[meaubry]

Doug,
I understand the concern of assuring that the signal was recieved. Pushing and holding for a second or 2 isn't what I was referring to.

I was thinking that the robocoach may hold the button for 10 or all 15 seconds - simply, because they got excited and forgot to let up - or - they panic when the robot doesn't do what it was suppose to do, and continue to push the same button rapidly, over and over.

Just trying to better understand the dynamics of what might happen at the start of a match, and wondering if there might be something that could be more or less done to eliminate problems.

Like I said before, it's awesome that everyone is going to try to make sure that any team that wants to be able to try to move in the 15 second Hybrid/Autonomous time period has help available. And I'm thinking that with a little more thought, a few other issues could be addressed.

Such as -
If the code is simple to drive forward or go forward -turn left, it doesn't need to be IR controlled. That alone would eliminate alot or unnecessary IR signal traffic.
Also, simple delays in starting or ramping up to full speed could help avoid traffic jams - if each team also knows what speed they run at.

Mike