V31.0.0 Wombat Update

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v31.0.0 Update

• Removed Create 3 usage as Creates are no longer used in Botball (starting 2025 season)
• Raspberry Pi type used (3B or 3B+) displayed on About page
• Wired Ethernet Connection
  • Enables direct wired connection between Wombat and computer
  • New IP to type in URL is 192.168.124.1:8888 to access IDE
• Event Mode
  • Desired use case is in large events that have many AP signals being broadcast by Wombats
  • Disables WiFi broadcasting to unclog WiFi bands/channels
  • Enables only Ethernet connection between Wombat and computer
  • Toggle switch for Event Mode in About page
  • When activated, Home page gets a different background to determine visually if Wombat is Event Mode
  • All other pages have a small "Event Mode Enabled" label at the bottom of each page
• Dynamic WiFi Balancing
  • Wombats with Raspberry Pi 3B+ can now flip between 2.4 GHz WiFi channel and 5 GHz
    • Toggle to do so is on Network page (Settings/Advanced/Network)
  • Wombats with Raspberry Pi 3B can only use 2.4 GHz WiFi channel
  • On each boot-up, the dynamicChannelSwitch.sh script will run
    • Script determines the AP spread on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands and channels, finds the channel with the least amount of APs, and modifies the Wombat's AP connection accordingly
• USB vs. Online Update
  • Update page now has 2 ways to update Wombat: USB or Online (Ethernet)
  • USB looks for a .zip file named wombat-os-##.#.# (version number) in root folder of USB
    • Versions <= 30.3.0 require the .zip to be extracted into root folder of USB so it's just a folder, not a .zip file
    • Versions >= 31.0.0 only need the .zip file
  • Online requires direct Ethernet connection between Wombat and an internet source