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2009 controls system pre-ship
I understand that First plans to ship the new control systems (to teams that requested it) by early December. My question is, what will they ship? I assume the CRIO at the minimum, but what about the driver's station? Will they ship an Ethernet camera? How about all the required peripheral stuff, like the power distribution block, sidecars, wireless access point etc? Does anybody know?
Last edited by martin417 : 21-10-2008 at 12:09. |
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
I would guess what the beta teams got (CRio, PD, digital sidecar(2), camera, router, whatever they are calling the new driver station radio, driver station) but probably not the joysticks
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
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Here is a link to the actual contents... http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...20(110408).pdf And for those teams in the DC/Baltimore/Morgantown/Pittsburgh area, Team 1629 (GaCo) will be holding a Controller Clinic on Sunday Dec 14th to make sure you get your systems built as painlessly as possible. The goal of the GaCo clinic will be to get all those "Early Ship" teams up and running with their control systems just like the Beta Teams did. So although there will be some quick "presentations", the real focus will be on each team assembling and programming their OWN controller at the clinic. And since GaCo is kinda out in the "sticks", we thought teams might like to come out to Deep Creek Lake on Saturday, spend the day on the Ski Slopes at Wisp Mountain Resort, stay overnight at an area hotel and then get stuck into building on Sunday. End the day by crusing home with your working control system. Sine it's already snowing here, there should be plenty of snow at the tubing park, boarding half-pipe and various slopes. We even have a high-speed mountain coaster. Here's is a link to more info. and a registration page. http://www.gearsinc.org/node/247 Here's a google map link of where we are located. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...z=8&iwloc=addr Here is some area tourism info: http://www.visitdeepcreek.com/category.php?category=223 http://www.wispresort.com/ Hope you can come and join the build-a-thon. Phil Malone Mentor: FRC, FTC, FLL |
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
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http://frcdirector.blogspot.com |
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
Aye, I can confirm that I am watching this Fedex tracking # like a hawk! ETA is ... tomorrow?!
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
Are there other teams out there still waiting for their control systems? Our team registered right away, paid the fee with a credit card and indicated we wanted our control system with the pre-ship. I have not heard anything from FIRST about our order and wonder what the delay is.
Anyone else out there in the same situation? Getting anxious, antsy and nervous! |
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
I would suggest that you call or email team support at FIRST to verify you have not left out a step or fallen through the cracks. I beleive that once it ships notice will be sent to the team's shipping contact that includes a FedEx tracking number.
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
I don't believe we have recieved an email either. We'll probably wait a few more days before calling in.
-Vivek |
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Don't wait! If there's a problem, you want to deal with it immediately. After December 5, there will be no more early shipments, and you'll have to wait to get your Kit of Parts next year.
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
So, should we wait until the 5th before calling?
Are the tracking numbers sent when the package is shipped or before? thanks, Vivek p.s. who get's the tracking number? |
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
Our control system has also not shipped. I just shot off an email to them making sure everything was in order. You shipping contact should receive the email.
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
so what happens when we requested it early and paid all in the first day, but still havn't gotten it. Can we get our money back cause at this point we don't get to do anything with. Maybe a day early if it even gets here by kick off.
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Re: 2009 controls system pre-ship
Anthony, they didn't charge (~$60) unless they shipped, which they didn't.
Which brings up another point... we paid registration by the 17th, and I called to verify our information was okay on December 5th when I was assured everything checked out and to be patient. Today we received this: Quote:
I don't know who they were "attempting to contact" but it wasn't me (main contact) and it wasn't our shipping contact. I understand this took a phenomenal effort by FIRST to get as many early controls shipments out as they did, but I'm still more than a little upset that we verified our information and were patient like we had been told, just to find out there is no way to get our controls systems now. :/ |
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