Advice from a grumpy old man :)

[JohnBoucher]

Great post. All good hints.
I would add take extra care this week and get your BOM bill of materials 100% complete. Have a second set of eyes look at it and use the template.

[synth3tk]

Excellent post, Sam.

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Great post. All good hints.
I would add take extra care this week and get your BOM bill of materials 100% complete. Have a second set of eyes look at it and use the template.

That gives us a huge hassle every year. Great reminder.

[2bkrul]

Originally Posted by synth3tk

Excellent post, Sam.


That gives us a huge hassle every year. Great reminder.

Thats why you dont let me do the BoM

[Matt C]

Originally Posted by JohnBoucher

Great post. All good hints.
I would add take extra care this week and get your BOM bill of materials 100% complete. Have a second set of eyes look at it and use the template.

Also make sure it is in electronic format . .
and please, make sure the flash drive you bring it on is free of viruses.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Matt C

...and please, make sure the flash drive you bring it on is free of viruses.

Assume the stick you bring it on will be contaminated with a virus after you deliver the BOM.
Isolate it until you have time to run a virus check on it and clean it before plugging it into any other PC.

We don't want everyone's Classmate at the competition to spread a "cold" virus like what happened last year.

[Ether]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Assume the stick you bring it on will be contaminated with a virus after you deliver the BOM.
Isolate it until you have time to run a virus check on it and clean it before plugging it into any other PC.

Some flash drives have a read-only switch. If yours does, set it to read-only before you hand it over.

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by Ether

Some flash drives have a read-only switch. If yours does, set it to read-only before you hand it over.

Mine does
That's what I carry all those FIRST Updates on just in case someone needs them. I don't have to worry about spreading any viruses aquired from a previous machine.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Please put extra emphasis on talking to your lead inspector. They are trained to help, dedicated to get you playing, and know most of the teams they can turn to for assistance. Don't wait! Small problems on Thursday morning become huge problems Thursday night.

[Nicandy]

Thanks you! As a rookie team, this will prove to be very good advice!

[Mark McLeod]

All rookies should know that I heard Lead Inspectors respond well to candy and donuts, too...

[BJC]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

All rookies should know that I heard Lead Inspectors respond well to candy and donuts, too...

All rookies should also remember that "but I heard it on chiefdelphi!" is not an excuse, and although they'll probably still eat your candy and donuts, if your robot doesn't follow the rules the Inspectors will not pass you no matter how full they are.

[JohnBoucher]

Originally Posted by BJC

All rookies should also remember that "but I heard it on chiefdelphi!" is not an excuse, and although they'll probably still eat your candy and donuts, if your robot doesn't follow the rules the Inspectors will not pass you no matter how full they are.

But they read this on ChiefDelphi ..........

[BJC]

Touche!

[JaneYoung]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

All rookies should know that I heard Lead Inspectors respond well to candy and donuts, too...

That's funny - I remember running into a bunch of robot inspectors, oh, ok - went looking for them - at the Championship event and they all wanted coffee. I have no.idea.why.

Edit: I should contribute to the thread - please refrain from running at the event, esp. in the pit area. (It will just slow you down.)

Jane

[nathan.chupp]

Originally Posted by JaneYoung

That's funny - I remember running into a bunch of robot inspectors, oh, ok - went looking for them - at the Championship event and they all wanted coffee. I have no.idea.why.

Edit: I should contribute to the thread - please refrain from running at the event, esp. in the pit area. (It will just slow you down.)

Jane

As a inspector i would always want coffee and at the Championship i never can sleep really. The inspectors can be your best friends and help you out. I know i'm busy helping out teams fixes there robot every year.