[Archived] FRC 2015 Driver Station Tutorial

[Kevin_F]

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Driver Station Tutorial

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This document describes the new driver station for the 2015 FIRST competition season. Read through it

to learn about new features and functionalities introduced with this software-based driver station.

Contents

FRC Driver Station

Overview

     Main Viewing Areas

Operation Page

     Robot Operation Modes

     Robot Run Information

Diagnostics Page

     Communications

     Version Information

Setup Page

     Configuring Team Number

     Practice Round Parameters

USB Settings Page

Power & CAN Page

Messages & Charts Page

[sciencewhiz]

This seems to use an older Driver Station version that does not allow the choice of language specific dashboards on the setup tab. It should look like this: http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/3120/m/8559/l/92377-frc-driver-station-software/show_image?image...

[The_Demp]

Where does the .ini file for the driver station data storage live now? Can't find where to change the dashboard from the default.

[yosayoran]

I didn't check if it actually works, but the tutorial (tutorial 6 - Creating a Costum Dashboard) sais this: (direct quote) "

Rebuilding the FRC Dashboard Project

After you customize the FRC Dashboard Project, you must rebuild the project so that the Driver Station launches the most recent version of the project.

Complete the following steps to rebuild the project and specify which project the Driver Station launches automatically.

1. In the Project Explorer window of the Dashboard Project, expand the list of Build Specifications to reveal the FRC_Dashboard application.
2. Right-click FRC_Dashboard and select Properties from the shortcut menu. If the Application Builder Information dialog box appears, click OK.
3. Verify that the Target filename is Dashboard.exe. The Driver Station reads this executable file as the file to launch.
4. Verify that the Destination directory is where you want to save the file. Click Build to build the new project.
5. Explore to where you saved the new executable file. Copy the new Dashboard.exe file over to the C:\Program Files\FRC Dashboard directory."

Hope this helps you!

[SierraC]

Where can we download just the driver software? I need to update our classmates, and I cant find it.

[BoKnows]

A good starting point to find anything related to FRC is at www.ni.com/frc

There's a link there to the software download page: https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-34731