I read through this a few times and I'm still slightly mystified.
On one hand, we have
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Question: It's my understanding that the scoring system counts balls as they go through the goal slots. If they are using a beam break sensor, which seems the most obvious, will it get confused and/or miscount if a large amount of balls is dumped in a corner goal at once (ie. dumptruck style)?
Answer: Balls are scored using a combination of real-time ball counters. Balls scored in the Corner Goals are counted by a vision system as they pass over a lighted strip as they enter the corrals. Balls scored in the Center Goal are counted using a photoswitch as they enter the return tube. Additional photoswitches detect balls scored in the Center Goal, but not yet counted at the end of a period, to tell the scoring system to wait 5 seconds to be sure all balls are counted.
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yet in another thread, I found
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Question: This line of questions deals with the timing of scored balls in the center goal (section 4.3.3). If team A gets 10 balls into the goal in auton, but only 7 make it to the detector by the end of auton, how many count for auton, 7 or 10? If the answer above is 7 and team A ends up going on defense first, what happens to the 3 balls that went in the goal, but not past the detector? If the answer is 10, is there a delay before the second period starts in order to count the balls?
Answer: The scoring system has been designed with this situation in mind. The counting system for the Corner Goals will be turned off as the buzzer sounds and the period ends. Balls that have not entered the Corner Goal when the period ends will not be counted. Balls thrown at the Center Goal will be counted if they have been released from the robot at the end of the period, and are in flight or in the goal as the buzzer sounds.
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Any thoughts, or are these two rulings relating to totally separate parts of the game?