[EricH]

Originally Posted by devicenull

But they are going to be on for at least one match before anything starts, so it won't be a big problem (I figure they run at least one match all the way through without robots, to make sure everything works)

From experience (I worked field reset in '03, at the Championship), FIRST will run at least one and probably two matches (1 to check the E-stop, 1 to check a full match). The targets should be warmed up.

Oh, and the rule about lights off...There isn't one, except for this sentence in Section 3.2.3:

Originally Posted by Game Manual

...The vision system target will be illuminated when the Center Goal is “active” and available for scoring.