Map of Teams Getting Control Systems

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by Daniel_LaFleur

*SIGH*
No one within 6 hours of us
Congratulations to all that got the beta units. Keep us up to date on all the little quirks that come up.

No new control system love for New England at all.
Kind of surprising & dissapointing to be perfectly honest.

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

No new control system love for New England at all.
Kind of surprising & dissapointing to be perfectly honest.

I'm not sure why people keep saying that. If I understand correctly, team 190 has had access to the new system for over a year. Seems like New England teams who want to have a look should get in touch with them.

[Nate Smith]

Originally Posted by Dave Flowerday

I'm not sure why people keep saying that. If I understand correctly, team 190 has had access to the new system for over a year. Seems like New England teams who want to have a look should get in touch with them.

That and I'm wondering if FIRST is going to be doing something in the way of training directly...haven't heard anything official any way, just the random thoughts of a FIRST-obsessed mind...

[BradAMiller]

It's true that there aren't any beta teams in the New England area - the idea was that there were so many people working on it up here that there could be adequate coverage for training.

I did a talk about the new control system yesterday along with an NI field engineer at Textron in Massachusetts for a group of mentors. I'm repeating the talk in NH and CT over the next 4 weeks. We are also trying to set up something in our studio at WPI that can be videotaped and put online.

The schedule is:
Oct 4 - CT Mentor Recognition Day in Wolcott, CT
Oct 11 - Pembroke HS, Pembroke, NH
Oct 18 - Bash at the Beach

I've been talking in depth about the capabilities of the new control system, how to program it, and a little show and tell with a few systems.

[Jon236]

Originally Posted by BradAMiller

It's true that there aren't any beta teams in the New England area - the idea was that there were so many people working on it up here that there could be adequate coverage for training.

I did a talk about the new control system yesterday along with an NI field engineer at Textron in Massachusetts for a group of mentors. I'm repeating the talk in NH and CT over the next 4 weeks. We are also trying to set up something in our studio at WPI that can be videotaped and put online.

The schedule is:
Oct 4 - CT Mentor Recognition Day in Wolcott, CT
Oct 11 - Pembroke HS, Pembroke, NH
Oct 18 - Bash at the Beach

I've been talking in depth about the capabilities of the new control system, how to program it, and a little show and tell with a few systems.

Here in Old Lyme, we are looking forward to hosting Brad at BASH. Everyone, this is open to all teams, regardless whether or not you are competing at BASH. We are also hosting a NEMO talk (thank you, KathieK!).

Come and enjoy Fall in Old Lyme on October 18!

[Roger]

Originally Posted by BradAMiller

I did a talk about the new control system yesterday along with an NI field engineer at Textron in Massachusetts for a group of mentors.

And a very good talk it was, Brad. Thanks for giving the talk twice! I think you'll give Dave Lavery a run for the money in talking speed, the sign of a good engineer.

We don't need a Beta Team in New England -- we have the WPI Alpha Team working on the controller!