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Originally Posted by DCA Fan
In past events I've had FIRST software for generating matches, keeping score, etc. I've also had to do it by hand sometimes. This year I was hoping to go back to an all computer system, but FIRST has been MIA in terms of answering requests for software. Does anyone happen to have any software for this, or better yet, the FIRST software? Thanks.
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I know that the Hatch software exists on FIRST's site explicitly for off-season events. That said, Mike and I took the better part of the evening beating the software into submission to get it to generate the matches we wanted. Unless you are playing Aim High verbatim, with a full FIRST field using the official electronics, I'd avoid it. (And even if you are, I'd still have a Plan B.)
Ultimately, we used Mike Walker's software for RTS and the on-screen display, paired with some slightly unorthodox field control for the field. (With no autonomous mode in Aim, well, Kinda High, we just switched off power to all the OIs at the end of the match with a surge strip. You could rig together a mass autonomous/disable box with a little soldering and a lot of continuity testing. Either solution requires having someone set the channels on each OI before the match.) I don't know if his setup does rankings, but that can be done with a little Excel work. Shoot him an IM or PM, and I'm sure he can fill you in on the details.