FMS triggered Minibot launch?

[j.cole]

True there may be a delay. For all those that want to implement this I would recommend you not do it because a penalty outweighs just teaching your co-pilot to press a button when a sound goes off. In the end its your call.

Originally Posted by billbo911

This is exactly why I asked the question the way I did.


I just feel that triggering off the FMS signal that generates the visual indication will be the most accurate and reliable trigger.

Yes you could have the camera sense when the base of the tower changes color but it would waste your camera and it might be inaccurate

[Greg McKaskle]

Just to pile on, the elapsed time value in the framework is a local cRIO timer because there are no official timestamps or time values in the protocol.

For a short duration like an FRC match, the independent clocks are obviously close enough, but if the FMS does something like start the timer after the sound finishes, that may explain the difference. Does the match time issues exist in the FMS Lite? Can you use that to determine if the time is consistent, but long by x seconds?

Greg McKaskle

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

For a short duration like an FRC match, the independent clocks are obviously close enough, but if the FMS does something like start the timer after the sound finishes, that may explain the difference. Does the match time issues exist in the FMS Lite? Can you use that to determine if the time is consistent, but long by x seconds?

Here is the original thread about the issue: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=84584