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Originally Posted by esquared
1/2) With a real competition port interface, the OI will not have issues with channels/team numbers. Since IFI will not release the interface spec, and the few people who figured out the spec will not speak of it because of "GP", we were unable to provide competition control of the OI.
Last year, however, we did not see the OI channel # resetting at all when tethering/untethering.
3) The radio modem issue is becoming more apparent as teams have had the opportunity to drive their robots. There are numerous threads on failures and successes with the modems on the Control System board. The regionals that occur in the first week will really show us how bad it is going to get.
4) The carpet is from last year's competition, and the carpet + incredibly dry air definitely = static.
5) New transmission carrier plates will be available for teams at their first regional. I suspect the first night in the pits, and the NASA machine shop, will be VERY busy with these replacements.
6) Defensive autonomous modes get called for ramming depending on speed and the ref's. Driving across the field to interfere with your opponent is part of the game, as long as it does not do so in a hazardous or illegal method (such as hitting above the bumper line).
I'm not surprised about the lack of auto modes, most teams spent their time off the field getting their bots to work better/at all. The point of the event was to allow teams to try their bot out, drive against some opponents, work with other teams, and provide a nice spot to get your robot shipped out.
We also got the chance to get one of our neighbor team's bots up from a very unhappy state in the afternoon, to a driveable/workable state by the end of the evening. Regardless of all the rest of the problems during the day, helping a fellow FIRST team get up and working so they can compete at Finger Lakes made the day worth it.
--Eric
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Eric-
Please don't mis-understand- the event was very positive and we're DEFINITELY grateful! In fact, it highlighted several problems with our actuator that were fixed before ship and will have to be examined in the pits (I also got to add limit switches to prevent further gear shears).
What's GP ? Why is it a limitation on the OI interface?