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Originally Posted by Ed Sparks
4. There were far too many teams at Peachtree with the wrong cRIO and DS image. This caused great loss of practice time and some missed matches. You absolutely must have the latest versions or you will not connect to the FMS. Bring it with you if your not sure!
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14. Make sure you've also had your encryption key set on the robot radio before getting to the field.
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7. The inspection process was longer this year. Don't wait until the last hour to get this done. At Peachtree, we only managed to pass about 55% of the teams at pit closing on Thursday night. The big ticket items were software versions, pneumatics, and bill-of-materials. The BOM process is different this year, take time now to get it right and be prepared. The inspection process requires that you submit your BOM electronically to the inspector's table where a copy is placed on a PC. There's a required format that's available from FIRST in the game documents page. One more thing, you're supposed to break your BOM into components (including the kit parts). Don't bring a BOM that has something like "Quantity 1 - Frame ..... $100".
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Amen. I was an inspector on Thursday at Kansas City. I believe we had about 6-8 robots that didn't pass inspection until Friday, and at least half of them were waiting on the BOM. That was the single most common difficulty all day (apart from the usual "sharp edge, please file" and robot diet issues).