Update 15

[petek]

Originally Posted by engunneer

If you have a working robot at the event, then you have what you need. Just bring it to the WPA table to have it checked.

There is a little more to it than that.

Each team will get a sheet Thursday morning listing the WPA code for that team's radio, along with instructions on how to load it. Each team must then bring their radio (or robot, if it's hard to remove the radio) to the "WPA Table" to verify the correct code is loaded, and get the sticker indicating it's been done. Any teams that need help with loading the code can get assistance at the WPA Table.

Please note that no robot will be allowed onto the playing field without the sticker. Also, for teams going to more than one regional, the WPA codes are unique to the event, so you will need to get a new code at each event. Finally, the codes are for communication security, so do not share your team's code or leave the sheet listing it laying around.

[ATannahill]

Will we need to disable it after a regional?

[artdutra04]

Dear FIRST,

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Edit: If I have free time, I may work on a PHP script to parse the Twitter messages and display them in an easier to read format (140 characters can be difficult). Actually, it would be pretty cool if something like this could be implemented in a CD-Spy like feature.

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Actually, it would be pretty cool if something like this could be implemented in a CD-Spy like feature.

My thoughts exactly.
Filterable by event(s).

[Tom Bottiglieri]

I'm glad info about super cells/empty cells/moon rocks is being posted. If this data feed is reliable, a whole bunch of needless scouting was just cut out. Woo!

[Tom Bottiglieri]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

: If I have free time, I may work on a PHP script to parse the Twitter messages and display them in an easier to read format (140 characters can be difficult). Actually, it would be pretty cool if something like this could be implemented in a CD-Spy like feature.

To add to what Art said:

If anyone wants to cook up some gateway scripts to mirror this Twitter data and store it in a easy to access way, we'd be happy to let you host them on The Blue Alliance. I haven't done any of this stuff myself, but I can only assume parsing a whole bunch of twitter data on demand is much, much slower than a sql query. It would be cool to have a scouting data system that works much in the way that the TBA API works now.

Google's App Engine might also be a neat, free way to host this.

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Dear FIRST,

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Edit: If I have free time, I may work on a PHP script to parse the Twitter messages and display them in an easier to read format (140 characters can be difficult). Actually, it would be pretty cool if something like this could be implemented in a CD-Spy like feature.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/frcspy.php

Should be looking fairly decent by Friday's qualification matches.

[ATannahill]

Since I anticipate them sending something out every 15 seconds in a match or similar, you might want to have more info included on the page. Also you could make a page for every event.

[Mike Betts]

Originally Posted by IndySam

Can one or more of you young twitter experts please post a paper or something to help us old guys out?
Thanks

Sam,

Here is a bit of info for you from Wikipedia on Twitter.

However, as one old dinosaur to another, just step back and watch the fun...

Regards,

Mike

[pitzoid]

Originally Posted by Vikesrock

Strangely they decided to cut off the list of event codes at Week 4. All the codes listed match the official FIRST event codes so here are the codes for Week 5 and Week 6:

That might have been my bad, I sent Kate the list yesterday pulled out of the shop DB as given to me by my lead programmer, I should have counted how many regionals were listed in it instead of just passing it on.... At least all the codes for the test tournaments we've done didn't get posted