[Graham Donaldson]

Originally Posted by rulesall2

That's not what I meant, I was looking for more specifics into 1676's router to connect to the stands. Sorry for the confusion.

So if I understand it right, you're asking about how we get information around. I'm not sure exactly what part you're asking about, though, so I'll just go over it all.

6 laptops are connected via ethernet to a router, which connects to one central server computer (the admin computer). Also connected to this router is a 900 MHz (if I remember correctly - the point is that it's not in the spectrum used by WiFi and therefore legal under FIRST rules) 2-way transmitter. One transmitter is on a tower by our scouting table and is pointed towards the pits, where there is an identical transmitter (obviously these are dual receiver-transmitters, I'm just calling them transmitters) connected to another laptop hidden in our pit display. This laptop is connected to an external monitor and mouse on the outside of our pit display tower which we (and other teams) can use to access the database.

Addendum: in Atlanta, we obviously had to modify this system a bit. In years past, we've just had to resort to runners for going in between the pits; however, in 2009, an old team sponsor (KPMG) donated a couple of Sprint AirCards to us for the weekend - the admin computer in the stands put the data on our team website via one aircard, where it was accessed by the pit computer on the other aircard.

Hope this helps - let me know if you're still confused.