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This project was inspired by the original FTA Buddy app made by Ken Schenke. It has since evolved to have a more mobile friendly field monitor, custom flashcards, more information in the reference page, and a notes section for communicating with other FTA(A)s and CSAs at events. The field monitor uses a Chrome extension installed on a computer on the field network to scrape data. The extension sends the data to a locally run server that broadcasts it to the app through a websocket. It also sends that data to the cloud server, that way you can give volunteers a portable field monitor without having them on the field network. Plus, having fewer SignalR connections is always a good thing. The cloud server also enables the notes functionality. The notes are also persistent between events, so if you have a team with a weird problem you can leave a note and the FTA at their next event can benefit!
- Dark theme
- Mobile optimized
- Reduce signalR congestion
- Access without being on field wifi
- Detailed status view with troubleshooting steps
- Vibration notifications when a robot drops during a match
- Tracking how long since the last status change happened
- 👀 emoji helps identify robots that are taking longer than expected to connect
- Flashcards to communicate through driver station glass
- Reference page with status light codes and other handy information
- Dsplay signal strength information
- Display last cycle time and timer for current cycle
- Audio notifications to quickly know which robot dropped and what disconnected
- Cycle time tracking
- A way better event log viewer, give your CSAs access to the data that can help them help you help teams!
- Synced team checklist to help track radio programming
- Ticket and note system that's synchronized between events
- Current cycle will become more red as you approach 2x your average cycle time
- Last cycle time will be green if it's your best that event
Coming soon:
- Tracking connection time per team, and display 🕜 emoji when there's a team that takes 1 std deviation longer than the average team to connect
- Pipe audio alerts directly into event radios
- Install the extension from the Chrome webstore
- Go to ftabuddy.com on a computer connected to the field network.
- Click Host and optionally login first.
- Enter the event code (e.g. 2024miket) and a passcode of your choosing, and click create event
- Visit ftabuddy.com on your phone, add/install the web app to your home screen for the best experience
- Login or create an account for yourself, then connect to the event with the same code and pin!
This project is licensed under the MIT license.
See LICENSE for more information.