FMA Event Packet Question

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Hi! I am from 8714 Rookie Team and I have a question on inspection.
In the FMA event packet, it says:

Off-field Robot Connectivity Tests Begin; All teams that are not fully inspected must report to the field for robot connectivity tests. (Day 0 - Friday - 9:00 PM to 9:45 PM)

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I don’t really understand the phrase in italic. Is it the inspection of electrical components?

Thank you,
Stephen.

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Generally, they want to make sure every robot connects to the field prior to qual matches. Inspected teams can do this during the field test matches. For the not fully inspected teams, you’ll roll your robot out to the side of the field, plug in your driver station and the field staff can verify that it can successfully connect to the field.

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Thank you so much!
I’m sorry; but when you say “connect to the field”, does it mean the FMS?

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Yes, connection between the robot to the field and between the driver station and the field via FMS.

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Yes they expect you to do everything you would for a match for connecting the robot. Typically your robot is on a cart on the side of the field and powered on and then you connect your driver station to the ethernet cable behind the glass to make sure your connection is ready to go for matches

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