Driver station download frc 2017

Team - The Team number the DS is currently configured for. This should match your FRC team number. To change the team number see the Setup Tab. Battery Voltage - If the DS is connected and communicating with the roboRIO this displays current battery voltage as a number and with a small chart of voltage over time in the battery icon.

The background of the numeric indicator will turn red when the roboRIO brownout is triggered. The Operations Tab is used to control the mode of the robot and provide additional key status indicators while the robot is running.

Robot Mode - This section controls the Robot Mode. Practice Mode causes the robot to cycle through the same transitions as an FRC match after the Enable button is pressed timing for practice mode can be found on the setup tab. See also Driver Station Key Shortcuts. Window Mode - When not on the Driver account on the Classmate allows the user to toggle between floating arrow and docked rectangle.

When connected to the Field Management System the controls in sections 1, and 2 will be replaced by the words FMS Connected and the control in Section 7 will be greyed out. The Diagnostics Tab contains additional status indicators that teams can use to diagnose issues with their robot:.

Connection Indicators - The top half of these indicators show connection status to various components. Network Indicators - The second section of indicators indicates status of network adapters and firewalls. These are provided for informational purposes, communication may be established with one or more unlit indicators in this section. Restart Robot Code - This button attempts to restart the code running on the robot but not restart the OS.

The Setup Tab contains a number of buttons teams can use to control the operation of the Driver Station:. Shift clicking on the dropdown arrow will show all roboRIO names detected on the network for troubleshooting purposes. When connected to FMS, this data will be populated by the field automatically. Practice Mode Timing - These boxes control the timing of each portion of the practice mode sequence.

When the robot is enabled in practice mode the DS automatically proceeds through the modes indicated from top to bottom. Audio Control - This button controls whether audio tones are sounded when the Practice Mode is used. While the robot is disabled, the DS will automatically scan for new devices and add them to the list.

To force a complete re-scan or to re-scan while the robot is Enabled such as when connected to FMS during a match press F1 or use this button. Device indicators - These indicators show the current status of the Axes, buttons and POV of the joystick. This can be used to test the rumble functionality of the device.

This is a control only and will not indicate the Rumble value set in robot code. This is done automatically if the device is dragged to a new position and can also be triggered by double clicking on the device. You will need to use the SimpleSoftwareServo library. You can download the zipped library here and install it the same way you installed the AF motor library.

There are 3 different default codes you can use for your robot, they can be found here this link is also available in the team information document. The first called "DefaultBot" is just a simple drivetrain. The second is "DefaultBotServo", you can use this code along with the library you downloaded in the previous step to control a servo on your robot.

The third is "DefaultBotMotor", you can use this to control your drivetrain as well as a motor for an extra function on your robot.

Go to this Github repository. There are 2 important files in that folder. The first one is the file "Drivestation. Running this application is how you will launch the Drive Station.

It is recommended that you add a shortcut to this exe on your desktop. The second file is "config. Instructions on what to put in this file are in the "readme". Did you make this project? Share it with us!