How many RoboCoach Commands?

[MrForbes]

Originally Posted by EricH

It's also harder to do. And, see <R65>:
(emphasis mine)

• use a maximum of four different inputs from the ROBOCOACH (e.g. use four different buttons) during any single MATCH
• communicate no more than four messages, states or conditions to the ROBOT (please refer to Rule <R69> and Rule <G01> for additional information) during any single MATCH.

Can we put the lawyers to bed now? I'm pretty sure the intent is FOUR buttons control FOUR commands, in a 1:1 ratio.

I'm not quite ready to put it to bed....I see no rule violation (either literal or in spirit) if you transmit 4 different sequences of the four buttons, to execute 4 different high level commands.

For example, using the number buttons,

Drive straight: 241
Turn left: 134
Whack ball: 423
Stop: 123

The signal that the remote sends when you push one button is coded already, somehow, isn't it? I see no rule preventing you from changing the coding scheme.

Might be a Q&A question...with emphasis that the intent of this method is to improve safety by reducing communication errors