[FRC Blog] Radio Silence

[Jon Stratis]

Originally Posted by Bkeeneykid

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the competition image use different firmware than the home use version? In that case, why don't you include the web UI on the home versions, but not a competition ready version? I don't believe you're legally allowed to change the competition firmware. I also don't believe anyone's complaining about the speed at home.

I don't know if FIRST has actually told us if the firmwares are different. I would hope they would be the same, in the interest of letting us test at home in as close to a competition manor as possible. The real difference is in the security settings, which within a given firmware could easily be turned on or off to allow secure connection to the field or unsecured connection at home. That's how it worked on the old radios.