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Originally Posted by devicenull
I haven't noticed this at all.. I can go plug our camera and light in, after they have both sat off for a day, and the camera will find it no problem..
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)
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My problem is that when I open the color ranges up that far, the camera likes to see every other light source as well as the vision target. Only by narrowing the ranges down to the "warmed up" color can I eliminate that problem.
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Originally Posted by sciencenerd
So my question is, not being very familiar with the cold-cathodes, if you have it running for a while (long enough to warm up), turn it off, and then turn it on a couple minutes later, is it still warmed up? How long does the cool-down take? It seems that some people in this thread have been assuming it will stay warmed up, while others are assuming it won't. Can anyone enlighten me?
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They cool down relatively quickly, only needing approximately 1.5 minutes to cool down to the point that they are too dim to reliably track. If FIRST keeps them on in-between matches, there should be no problem.
And I like the lamp-warmer idea!
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