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Originally Posted by Mike Betts
Arthur,
I would refer you to this thread. I would be interested in seeing where in the rules or posted questions we are limited to easyC as a programming language.
I'm not saying that the rule does not exist... I am unable to find it.
Regards,
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Mike,
There is no rule in the manual. Easy C is included with the Vex Robot, hence the references toward it. FIRST has put this note on the FVC Resources page in the EasyC V2 Upgrade Offer.
"In order to successfully compete in the autonomous portion of the FIRST Vex Challenge game, "Half-Pipe Hustle" you
MUST upgrade to easyC version 2."
If the team is using Easy C, they must upgrade from version 1.1 to version 2, or their robot will not run at the competition. This happened at the St. Louis tournament.
MPLab can also be used to program the robot, and is discussed in the FIRST Vex Forums:
http://forums.usfirst.org/showpost.php?p=184
http://forums.usfirst.org/showpost.php?p=185
http://forums.usfirst.org/showpost.php?p=226
MPLab Downloads and instructions for installing it are located here:
http://www.vexlabs.com/vex-robotics-downloads.shtml
Hope this helps, Mike!