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Thisarticledescribestheuseandfeaturesofthe2016FRCDriverStationPoweredbyNILabVIEW.

ForinformationoninstallingtheDriverStationsoftwareseethisdocument(../../13503/l/144150?dataresolveurl=true&datamanualid=13503).

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StartingtheFRCDriverStation

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TheFRCDriverStationcanbelaunchedbydoubleclickingtheiconontheDesktoporbyselectingStart>AllPrograms>FRCDriverStation.

SettingUptheDriverStation

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TypicallytheDriverStationwillsettheappropriatesettingsautomatically,butifyoudohavetosetthenetworksettingsmanually,theDSshouldusethefollowingsettings:

IP:DHCP

TheDSmustbesettoyourteamnumberinordertoconnecttoyourrobot.InordertodothisclicktheSetuptabthenenteryourteamnumberintheteamnumberbox.Pressreturn

StatusPane

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TheStatusPaneoftheDriverStationislocatedinthecenterofthedisplayandisalwaysvisibleregardlessofthetabselected.Itdisplaysaselectionofcriticalinformationaboutthest

1.Team#TheTeamnumbertheDSiscurrentlyconfiguredfor.ThisshouldmatchyourFRCteamnumber,tochangethenumberseetheSetupTab.
2.BatteryVoltageIftheDSisconnectedandcommunicatingwiththeroboRIOthisdisplayscurrentbatteryvoltageasanumberandwithasmallchartofvoltageovertimeinthe
3.MajorStatusIndicatorsThesethreeindicatorsdisplaymajorstatusitemsfortheDS.The"Communications"indicateswhethertheDSiscurrentlycommunicatingwiththeFRC
4.StatusStringTheStatusStringprovidesanoverallstatusmessageindicatingthestateoftherobot,someexamplesare"NoRobotCommunication","NoRobotCode","Emerg

OperationTab

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TheOperationsTabisusedtocontrolthemodeoftherobotandprovideadditionalkeystatusindicatorswhiletherobotisrunning.

1.RobotModeThissectioncontrolstheRobotMode.PracticeModecausestherobottocyclethroughthesametransitionsasanFRCmatchaftertheEnablebuttonispressed
2.Enable/DisableThesecontrolsenableanddisabletherobot.Youcanalsousethekeycombination[]\(the3keysabovetheenterkeyonmostkeyboards)toenabletherobot
3.ElapsedTimeIndicatestheamountoftimetherobothasbeenenabled
4.PCBatteryIndicatescurrentstateofDSPCbatteryandwhetherthePCispluggedin
5.PCCPU%IndicatestheCPUUtilizationoftheDSPC
6.WindowModeWhennotontheDriveraccountontheClassmateallowstheusertotogglebetweenfloating(arrow)anddocked(rectangle)
7.TeamStationWhennotconnectedtoFMS,setstheteamstationtotransmittotherobot.

Note:WhenconnectedtotheFieldManagementSystemthecontrolsinsections1,and2willbereplacedbythewordsFMSConnectedandthecontrolinSection7willbegreyedout

DiagnosticsTab

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TheDiagnosticsTabcontainsadditionalstatusindicatorsthatteamscanusetodiagnoseissueswiththeirrobot:

1.DSVersionIndicatestheDriverStationVersionnumber
2.roboRIOImageVersionStringindicatingtheversionoftheroboRIOImage
3.WPILibVersionStringindicatingtheversionofWPILibinuse
4.CANDeviceVersionsStringindicatingthefirmwareversionofdevicesconnectedtotheCANbus
5.ConnectionIndicatorsIndicateconnectionstatustovariouscomponents."EnetLink"indicatesthecomputerhassomethingconnectedtotheethernetport."DSRadio"isaleg
6.RebootroboRIOThisbuttonattemptstoperformaremoterebootoftheroboRIO(afterclickingthroughaconfirmationdialog)
7.RestartRobotCodeThisbuttonattemptstorestartthecoderunningontherobot(butnotrestarttheOS)
8.MemoryStatsThissectionshowsstatsabouttheroboRIOmemory

SetupTab

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TheSetupTabcontainsanumberofbuttonsteamscanusetocontroltheoperationoftheDriverStation:

1.TeamNumberShouldcontainyourFRCTeamNumber.ThiscontrolsthemDNSnamethattheDSexpectstherobottobeat.New:Shiftclickingonthedropdownarroww
2.DashboardTypeControlswhatDashboardislaunchedbytheDriverStation.Defaultlaunchesthefilepointedtobythe"FRCDSDataStorage.ini"file,bydefaultthisisDashb
dataresolveurl=true&datamanualid=7932)sectionofthedocumentation.
3.DSProtocolThiscontroldefaultsto2015.Use2014forcommunicatingwitha2014cRIOimage.
4.PracticeModeTimingTheseboxescontrolthetimingofeachportionofthepracticemodesequence.WhentherobotisenabledinpracticemodetheDSautomaticallyprocee
5.AudioControlThisbuttoncontrolswhetheraudiotonesaresoundedwhenthePracticeModeisused.

USBDevicesTab

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TheUSBDevicestabincludestheinformationabouttheUSBDevicesconnectedtotheDS

1.USBSetupListThiscontainsalistofallcompatibleUSBdevicesconnectedtotheDS.Pressingabuttononadevicewillhighlightthenameingreenandput2*sbeforethede
2.RescanThisbuttonwillforceaRescanoftheUSBdevices.Whiletherobotisdisabled,theDSwillautomaticallyscanfornewdevicesandaddthemtothelist.Toforceacom
3.DeviceindicatorsTheseindicatorsshowthecurrentstatusoftheAxes,buttonsandPOVofthejoystick.
4.RumbleForXInputdevices(suchasXBoxcontrollers)theRumblecontrolwillappear.Thiscanbeusedtotesttherumblefunctionalityofthedevice.Thetopbaris"RightRum

ReArrangingandLockingDevices

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The2015DriverStationhasthecapabilityof"locking"aUSBdeviceintoaspecificslot.Thisisdoneautomaticallyifthedeviceisdraggedtoanewpositionandcanalsobetriggeredb

Note:Ifyouhavetwoormoreofthesamedevice,theyshouldmaintaintheirpositionaslongasalldevicesremainpluggedintothecomputerinthesameportstheywerelockedin.If

Example:Theimageaboveshows4devices:

ALocked"LogitechAttack3"joystick.Thisdevicewillstayinthispositionunlessdraggedsomewhereelseorunlocked
Anunlocked"LogitechExtreme3D"joystick
Anunlocked"GamepadF310(Controller)"whichisaLogitechF310gamepad
ALocked,butdisconnected"MadCatzGamePad(Controller)"whichisaMadCatzXbox360Controller

Inthisexample,unpluggingtheLogitechExtreme3DjoystickwillresultintheF310Gamepadmovinguptoslot1.PluggingintheMadCatzGamepad(evenifthedevicesinSlots1an

JoystickSetupBestPractice
Note:WhenusingtheReArrangingandLockingfeaturedescribedabove,teamsshouldtakecaretomakesuredevicesbehaveastheyexpectwhentheDSisrestarted

CAN\PowerTab

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ThelasttabontheleftsideoftheDSistheCAN\RobotPowerTab.ThistabcontainsinformationaboutthepowerstatusoftheroboRIOandthestatusoftheCANbus:

1.CommsFaultsThisindicatesthenumberofCommsfaultsthathaveoccurredsincetheDShasbeenconnected
2.12VFaultsThisindicatesthenumberofinputpowerfaults(Brownouts)thathaveoccurredsincetheDShasbeenconnected
3.6V/5V/3.3VFaultsThisindicatesthenumberoffaults(typicallycausebyshortcircuits)thathaveoccurredontheUserVoltageRailssincetheDShasbeenconnected
4.CANBusUtilizationThisindicatesthepercentageutilizationoftheCANbus
5.CANfaultsTheseindicatethecountsofeachofthe4typesofCANfaultssincetheDShasbeenconnected

Ifafaultisdetected,theindicatorforthistab(showninblueintheimageabove)willturnred.

ChartsTab

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TheChartstabplotsanddisplaysadvancedindicatorsofrobotstatustohelpteamsdiagnoserobotissues:

1.Thetopgraphchartstriptimeinmillisecondsingreen(againsttheaxisontheright)andlostpacketspersecondinblue(againsttheaxisontheleft)
2.Thebottomgraphplotsbatteryvoltageinyellow(againsttheaxisontheleft),roboRIOCPUinred(againsttheaxisontheright),DSRequestedmodeasacontinuouslineonth
3.ThiskeyshowsthecolorsusedfortheDSRequestedandRobotReportedmodesinthebottomchart.
4.ChartscaleThesecontrolschangethetimescaleoftheDSCharts
5.ThisbuttonlaunchestheDSLogFileViewer

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MessagesTab

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TheMessagestabdisplaysdiagnosticmessagesfromtheDS,WPILiband/ortheroboRIO.Themessagesarefilteredbyseverity.Bydefault,onlyErrorsaredisplayed.

ToaccesssettingsfortheMessagestab,clicktheGearicon.Thiswilldisplayamenuthatwillallowyoutoselectthedetaillevel(Errors,Errors+WarningsorErrors+Warnings+Prints),

Newfor2016ThiswindowwilldisplayprintsfromWPILibandUserCode.

BothTab
ThelasttabontherightsideistheBothtabwhichdisplaysMessagesandChartssidebyside

DriverStationKeys
ThefollowingkeyscanbeusedtocontrolDriverStationoperation:

F1ForceaJoystickrefresh.
'['+']'+'\'Enabletherobot(the3keysaboveEnteronmostkeyboards)
EnterDisabletheRobot
SpaceEmergencyStoptherobot.AfteranemergencystopistriggeredtheroboRIOwillneedtoberebootedbeforetherobotcanbeenabledagain.Note:ThiswillEStopth

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