http://www.nventivity.com/scout2.htm
One of our team’s mentors came up with a scouting system using Wiimotes. We will be testing it at the AZ regional and the final version will be used in Atlanta. We hope that many teams will use this. The final version will be released before the Championships and we hope to see it used in all the divisions. Please contact us us if you have nay questions!!!
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Is there a link for the beta module, or are you just going to put it up before chaimp?
Can this be released in time for the 6 Week? If there are bugs, it would still be nice…
Has anyone used GUSS? How does this compare with GUSS? (I guess just by looking at the screen shots…)
Don’t the wiimotes fit under this?
• Two-way radios or other form of wireless communications are not allowed (with the exception of the previous bullet).
http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/Team%20Update%2012.pdf
this is amazing. Is there any chance of getting a link to downloading it to test it out? Either the source or the binaries?
lol just when i was told that controlling the robot with wiimotes was a bad idea… somebody find a good use for them lol.
How did this work out in AZ?
This system looks amazing! Will it be out for Atlanta?
Let’s just say it won them the Judge’s Award on Friday afternoon 
I got a chance to talk to Karen, and the things this system can do just blew me away! It is easily the most organized, informative, simplistic system available. Any teams that showed even a slight interest in trying this should definitely do so!
I was told they were going to release it sometime soon, definitely before Championships; Karen is hoping it will get a lot of mileage in Atlanta.
heh…do the math! 842 was the #8 alliance captain, they did their scouting using this system, they were the only alliance to win a match against the #1 alliance…
We are very proud of Karen, and we are glad she is on our side! It will be be released before Atlanta for all to use!
Why not release it so teams can use it week 5 & 6?
Here is a pdf of how the wii mote is used
http://www.nventivity.com/Scout2_Instr.pdf
Maybe if you guys bug Karen, she might release it from Beta sooner…Sorry Karen!
How original. Now I feel outdated. We still use paper scouting and enter our data manually! :yikes: Nice system. What about misses though?
A miss is a miss you move on, But there are no misses!
This is a fairly good point. Depending on who’s opinion you go by, since wi-fi rules aren’t really enforced at all, wiimotes could possibly be illegal as they use bluetooth (2.4ghz). Really, it’s a decision if bluetooth falls under “Wi-Fi use in the 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands is prohibited.”
Otherwise, that’s pretty sweet. I note that it uses sql, but jw what the actual languaged used was.
Update 12 says:
• Robots may be operated via wireless control only on the competition or practice fields.
• Two-way radios or other form of wireless communications are not allowed (with the exception of the previous bullet).
Update 13 adds to this:
Wireless communication clarification:
Regarding the wireless communication prohibition in Team Update 12, we’d like to clarify that general cell phone use is permitted. However, Wi-Fi use in the 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands is prohibited.
I read that as this: “Two way radios or other forms of wireless communications are not allowed, except for the robot wireless on the competition field and general cell phone use.” It is clear they do not want interference in the 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands, so (IMHO) use of Bluetooth in this manner is not allowed. I’d recommend to anyone planning to use this system that they submit a Q&A question about it to get confirmation (unless one has already been submitted and I missed it).
The updates Dave posted are what made 148 use a wired network in the stands in Dallas for our scouting system.
I thought about the same thing. However, I read it the other way, they only want to block Wi-Fi, and allow other uses. The Wi-Fi alliance only certifies IEEE 802.11 equipment. Bluetooth is IEEE 802.15.
If they had really wanted to block bluetooth, they would have had to have big signs at the entrance to the stadiums, as every cell phone has bluetooth.
It’s still on the same band though. At that point you may even ask why the bother restricting 2.4 GHz since all of their equipment is in the 5 GHz band (or is supposed to be so I am told). Solution? 802.11y! hahaha too bad I don’t have a license for that.