynamically based on the field configuration or set based on a static expectation?
I've seen fields with the channel bonding on and with it the channel bonding off.
*** The LEDs are based on the static guidelines. They are in effect with and without a field so hopefully a team will identify a 15Mbps camera before they compete.
*** The field is typically using bonded channels, but for a portion of 2013 it didn't, and in some venues it may not be feasible. Even without bonding, the field "should" have enough bandwidth to run a match with all robots using the recommended bandwidth. But some venues are challenging.
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The problem with all these tools is that you probably will look after you had a problem on a competition field.
Then you might change the settings but by then you are already down a match or if you are lucky maybe a practice match.
*** The LEDs and Mbps values are there even when not on the field, so hopefully most teams are prepared. The charts are live on the DS, but not in the front tab. Yes, these metrics are mostly for analysis following a match. My time machine is on the fritz.
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Is there a button or control somewhere I do not know about to upload logs to be examined?
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The Screensteps indicates that it is available in the Start Menu or in Program Files. There is in fact a button for launching the viewer, but the docs were not updated. In 2015, the button is even more prominent. The button I'm commenting on opens the file in the Viewer on the DS laptop. There is no button to send this to FIRST since they have a subset of this info already. I'm don't work for FIRST, so I'll sometimes ask teams if I can get their logs to help identify what happened. The log file viewer shows where they are saved and lets you look at other locations in case you want to have archives of other years/events.
If this feature does not yet exist could I ask for it to be implemented?
*** Too many pronouns, what feature is being requested?
Greg McKaskle
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