In past years, there would be a small time frame after the autonomous buzzer where the driver controls would not activate until the tele-op bells sounded. Now that teams are able to control robots during the sandstorm period, will there still be the “pause”?
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Yes, there will still be a pause during the mode transition. It’s in the 2019 WPILib “new for this season” page.
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http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/currentCS/m/getting_started/l/1028812-new-for-2019
•Sandstorm Coding
- Mode - Despite the Sandstorm not truly being an “Autonomous” mode, all code (DS, robot code, etc.) will continue to refer to this period as “Autonomous” or “Auto” for continuity.
- Mode Transitions - The field will transition through modes in the same way as prior seasons. Prior to the start of the match, robot’s will be in Disabled Mode. Once the match starts, they will transition to Autonomous Enabled mode. At the end of the Sandstorm, robots will briefly transition through Disabled (~.5s), if team’s are driving their robot with joysticks/gamepads at this time, there will be a noticeable hitch. Finally the robot will transition to Teleop Enabled mode for the remainder of the match until the buzzer sounds. When the match expires, the robot will return to Disabled mode.
- Joystick Access - For this season only, joystick data will not be cached on the transition to Autonomous. Teams will be able to access updated joystick data throughout the Autonomous/Sandstorm period.
- Game Data - There is no game data for the 2019 season.
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