Radio discontinued?

[Mark McLeod]

Veteran KOPs only get radios (or other control system elements) when the model changes for everyone and FIRST outlaws use of the old models (for compatibility or availability).

[orangemoore]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Veteran KOPs only get radios (or other control system elements) when the model changes for everyone.

We have too many D links for this to be true. (I don't think we ever bought one)

[Mark McLeod]

Extra components have sometimes been offered through FIRST Choice, especially at end of model life. I think I picked up extra DLinks for my team through that avenue.
It's easy enough to follow where our parts originated by checking the yearly KOP checklists and corresponding lists of FIRST Choice offers.

[Thad House]

Something interesting is looking at the OM5P-AC, its looks like in order to meet new FCC standards they are not allowing external firmwares to be loaded onto the device. With FIRST wanting to write their own firmware this could be a problem for pretty much any new radio they choose.

[Mark McLeod]

That limitation was the source of one of the fatal flaws in the DLinks.

[bobbysq]

I really hope the replacement has a boot time of 10 seconds at most. Programming the routers for events this year took way longer than before.

[Alan Anderson]

The router's embedded web server is a major contributor to the boot time. If teams can live without a convenient web interface to the settings, perhaps it can be removed from the FRC-specific firmware.

[bobbysq]

That wouldn't be too bad if there was just a file to edit. The router config could also then be done by simply copying over the file.

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

The router's embedded web server is a major contributor to the boot time. If teams can live without a convenient web interface to the settings, perhaps it can be removed from the FRC-specific firmware.

Web server is essential to configuring the router when you can't get the software to work.

I don't see why they can't have the basic functionality of the router boot quickly, then let the webserver boot up in a parallel process.

[rich2202]

Originally Posted by Thad House

Something interesting is looking at the OM5P-AC, its looks like in order to meet new FCC standards they are not allowing external firmwares to be loaded onto the device. With FIRST wanting to write their own firmware this could be a problem for pretty much any new radio they choose.

If the Manufacturer approves the new firmware, then it is ok to load.

[FrankJ]

My understanding from Beta testing is the FCR firmware really isn't custom. You can download it from AndyMark. The FRC version uses specific configuration profiles.