[Steve W]

Shawn see me Monday night. When I was at Detroit I had time to work with the Innovation FIRST guy. We did a lot of testing on the field with their sensor. We found that even when pointing right at 1 beacon that the other beacon was still being picked up. There were areas that both beacons were not picked up but they were random. We even got signals when facing the diamond plate. We also did a test covering the outside emitters with my fingers. After doing this the signals were much more distinct. This may be why they are taping some at other regionals.

For anyone going to a regional and using IR sensors, I would reccomend that you ask for 2 or three practice rounds, spread throughout the day, that only robots with IR are allowed onto the field and that computers can be brought onto field to recieve readings. I don't think that there should be a problem if approached right. Remember when asking to mention that this is something that FIRST wants to see, There are no beacons allowed on site and that the only way that you can troubleshoot is with your laptops.

Good Luck to all!!!!