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Unread 02-03-2009, 17:21
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Re: WiFi in pits

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Originally Posted by jtdowney View Post
From my understanding all the Purdue FIRST scouting was done on laptops that were wired together.

As for the wireless rules, I think FIRST is fully aware of the technical issues with using 5Ghz spectrum and the potential for interference from non Wifi devices. I don't think you will see FIRST come down hard and enforce the rule unless someone is caught intentionally interfering with the field system. That does not mean you shouldn't respect the rules set forth by FIRST even if you are technically sure it wouldn't interfere at all.

In the past the FTA would stop by your pit if you were caught using the radio but I didn't hear about that happening at all this week.
That is correct. The Purdue FIRST scouting was managed through Ethernet connections on either the 48 or 24 port switch (although supposedly there was a wireless router that I didn't notice). Each laptop on this network would have the scouting sheet (Microsoft Excel) and would FTP to one of the laptops which would import them into our database (also on Excel).

Since I didn't make it, I'm not sure if I can give you the actual file but I can probably whip something up in Access that would do a decent amount of what was on there.
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