Hybrid Control System
In several places (Q&A, team update 3, rulebook) the hybrid control system limitations have been described, and indicate that, among other things, 4 buttons on the remote should correspond to 4 repeatable actions on the robot. It's also been ruled that using 4 multi-button sequences to encode your 4 messages isn't allowed. Some remotes, such as the Logitech Harmony series, allow you to plug them into your computer to program often used button sequences, such as turning on your TV, Tivo, and stereo system with one button press. Would using such a remote to create 4 encoded commands be legal? For example, pushing button 1 would send a command "1-2-3", while pushing button 2 would send the command "2-3-4", etc. We would still be limited to using 4 buttons on the remote, and those 4 buttons would initiate repeatable actions as have been described by the GDC previously, but through an encoding system built into the hardware/software like this, we would avoid possible interference with other teams remotes.
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