[Mike Copioli]

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

When this happens, do the joystick LEDs and list respond to the gamepads? Pressing any button on the gamepad should turn the LEDs blue.

I did not notice the LEDs. I will be sure to check if this happens again.

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

As mentioned, F1 was added in an update to reenumerate the joysticks for teams that find they need to swap or plug in a joystick after the auto period. That will close all handles to joysticks, redo the enumeration, and reopen according to the list. Even if this fixes the issue, if at all possible, please help document how it gets in that state.

I was not aware that F1 also re-enumerated USB. Good to know. As I am sure you know reproducing this kind of issue deterministically will be very difficult.

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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

Everyone wants a robust DS.

I do not know if this will be possible using a Windows based solutions. Windows is not intended for target specific or mission critical tasks such as a FIRST competition. Know matter how much you slim it down it will still take an excessive amount of time to reboot. At events, teams are given a very limited amount of time to troubleshoot between matches. Every second of every minute counts when you are only provided three minutes between semifinals and finals. Add the reboot time of the DS (up to 2 minutes) with the time the crio takes to boot (40 plus seconds) with the time needed to deploy code and you do not have enough time to make last minute changes to auton or other robot functions that may be critical to an effective strategy. The part that was really frustrating was that fact that no one from NI was at the FLR to provide support, this was something that you did not have to worry about with IFI.