[Pat Fairbank]

Hello all,

We at 296 are going to be setting up our pit clock system for all you folks in our division, Galileo. If you don't know what this is, it's a Flash program that runs on a computer in your pit, and shows all sorts of useful information - so that you don't have to go looking through the match list to find out when your match is and who you're with. I've attached a screenshot. We brought this to the Canadian Regional, but unfortunately not many teams knew about it and therefore couldn't take advantage.

The way the program works is that it communicates wirelessly with our server, where we keep a database set up similarly to the match list that FIRST gives us. We have two guys who are constantly updating it, so that it never gets out of sync with the field because of delays.

So make sure to bring a wireless network card and a spare laptop if possible if you want to try it out, and keep a look out for our instructions handout Friday morning.

Unfortunately we don't have the manpower or resources to provide this service for the other three divisions, but if someone else does maybe we can work something out.


Pat Fairbank
Team 296 Captain & Driver