Scouting for FRC during competition?

[GeeTwo]

"Air cards" that use the cell phone network directly would be legal as far as I can tell. This is between the stands and the pit, not the stands and the drive crew. The drive crew is not allowed any powered communications devices, even flashlights.

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by GeeTwo

"Air cards" that use the cell phone network directly would be legal as far as I can tell. This is between the stands and the pit, not the stands and the drive crew. The drive crew is not allowed any powered communications devices, even flashlights.

This.

This is how 1678 does our scouting system, we have a cell phone internet hotspot thing that we hook our tablets up with(we used something a little different this year, I think we uploaded after each match). We upload to the cloud or something and have a phone app that pulls data from there.

I don't know that much about what I am talking about, read our white paper on scouting.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

This.

This is how 1678 does our scouting system, we have a cell phone internet hotspot thing that we hook our tablets up with(we used something a little different this year, I think we uploaded after each match). We upload to the cloud or something and have a phone app that pulls data from there.

I don't know that much about what I am talking about, read our white paper on scouting.

Here's the whitepaper with the specs. We use Bluetooth to collect data from our tablets, which is also legal. Our drive coach calls the system his "b*s* sniffer."

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/papers/3156?

[theawesome1730]

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[Jaxom]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

This.

This is how 1678 does our scouting system, we have a cell phone internet hotspot thing that we hook our tablets up with(we used something a little different this year, I think we uploaded after each match). We upload to the cloud or something and have a phone app that pulls data from there.

I don't know that much about what I am talking about, read our white paper on scouting.

Except that cell phone hot spots are not allowed. Rule T4, section 5.5.1.

[Anteprefix]

Originally Posted by Jaxom

Except that cell phone hot spots are not allowed. Rule T4, section 5.5.1.

Devin misspoke. We use Bluetooth for inter-tablet communication, not a wifi hotspot.

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

This.

cell phone internet hotspot thing that we hook our tablets up with

I don't know that much about what I am talking about, read our white paper on scouting.

I never said wifi hotspot, btw. Cell-phone-internet hotspot-thing, was my intended meaning. I should have worded it better

So, bluetooth works, you can do ethernet but the cords getting tangled can be an issue.

[IronicDeadBird]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

I never said wifi hotspot, btw. Cell-phone-internet hotspot-thing, was my intended meaning. I should have worded it better

So, bluetooth works, you can do ethernet but the cords getting tangled can be an issue.

Still using paper over here.

[Citrus Dad]

Originally Posted by RoboChair

I never said wifi hotspot, btw. Cell-phone-internet hotspot-thing, was my intended meaning. I should have worded it better

So, bluetooth works, you can do ethernet but the cords getting tangled can be an issue.

We try to make sure to keep Devin away from our scouting system. He might try to fix it with a hammer...