iOS Scouting App for 2015

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by samfruth

If not, any ideas on how we could scout matches with iPads? Any input is great.

I have been investigating the same. The school has iPads, so the least cost method is to borrow theirs.

The front-end (data gathering) of the various applications are slick. The back-end seems to be in need of work - What the application does with the data.

Also, there is the issue of merging data from multiple iPads (6 people, each scouting a robot during a match).

The solution that we are going with is:

1) Paper scouting, like we have done before.
2) The 6 paper scouters hand their sheets to a 7th person who has an iPad or laptop.
3) The data is entered into a spreadsheet immediately. The app we use is "Free Spreadsheet", and it saves a CSV file.
4) Using the USB Charging cable, I can attache the iPad to a PC laptop, and use iTunes to transfer the file.
5) Excel can read the CSV file, and import the data into our spreadsheet.
6) The spreadsheet is analyzed. I think they may even use some program to massage the data and spit out results.

[theawesome1730]

Team Driven 1730's FRC SCOUT will be re-released for Recycle Rush on the App Store for iPad within the next couple of weeks.

[samfruth]

Originally Posted by theawesome1730

Team Driven 1730's FRC SCOUT will be re-released for Recycle Rush on the App Store for iPad within the next couple of weeks.

This is what i've been waiting on
You guys rock; thanks for your hard work to boost the FRC community!

[itsjustmrb]

Did the FRC Scout ever get released?

[rich2202]

I sent an e-mail to First suggesting that the negotiate with Apple to get an Enterprise Developer License that all FIRST teams could use.

I think one of the big obstacles for developing apple apps is the cost of the developer license. Apple gives away developer licenses to Universities, but not to High Schools. Maybe FIRST can get them to change that.

So, send e-mails to FIRST to encourage them to approach Apple.

[Bruce Newendorp]

Our app called Recycle Scout has been out for a week or so. An update was published today. The ability to download the schedule is built in but not thoroughly tested due to the late changes to the FIRST database.
We are looking forward to using it at Northern Lights this week.