This guide will give you a quick start on how THE Scouting System works and how to use it during tournaments.
There are two types of scouting accounts, the Scout Master and Pit Scouters. If you have no idea what the difference between those two of those are, then you probably should use the Pit Scouters account.
Credentials will be given to you during the tournament.
Note
The following guide will go through steps that will apply to both Pit Scouters and the Scout Master. For an in-depth documentation on how to use the Scout Master account, visit the Scout Master docs.
- Are you in a spot where the game is visible?
- Are you able to see the bumpers numbers on the robots?
- Are you scouting a different team than your teammate?
If you satisfy all the requirements, move on to scouting!
Warning
The following screenshots shows THE Scouting system for the 2024 season. Name of events may change due to each years event being different.
Click the Scout button on the bottom right to start scouting.
In the setup tab, you will be able to enter information about the team number, match number, and the start location of their robot.
The team and match number should both be integers.
There are three tabs corresponding to the three stages of a match: Auto, Teleop, and Endgame.
Different stages of the game will have different components of the game to keep track of. For example, during the 2024 Crescendo Season, the Teleop section has an entries called Speaker Notes and Amp Notes.
In the Endgame tab, there is a text box for extra notes. These notes are optional, but if you see anything that you think would be useful for the evaluation of teams, include it.
After recording all the data, navigate to the QR Code tab. Here you can generate a QR Code that the Scout Master device can scan and import the data from.
Pressing the Create QR button will create the QR Code as well as download a copy of itself and the data on to your device. This is to ensure that the data wouldn't be lost in case an emergency occurs.
After the data has been transferred/downloaded, you can press the Clear data button to clear the data and start scouting another match!