2012 Field Comm. Issue Logs

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Team 846:

Programming language? C++
Using a dashboard app? Is it SmartDashboard? Started with SmartDashboard, but removed all logging during competition (did not solve problem)
Using vision with Axis Camera and cRIO processing? No
Using vision with driver station processing? No
Did you have the radio mounted near motors/large metal structure? No
Using classmate (or similarly slow computer) as driver station? Yes

We're using a Rev A radio, and tried firmwares 1.21 and 1.4, with the same results in both.

Problem: Intermittent connection on the field, losing comms generally around the end of autonomous, and randomly thereafter. Total time actually connected varies between 10s to 20s; packet losses of 25 / 50 are noted immediately before the communications goes down.