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Originally Posted by squirrel
I was wondering if this would be a problem. Also does the orientation of the gateway seem to make any difference? we had some problems during testing before ship, and ended up putting the thing on a top surface of the robot.
Is that "new" update the one that has been on the FIRST site since Feb 10th or so?
http://usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=10934
we found it the day before crating up the robot, it kind of messed up our plans for autnomous control. |
A few things about the wireless communication system. There are a few things that will limit your tx/rx between the driver station and the wireless gaming adapter...
1) Gaming Adapter should, at no time, be blocked by a piece of metal on any side. I have seen teams that have mounted the adapter on a sheet of metal more than 1/8" thick.
2) Try to keep the adapter away from motors. Motors generate a magnetic field, which at times can interfere with 802.11x communications.
3) Ensure that you are using the correct cable type, and that each cable is properly seated and secured. Ethernet cables are definately more durable than a PWM, but they are suseptible to Electro-Magnetic interference. I have actually ordered some shielded Twisted pair for our next regional.
Being a network technician, I did a simple site survey at the trenton regional, while the fields were not in use. I found a plethora of 2.4Ghz communication. Much of it was the field communication system, but at trenton there was a fairly strong wireless signal active (Trenton Devil's Press Box). Another fairly important fact.... While bluetooth signals are not very strong they can cause interference with b/g/n networks.
Just my 2 cents...