Go to Post Good engineering often comes down to knowing the difference between "better" and "good enough." - dlavery [more]
Home
Go Back   Chief Delphi > FIRST > General Forum
CD-Media   CD-Spy  
portal register members calendar search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read FAQ rules

 
Reply
Thread Tools Rating: Thread Rating: 3 votes, 5.00 average. Display Modes
  #1   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-11-2013, 16:59
Hallry's Avatar
Hallry Hallry is offline
Dare to be FIRST
AKA: Ryan Hall
FRC #1676 (Pascack Pi-oneers)
Team Role: College Student
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Rookie Year: 2010
Location: Woodcliff Lake NJ *Now in Newark DE
Posts: 2,693
Hallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond reputeHallry has a reputation beyond repute
FRC Blogged - Awards and 2014 Operating System Support

Posted on the FRC Blog, 11/12/13: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...System-Support

Quote:
Awards and 2014 Operating System Support

Blog Date: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 12:25

Chairman’s Award, FIRST Dean’s List Award, Woodie Flowers Award and Entrepreneurship Award Submissions open Thursday, 11/14/13 at 12 pm (noon) ET

The Chairman’s Award, the Woodie Flowers Award, and the Entrepreneurship Award must be submitted via STIMS. The Main or Alternate contact for your team must assign at least one (1) and up to four (4) student award submitters in FRC TIMS.

The FIRST Dean’s List Award must be submitted by the team’s main or alternate contact through TIMS.

FIRST Future Innovator Award sponsored by the Abbott Fund: opens on Thursday, 11/14/13 at 12 pm (noon) ET via: https://www.allthingspatent.com/maxidv4/ffia/.

New this year! The winner of the FIRST Future Innovator Award gets to meet personally with Dean!

To read more about FFIA criteria and what 2013 winner, Parker Owen, had to say about his experience go to http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...nnovator-award.

2014 Safety Animation Contest judged by our Safety Alliance Partner, Underwriter’s Laboratories, Inc. (UL): opened on Thursday, 10/10/13 at 12pm (noon) ET and will close Thursday, 12/12/13 at 12pm (noon) ET.

Submission can be made via STMS. Contest details are available at http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprogr...deo-and-manual.

2014 Operating System Support

The Control System software we’re releasing for the 2014 season has been tested and will be officially supported on Windows 7 and Windows 8. The software has not been certified to work on Windows XP. This doesn’t mean it won’t work, just that we can’t guarantee it, and we won’t be able to provide anything beyond cursory support if you decide to use it.

I’ll blog again soon.

Frank
__________________
[2009-2013]: Team 1676 Student, Co-CEO, Carpentry Lead
[2013-Present]: Team 1676 Alumnus/College Mentor

Won: 2010 New Jersey Regional, 2010 Virginia Regional (undefeated), 2011 New Jersey Regional, 2011 Virginia Regional, 2011 Brunswick Eruption, 2012 Rutgers MAR District, 2012 girlPOWER, 2012 Ramp Riot, 2013 Bridgewater-Raritan MAR District, 2014 girlPOWER, 2015 Bridgewater-Raritan MAR District, 2016 Mt. Olive MAR District, 2016 Bridgewater-Raritan MAR District
2016 Season Recap Video: http://tinyurl.com/1676-2016
Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube
Reply With Quote
  #2   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 15-11-2013, 13:52
Alan Anderson's Avatar
Alan Anderson Alan Anderson is offline
Software Architect
FRC #0045 (TechnoKats)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Posts: 9,113
Alan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond repute
Re: FRC Blogged - Awards and 2014 Operating System Support

Quote:
Originally Posted by FRC Blog, 11/12/13
The software has not been certified to work on Windows XP. This doesn’t mean it won’t work, just that we can’t guarantee it, and we won’t be able to provide anything beyond cursory support if you decide to use it.
It would be nice if teams were given the opportunity to upgrade their existing programming computer OS to Windows 7. I wonder if Microsoft would consider making licenses available to FRC teams.
Reply With Quote
  #3   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 15-11-2013, 14:04
FrankJ's Avatar
FrankJ FrankJ is offline
Robot Mentor
FRC #2974 (WALT)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Feb 2011
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Marietta GA
Posts: 1,946
FrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond reputeFrankJ has a reputation beyond repute
Re: FRC Blogged - Awards and 2014 Operating System Support

The 2014 Beta DS does not currently run on XP. It is on the bug list to get fixed though.

Microsoft has said the end of support for XP is April 2014.
Reply With Quote
  #4   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 15-11-2013, 16:58
dcarr's Avatar
dcarr dcarr is offline
#HoldStrong
AKA: David Carr
FRC #3309 (Friarbots)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Rookie Year: 2009
Location: Anaheim
Posts: 955
dcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond reputedcarr has a reputation beyond repute
Re: FRC Blogged - Awards and 2014 Operating System Support

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
It would be nice if teams were given the opportunity to upgrade their existing programming computer OS to Windows 7. I wonder if Microsoft would consider making licenses available to FRC teams.
Weren't teams provided with a Windows 7 image to upgrade the original Classmates? I think this was in 2011 or 2012.
__________________
Team 3309
2016 Los Angeles Chairman's Award Winner
2016 Orange County Regional Winner with 3476 & 6220
Team3309.org
Orange County Robotics Alliance
Reply With Quote
  #5   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 15-11-2013, 17:11
bachster's Avatar
bachster bachster is offline
Registered User
AKA: Katie Bach
FRC #2052 (KnightKrawler)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Rookie Year: 2008
Location: Minneapolis
Posts: 61
bachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant futurebachster has a brilliant future
Re: FRC Blogged - Awards and 2014 Operating System Support

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
It would be nice if teams were given the opportunity to upgrade their existing programming computer OS to Windows 7. I wonder if Microsoft would consider making licenses available to FRC teams.
Techsoup.org administers software donations to 501c3 organizations. There's a little bit of work to get registered, but eligible organizations can get all sorts of software (including Windows licenses) for a fraction of the cost - a Windows upgrade is $12. The Microsoft volume licensing is a bit painful to navigate, but we found it to be worth it for the money saved.
Reply With Quote
  #6   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 16-11-2013, 10:13
Alan Anderson's Avatar
Alan Anderson Alan Anderson is offline
Software Architect
FRC #0045 (TechnoKats)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Rookie Year: 2004
Location: Kokomo, Indiana
Posts: 9,113
Alan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond reputeAlan Anderson has a reputation beyond repute
Re: FRC Blogged - Awards and 2014 Operating System Support

Quote:
Originally Posted by dcarr View Post
Weren't teams provided with a Windows 7 image to upgrade the original Classmates?
I wouldn't use a Classmate to do programming unless there were absolutely no other option. The screen is too small for LabVIEW. I find that the keyboard is too small for anything else.
Reply With Quote
Reply


Thread Tools
Display Modes Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:32.

The Chief Delphi Forums are sponsored by Innovation First International, Inc.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2017, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © Chief Delphi