competition cable

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by oneangrydwarf

The competition port is what IFI's field controller uses to control your robot, it controls color, channel, autonomous, user control, disable, etc.

This year it's also going to connect your radio transmitter.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Ogre

This year it's also going to connect your radio transmitter.

Please explain.

[dez250]

In an attempt to eliminate some team issues during competitions IFI and Hatch Technology (The Guys who did this years field electronics) came up with a design which allows the use of only a central radio tower [near the field] still only having a connection to the teams directly in the drivers station to your comp port.

The tower [from the back]:


The Team Radios and backup:


Look for a little more information in an upcoming Team Update.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Ogre

This year it's also going to connect your radio transmitter.

I would assume that was how it was at the UTC scrimmage, which is often a testing place for the official FIRST fields.

If this is the case, however, rule <R65> is wrong, or at least misleading.

<R65> The Operator Interface Console designed by your team must fit on the 69” wide by 12” deep shelf in the Alliance Station and the radio modem connected to the Operator Interface must be able to reach the mounting bracket on the operator stations. Be sure to leave at least 48” of slack in the 9-pin cable.