Introducing the newest version of Sundial

[cjelly]

What would be cool to add is an API, so that teams can integrate it into their own scouting/match software as well.

[mtaman02]

Looks very nice at easily able to navigate through, self explanatory, No problems on IE 7 @ 1024 x 768. Maybe the text can be made a bit larger no more than 2 sizes up though. I guess I won't be using Team 810s Countdown Timer that is about 6 - 7 years old =) just kidding I'll still use it for my own agenda at the regional =) just so it doesn't feel lonely.

[Michael Hill]

I came into this topic thinking someone had remade the sundial (timepiece) and was totally expecting a picture of a watch. That aside, that sounds awesome!

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Works in Opera 9.01 at whatever size I made it.
One small thing though, when I fullscreen it, the right side white border gets chopped off. No information is missing, just the border.

I really like the "view PDF" option.

[Tytus Gerrish]

That first verson came out in 2005 when i was still a student. it was almost hypnotising seeing that clock countdown. also realy cool that you could change the number and see when other teams had to be at a match too.

[Pat Fairbank]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

As for feedback, I see that the page automagically resizes itself to best fit your screen size. However, on screens at or below 1024x768 resolution, some of the font sizes are on the borderline of being illegible from a few feet away. Can you have the page automatically fill the entire page width (i.e. no blue areas on the side of the screen) on the smaller screen resolutions, so the font sizes in the schedule, match results, etc. pages can be a bit larger?

I've shrunk the margins a bit, but I don't really like the way it looks without margins at all. I've also increased the size of the fonts on the countdown tab; the other tabs aren't really intended to be viewed from afar.

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

The right-most numbers in the countdown to the next match appear cut off on my computer. I am running 1440x900 Firefox 2.

Should be fixed now.

Originally Posted by Greg Marra

Will you have a version for teams who are scouting in the stands? It seems like getting rankings and match lists and all of this, on a laptop, would be extraordinarily useful for scouts.

Sundial should work in the stands as long as there's a signal, and there's no limit to the number of times a single team can connect. Team 296 typically has three or four instances running simultaneously.

Originally Posted by Adam Richards

On a related note, did Sundial run at all last year?

It ran at BAE, UTC, Boston, and GTR, as well as in all four Championship divisions last year although there were a lot of problems with the NASA-provided wireless network.

Originally Posted by Conor Ryan

What would the requirements and the steps needed to set up a server at an event?

The possibility that's being considered is for FIRST to provide the setup at each event, seeing as the only way to get accurate scoring data is to pull it through a network link from the scoring system, as was done at the Championship last year. I'm not sure FIRST would allow any team to have such a link. That aside, all you need is a computer running Apache/PHP/MySQL/BIND, and a wireless router.

Originally Posted by lukevanoort

The only issue I see is the "Number of times your team has accessed the server" counter. Since it appears to count pageloads, the number can be somewhat misleading. (Apparentally 1114 had accessed it 649 times at the last time I checked)

That could possibly just have been me when I was testing it out. Every time the client app requests data from the server, a database field corresponding to the team number is incremented, and I didn't clear the statistics before copying my database from my computer to my webserver.

Originally Posted by Ogre

One small thing though, when I fullscreen it, the right side white border gets chopped off. No information is missing, just the border.

Would you mind posting a screenshot of this?


Thank goodness for multiquote!

[Schnabel]

I noticed that when you look on the schedule, it does not say if a match is finished or not. It just continues to say that it is started.

[Goldeye]

I hate to be a killjoy, but what's going to happen with this and the new rule against internet access?

[DanDon]

Originally Posted by Goldeye

I hate to be a killjoy, but what's going to happen with this and the new rule against internet access?

Sundial is run on an intranet if I'm not mistaken, and considering that it was kind of sanctioned by FIRST and NASA during Championships last year...

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by Pat Fairbank

Would you mind posting a screenshot of this?

[Adam Richards]

Originally Posted by Goldeye

I hate to be a killjoy, but what's going to happen with this and the new rule against internet access?

New rule? That rules has been there for years... it just isn't enforced.

[Schnabel]

Originally Posted by Goldeye

I hate to be a killjoy, but what's going to happen with this and the new rule against internet access?

What is the rule? I have never seen it before. Please inform!

[karlcswanson]

Originally Posted by Schnabel

What is the rule? I have never seen it before. Please inform!

3.12 SITE RESTRICTIONS

• Do not arrange for Internet access on the site or attempt to connect to the Internet.

[Greg Marra]

Originally Posted by Goldeye

I hate to be a killjoy, but what's going to happen with this and the new rule against internet access?

Sundial isn't the internet. It's running on an intranet.

Yay technicalities?

[Bill_Hancoc]

HAHA i love how matches are almost 90,000 minutes late.
but seriously very nice work. It works on FF2 on 1280x800 with no apparant problems. looks nice and very readable.