[FRC BLOG] The Great Registration System Crash of 2016

[Whatever]

So is there a pool on the reason?

If there is I want: "A team set up automatic registration routine to make sure they got their first choice and that routine went nuts bringing down the server."

[marshall]

Originally Posted by Whatever

So is there a pool on the reason?

If there is I want: "A team set up automatic registration routine to make sure they got their first choice and that routine went nuts bringing down the server."

My bet is for a failed load balancer OR a failed interaction between the login system and the registration system, though they could be one system, I don't think they are.

[Taylor]

Put me down for: A Griswoldian cat chewed on a cable.

[Whatever]

Any takers for "Woodie Flowers spilled Mango Juice on the server?"

[Gary Dillard]

Look for metal shavings in a pwm port; that's caused us to crash plenty of times.

[Conor Ryan]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Look for metal shavings in a pwm port; that's caused us to crash plenty of times.

The barrel plug slipped out of the router when they went over a bump.

[bobbysq]

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

The barrel plug slipped out of the router when they went over a bump.

*Iowa Regional flashbacks*

I need to post a picture of our router and what the power port looked like by the end of quals at Worlds. It hasn't disconnected since.

and then we forgot to tell the top 8 teams not that we would have been picked anyway

[frcguy]

Originally Posted by Gary Dillard

Look for metal shavings in a pwm port; that's caused us to crash plenty of times.

At Chezy Champs, the field supervisor found a bumper pin in a team's MXP port. I wonder why they were having issues...

[bdaroz]

So taking this in a *slightly* different direction....

Kit/Kickoff registration is due to open 9/29.

Perhaps event registration should be pushed back behind Kit/Kickoff to try to work out some glitches there first?

Either way, Event + Kit/Kickoff on the same week runs the risk of turning our IT staff very crispy.

[Hallry]

An update has now been posted.

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Whatever

So is there a pool on the reason?

If there is I want: "A team set up automatic registration routine to make sure they got their first choice and that routine went nuts bringing down the server."

Someone unplugged the server so they could charge their smartphone.

[ATannahill]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

Someone unplugged the server so they could charge their smartphoneflying machine.

FTFY