[FRC Blog] Radio Silence

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Originally Posted by frcguy

I completely disagree. The camera feed on our driver station was extremely important to us this year. We played several matches without it, and it made it extremely hard for our driver to line up a shot, and I am very confident we are not the only ones to rely on a camera this year. Although I understand there are connection issues, taking a brute force approach and taking away something that teams use is a little absurd. I am sure that we can find a solution that works for everyone.

It's not really brute force to ask a team to provide a path for their own video.
Allegedly the FMS safety controls override the value of video.
If this is the case then there should be no video on the control connection at all.

Again - what was suggested was not no video - it was video on WiFi and FMS on a lower frequency.
Hypothetically FIRST would police and insure the FMS lower frequency, the teams would be responsible for their WiFi.
FIRST could then return to using simple spectrum and protocol analyzers.
Keep in mind that lower frequencies will change sometimes based on venue because the competition is now International.

As a CSA who has watched the video over WiFi issue for a number of years, and someone that made video over WiFi for military robotics, all I am suggesting is that we let this crazy video mess fend for itself.