Thread: Competition Super Dongle
View Single Post
  #2   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 01-12-2005, 19:43
Unsung FIRST Hero
JVN JVN is offline
@JohnVNeun
AKA: John Vielkind-Neun
FRC #0148 (Robowranglers)
Team Role: Engineer
  
Join Date: May 2001
Rookie Year: 2000
Location: Greenville, Tx
Posts: 3,159
JVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond reputeJVN has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Competition Super Dongle
No.
The communication protocol between the Arena Controller and the OI is proprietary and confidential. Knowledge of this would enable a team to manually switch to competition channels. This would COMPLETELY compromise the integrity of the FIRST competition.

The pins that have already been released are the only ones that perform any useful functionality. Everything else is controlled during the communication between the 2 processors via a serial link, and as such, is the protocol NOT for release.

Yes.
Someday, some FRC participant with too much time on his hands will “crack” the code, and reverse engineer the communication protocol. From that point forward, no matter how much we try, we may not be able to protect the integrity of the communication link between you and your robot. Although we continue to monitor communication with our scanners to protect competition integrity; we keep things proprietary for your protection.


JVN
__________________
In the interest of full disclosure: I work for VEX Robotics a subsidiary of Innovation First International (IFI) Crown Supplier & Proud Supporter of FIRST