New Zealand VEX

[usif]

Sorry, I dont have any 1.3 MP cameras.

Big day is coming up soon, and we still dont have auonomous!
Our main prblem is that we dont have any shaft encoders, etc, only limit and bumper sensors

Could someone help me in trying to do some autonomous, even if you give me measurements.

[phr34kR]

Make it simple, without encoders you will have an even tougher time making an autonomous with drive (took our junior team like 10 hours (with the field) remember drive slowly you don't want to have to take into account slip.

EDIT: seems like streaming has been given the go ahead by massey

[SCROSSLEY-GCEC]

my webcam sucks but will check my brothers.

as for auto, we just went

Arm Lift 1.5s
drive .5s
eject 3s

it does great =]

and Tim, i'll give positive feedback to combat ur report

[BrentJ]

Originally Posted by phr34kR

Seriously im going to report that video. SO you we will hopefully be streaming the event, if anyone has 1.3mp web cams please bring them with them to the event, and Aciid do your ict homework or you will be the only programmer/webmaster in the world to fail ict twice in a row.

Tim thats good you can stream it.

You have probably have thought of this already but on your website could you put some notices reminding people we are a day ahead of large parts of the world particulary a lot of the States.

This way they won't tune in a day late.

I don't have a webcam so sorry can't help.
But do you have any video grabber hardware for your computer because I thought there might be a video feed you could tap?

[phr34kR]

Hi we do have web cams but they are not 1.3mp ones unfortunately, our webmaster spent a lot of time last night setting up the site to get the streaming to work and apart from a little lag (due to slow uploading) it seems to work well. there will be a new thread created informing the users of Chief Delphi of the stream and the time delay.

[aciid_trojan]

Originally Posted by phr34kR

Seriously im going to report that video. SO you we will hopefully be streaming the event, if anyone has 1.3mp web cams please bring them with them to the event, and Aciid do your ict homework or you will be the only programmer/webmaster in the world to fail ict twice in a row.

im doing it now. and if you report the video ill re upload it

[usif]

Originally Posted by SCROSSLEY-GCEC

I'll have my video camera there filming whenever i'm not building/driving/programming and would be happy to contribute. We'll have at least 2 or 3 cameras there =]
I'm sure the same can be said for most other teams

Originally Posted by phr34kR

Hi we do have web cams but they are not 1.3mp ones unfortunately, our webmaster spent a lot of time last night setting up the site to get the streaming to work and apart from a little lag (due to slow uploading) it seems to work well. there will be a new thread created informing the users of Chief Delphi of the stream and the time delay.

Tim, I played with my digital camera, and I found out that it can also act as a webcam (its a 4.1 MP camera). I have tested it and it is confirmed to be working.

The problem with my camera is that it eats through two AA batteries very easily. At the moment i dont have any AA batteries. That might be a problem.
otherwise, if anyone has a 3V DC charger (its a very small head size) then we could forget about batteries and run it off the main power supply (the only thing im worried about is that the charger anyone supplies may supply too much current).

if your interested, I will definitively bring mine.

Edit, my video camera (which i have a rechargeable batteries for and a DC power supply) can act as a webcam, the downside is that it needs a firewire port.

[aciid_trojan]

I've procured a 1.3mp webcam for us to use so that should be good. now i just hope massey has a decent internet connection for minimal lag to the server. with my private testings i have about a 1-2 minute lag

[usif]

Originally Posted by aciid_trojan

I've procured a 1.3mp webcam for us to use so that should be good. now i just hope massey has a decent internet connection for minimal lag to the server. with my private testings i have about a 1-2 minute lag

So do you want me to bring my own, or not? it would be nice if we had a camera for both fields.

just wanting to confirm.

[aciid_trojan]

bring your own as well for redundancy or we might be able to rig something up and have multiple broadcast stations im quite sure my server could handle that

[usif]

Originally Posted by aciid_trojan

bring your own as well for redundancy or we might be able to rig something up and have multiple broadcast stations im quite sure my server could handle that

Okay, Do you have a firewire port? Even so, I need to find the driver for my camera...

I will bring my digital one. The internet connection at massey should be fast, its a university connection and they normally have a direct link to the network, or even fiber optic link.

Also; what name would I be looking for on your team T-shirts?

[aciid_trojan]

ahh right, the laptop im going to be using to stream doesnt have a firewire port.

ill be wearing the shirt that says aciid_trojan

and yeah, im hoping for some form of fiber with direct connection to global gateway *drools and wanders of to nerd heaven*

[SCROSSLEY-GCEC]

fraid i cant help with cameras, sorry.
will be videoing lots though and they'll go on youtube. or maybe i'll sell them

and yeah, im hoping for some form of fiber with direct connection to global gateway *drools and wanders of to nerd heaven*

is it bad that i understood that? XD

If is running from SymbiOHSis pits what will it be filming?

[aciid_trojan]

Originally Posted by SCROSSLEY-GCEC

is it bad that i understood that? XD

not at all. nothing like downloading things on a direct connection to the global gateway. "linux isos" fully downloaded in minutes.

and it will be filming us frantically running around screaming that we've broken the robot or something like that, hopefully we can put a camera closer to the fields too

[SCROSSLEY-GCEC]

could always film the big screen they're feeding onto?
or just h4x the feed (wouldn't put it past you guys)