communication errors at national

[Adams High Man]

whats up people? good job you champions!

so yea... our very first match, with about 15 sec to go, we got the evil blinking red no data/radio light. The robot came back 10 sec later, but we had been pushed off the ramp and lost . I went up to the controls guy, and he blamed our radio cables and gave us new ones. Yea, sure, it COULD have been our cables... but the kicker is that our ally died too! Anyone else on Curie have problems like that? we were on the blue side.

Then guess what. During semifinals, our robot drove for like 10 sec, then that red light started blinking again, and we were dead. It wasnt very good for us. without getting jostled or anything, the robot started working again with like 30 sec left in the match. We were on the blue side again. I myself wasnt down there during that match, but basicly the conversation between our drivers and the equipment guy was:
FIRST: it is your radio cables
us: you gave us these radio cables
FIRST: uh, it was a ground short

then supposedly one of the guys down there said something to the effect of: "we could find the problem in an hour, but we arnt going to"

so yea, i checked the robot out in the pits, and i couldnt find any shorts. It tethered up just fine.

It all seems pretty iffy, eh? eh? so did anyone else have communication errors like that?


have a good day all!