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Unread 05-03-2010, 21:27
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Re: Week one regional control system showstoppers

1: During a practice match at Peachtree on Thursday, the FMS locked us out.
Turns out the people running the FMS had assigned us to be on both red AND blue, so our drive station was freaking out, requiring a reboot of both robot and driver station.

2: Our E-Stop seems to randomly connect. Our hub provided seemed to have stopped functioning about a week before competition, so now we use a different hub, but on occasion the Classmate does not detect it.

3: Incredibly long boot-times.

4: After each match, you have to use the red "Exit" button on the DS, or else it will stay in the "FMS Locked" mode.

5:And of course, no power supplies on the field for the Classmate.
In one of today's matches, there was an hour and a half delay, (Apparently the FMS crashed or something), leaving teams waiting in line to go for an hour and a half, with thier DS's ready to go.