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RNets not included...
Posted by Nate Smith.

Other on team #66, GM Powertrain/Willow Run HS, from Eastern Michigan University and GM Powertrain.

Posted on 3/3/2000 8:40 AM MST


In Reply to: RNets were less robust than this year's system (imho) posted by Joe Johnson on 3/2/2000 8:12 PM MST:



: Has anyone had ANY problems with their radio connection this year?

: We have no zero problems.

: I am really glad to say goodbye to those RNets.

: While they were probably good for what some applications, they were not particularly suited to controlling lots of robots in one location.

: We are much happier with the Innovation First system.

: Anyway, to address your point, I would be surprised to find that a local page network had any effect on the radios we are using unless they pager's sender unit was using the exact same frequency band AND the sender unit was nearer to the field than the sender units for the game field. Even then, I would not expect anything other than a loss of signal to occur, certainly not an insane robot.

: Joe J.


This occured in the pits at nationals, without the RNets being used...it seemed to effect the robot's electrical system directly(we were running on tether). As soon as we hit the 'Send' button, the drive wheels on our machine started spinning for a couple seconds...

Nate
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