I am actually working on an overview video that addresses this among other similar questions, I should finish it soon. The quickest answers to your questions though:
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Originally Posted by BenjiSG
Biggest concerns with electronic scouting I have had in the past have mainly been fixed around the issues of battery life and connectivity. Given the constraints that being at competition puts on things (aka rarely access to outlets and typically very bad data/WiFi), what are your basic solutions to making sure devices don't die and can actually connect to your system?
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Answer: Portable power banks (or a old robot battery w/a power inverter in the stands) seems to work well. Connectivity is solved with a USB flash-drive to sync data. We use WildRank as our scouting app, this allows for high data redundancy (7-8 copies of data between syncs) therefore it's not a huge deal if a tablet goes dead for a match.
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I also have concerns around losing expensive tablets, but I guess the realistic solution to that problem is to just bug people to remember to bring them back...
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Answer: We rock the cheapest tablets we can, as long as they can utilize USB OTG. Then it isn't a big if one gets lost or broken. Having a spare in case a battery dies or one gets lost is a good Idea, however we do keep pretty tight reigns on them.
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