Anyone know what Team # starts the rookies?
I’m thinking mid 800s…but does anyone know for sure?
Lisa
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I’m pretty sure that 702 was the last number assigned in 2001 it might be a little higher but it was very early 700’s.
I think the rookie teams start around 715.
Wayne Doenges
I beleive that 716 was the last team number last year, so anything between there and 999 (yes there is a team 999 but no team 1000) is a rookie.
Whats the highest number the controls system can recognize? It only shows three digits on the display.
They can only recognize 3 numbers, the same 3 on the display, that’s why FIRST tried to keep all teams under 1000 this year, they will have to alter the system for 4 digits next year I’m sure.
asher
The highest team number I saw on the team lists at kickoff was 999… Not sure how FIRST will deal with this next year. Use new controllers, or ask innovative FIRST to do some modification, or take away the rule that the controller have to show team number…
The binary on the controls can handle a team number up to 4095
because the binary it uses has 12 places:
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 2048
which when added equel 4095
and according to the manual when the team number is more then 999 a - - - is on the screen but the team number still workes, hopefully there will not be a team with a number of 4096 anytime soon 
if you think about it, it’s not that hard to change the design a little. you can add a few more switches and another LCD number, and then it just reinforces the rule that you must use the current year’s control system. sure, it might cost a few extra bucks, if even that, to redesign the control system, but in the big picture, it’s not that much of a problem.
I saw a half disassembled controller at the party at Dean’s house, and there is already a 4th LED display. It must be hidden behind the plastic.
237 mentored 716 in 2001…they were the only rookie in the finals at UTC.
COUGH good time for Innovation FIRST to make a better control system COUGH
Accually, my only major gripe with the controller is it’s fixation on pBASIC. And the cost.
As for the Operator Interface being required to display the team number… why is that? It isn’t checked before every match is it? It is even required to be totally visible?
The team number is encoded into the wireless transmission keeping teams from using anothers robot, remember - when the channel number is set at the beginning of the match, the only thing that is connected is the control box and that box is wirelessly conected to the robot with the same team number on the default ch40 --so each other controler would have no idea who they belong to without the team number from that info, it sets its channel to the team its assigned to, without a team number it would be hard to control your own robot ;).
I doubt innovation first will make a new system since teams larger then 999 ARE supported - read my earlier message 
There are currently 12 bits available in the software for team numbers (dashboard spec, CTRLA & B) and the leading digit’s socket has been on the board since the new system’s inception.