Clarification of Team Update #5

[bomber7]

Can anyone confirm your allowed to have a laptop with the driverstation during competition?


Something else I noticied about rule #5

Another quote:
"This year, the Field Management System will not pass data sent through that port during a match (to ensure adequate system performance during competition events, until the new system is better characterized in actual competition settings)."

More things I noticied after the fifth re-read. Its dissallowing large camera packets so as to make sure the network doesn't get bogged down. Sending 1024 packets at even a 10 mpbs connection shouldn't be a problem. They only specifically state that that particular port is disabled. They also state that 1024 byte packet size will be enforced and that around 95% of that packet will be usable for user data.

From my point of view the user has no buisness sending any (custom) packets at all to the driver station. Its not going to compute anything for you, thats the cRIO's job. However if a laptop were connected to the driver station and it simply passed the (custom) packets on to it, that would be useful.