Connecting multiple Bluetooth devices for scouting

[Joseph Lewis]

Team 701 is making the transition to Android Tablets (off of Nintendo DS Systems, ask me about that if you are interested) this year for scouting as well. As head Scout Programmer, I've found the easiest way to connect 6 tablets to a computer wirelessly is to initiate an Ad Hoc server from the computer, or use Google's Chromecast to create a local device to device connection. Then, connect each device to the network, the computer to the network, and run your server. It worked for us using Nintendo DS's and a small wireless router (no actual internet connection involved), and were were able to send data from the Nintendo DS straight to the computer at the end of each match.

If you are interested in learning more about our electronic scouting system, just e-mail me at biosonic42@gmail.com and I can try to help you as best I can. Team 701 is necessarily known outside of the local teams for our database, but we spend a lot of time developing it, and use it to compile performance data for every team at our competitions. The data we use is all recorded by scouters, and none of it has to do with OPR or alliance seeding. It is all about how the individual robot performed on the field, and it helps us tremendously with Alliance Selection and Elim strategies.

Thanks, and I hope I answered your question,

Joseph Lewis