router power at the competition

[johncap100]

not real sure where to put this ,  but i was wondering about router power at the competition. I have never done this before.
In the rules it says no power at the control station,  so when we carry our control console to the station we have not power for the router. i see that for the classmate that is no problem, but what about the router so we can talk with the bot on the field.  if they have a universal type router we plug into to, do they pair the router with the bridge on the bot??
any incite would be great

thanks john

[sciencewhiz]

See <R87>

[johncap100]

thanks   yes i had already read R87,  that was what prompted the question, i just was seeing if anyone had some

incite into how the connection is actually accomplished.

[NI-Bob]

Hello,

Are you talking about the Linksys Router?  This is meant for debugging during the build season.  In most competitions (all that I have attended) these are not allowed in the pit area because if everyone brought one the wireless networks would interfere with each other and the field.  Testing in the pit can only be done with a cable directly connected.  The regional may have a practice field with a wireless connection but each regional can be different.

At your teams station you will plug in the Driver Station to the Field Management System with an Ethernet Cable.  The field setup does not require you to have the Linksys Router with you.

Please let me know if this is not what you were referring to and we can do our best to point you in the right direction.

Thanks!

Bob H

NI FIRST Support

[johncap100]

ok thanks john