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Re: Low cost Netbooks for scouting

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Originally Posted by gblake View Post
Whether they are stretched for 100 feet or 5 feet, extension cords are a tripping hazard if they cross any path where people walk. Particularly if another urgent situtaion has people moving in a hurry, or if many people are moving at the same time.

Don't create hazards.

Install cords correctly and with the permission of the event organizer, or use paper, or only recharge so close the outlet that no hazard is created. The choice is simple and using an extension cord is not the default answer.

Blake
Reiterating this with a slightly different message...

Some venues do not allow FIRST teams to use the electrical outlets outside of the pits. It depends on the agreement FIRST has with that particular venue. I imagine charging several hundred laptops and miscellaneous other gadgets can be a bit expensive for the arena.





As for the issue of laptops for scouting, I think thats for each team to decide. I don't think you want a system that relies on several systems to work properly in order for information to pass to the drivers.

In Atlanta this past year we utilized the standard paper scouting sheets along with 1 laptop. The laptop would have the "stats" of the teams added to it as the day went on. When it came time for a match for our team, the scouts would create a pdf which had the stats of each of our opponents/partners in addition to typed in notes regarding the teams. Using a tethered 3G phone, they would email this pdf to my iPhone. I could then open the pdf in the pits and have all the information we needed.

This system worked pretty well and allowed us to operate without runners by just text messaging and emailing back and forth.

-Brando
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