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Holding Down Buttons on the Remote

Just to let everyone know: our team posted a question on the FIRST Q&A forum about holding down buttons in hybrid mode. According to GDC's response:

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Originally Posted by GDC
The application described violates the intent of the Robocoach signalling rule. The contact with the button should be momentary. By having your command contingent upon the length of the button press, you have encoded a variable "how long" command in addition to the "what" command.
So, we cannot hold down buttons in hybrid mode.