IR Sensors

[popo308]

Originally Posted by ccsingle07

If you can have as many IR sensors as you want. Does that mean you can have as many Remotes as you want. As long as there are 4 signals of course.

The manual clearly states 1 remote per team.

[tlawless]

Out of curiosity, where does it state that you are only allowed 1 IR board? I ran a few searches through the manual and found nothing.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by tlawless

Out of curiosity, where does it state that you are only allowed 1 IR board? I ran a few searches through the manual and found nothing.

I think the fact that the board is only available in the Kit of Parts, and only one of them is provided, clearly indicates that only one may be used.

This could change if the board became available for purchase as an off-the-shelf item.

[tlawless]

If you're not able to find additional boards thre's nothing stopping you from building a similar device. I haven't found anything in the rules that states that you can't use more than 1 of the supplied boards though, regardless of how difficult they may be to find.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

R69 seems to be the definitive command although it is referenced by other rules. My boldface added...

<R69> Reaction of the ROBOT to communications received from the SIGNALING DEVICE must
meet all of the following criteria:
 For a single MATCH, the ROBOT shall be limited to react to a maximum of four distinct
commands - either through hardware or software limitations, or a combination of the two.
 The ROBOT shall not dynamically change the recognized command set during a MATCH.
 The ROBOT may only seek out and react to permitted SIGNALING DEVICES belonging to
the assigned ALLIANCE (as defined in Rule <R65>). Intentionally reacting to other
SIGNALING DEVICES is prohibited.

See also R65 for specifics on the interaction with THE robocoach and size limitations. Additionally, R65 implies that the you are not limited to using the IR board.
<R65> SIGNALING DEVICES shall be designed to communicate signals from the ROBOCOACH
to the ROBOT. SIGNALING DEVICES are excluded from Rule <R64>. SIGNALING
DEVICES shall:
use either passive (no emission of any electromagnetic radiation) or active (emits some
restricted form of electromagnetic radiation) means of communication

[fimmel]

Originally Posted by popo308

The manual clearly states 1 remote per team.

can you tell me which rule says that? from what i read you can have as many as you want but only 4 commands can be used.

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