
29-11-2016, 09:17
|
 |
 |
Just Itinerant
AKA: Hey dad...Father...MARK
 FRC #0358 (Robotic Eagles)
Team Role: Engineer
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2003
Rookie Year: 2002
Location: Hauppauge, Long Island, NY
Posts: 8,731
|
|
|
Re: RoboRio in KOP?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Christopher149
Because of a change in FCC rules, we will all be getting a new radio for the robots (I don't recall if they announced which model it would be).
|
Maybe, maybe not.
To satisfy the FCC just requires a change in the existing firmware.
The details are on the FRC Blog: http://www.firstinspires.org/robotic...-system-update
Quote:
Robot Radio
In June, we blogged that we would be introducing a new radio for the 2017 season, and can do so now. The new radio for the 2017 season is the OpenMesh OM5P-AC. The OpenMesh OM5P-AN will continue to be competition legal, provided it has updated 2017 firmware. In order to comply with FCC regulations, the FRC firmware for the OM5P-AC and OM5P-AN disables the web interface and SSH access. You will only be able to configure the settings on the device using the FRC Radio Configuration Utility. Meanwhile, we will add flexibility to that tool to cover as many use cases as possible.
The OM5P-AC is available from Open Mesh and will soon be available from AndyMark. See those sites for pricing and availability. Devices won’t be usable until the firmware and configuration utility are available to teams. Worst case, they’ll be posted on Kickoff Day, and if we can publish sooner, we will announce via this blog.
|
__________________
"Rationality is our distinguishing characteristic - it's what sets us apart from the beasts." - Aristotle
|