Forum: Off-Season Events
01-01-2017, 10:00 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,572
Re: BunnyBots 2016
Thanx for having BunnyBot event. This year our team has 11 rookies and only 3 veterans. BunnyBots was an ideal introduction to FRC. The one day format makes it affordable for a rural team.
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Forum: Electrical
12-15-2016, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 355
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Forum: Electrical
12-15-2016, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 355
Need part at BunnyBot event.
In a fit of rage, the BunnyNabber Arm violently struck our 120 Amp circuit breaker (Andy Marks part AM-0282). Our spare circuit breaker is hiding somewhere. We are ordering replacements, but have...
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Forum: C/C++
12-02-2016, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 251
Re: Blank Smart Dashboard
One issue kinda figured out. The blank Smart Dashboard upon restart is related to the network configuration.
I have been testing using a USB cable. On all 3 PC's the wireless was still enabled. ...
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Forum: C/C++
12-02-2016, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 251
Re: Blank Smart Dashboard
The OK image below shows the testmode widgets after Smart Dashboard was started without smartdashboard.xml.
I exited Smart Dashboard and Saved layout.
The BAD image shows the blank widgets in test...
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Forum: C/C++
12-02-2016, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 251
Re: Blank Smart Dashboard
Hold on. I got excited when the bad PC finally showed a populated Smart Dashboard.
But now I realize the it reverted to old ways. If I exit Smart Dashboard and restart, the window is again blank. ...
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Forum: C/C++
12-02-2016, 10:14 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 251
Re: Blank Smart Dashboard
I had tried the connection indicator and it stayed RED. I tried assigning a different team number, then reassigning 3711. It stayed the same. I finally gave up and went home.
This morning, I...
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Forum: C/C++
12-01-2016, 07:55 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 251
Blank Smart Dashboard
We use Robot Builder and Smart Dashboard a lot. One of our PC's has decided to display a blank Smart Dashboard screen (see captureBAD.png file), while the other 2 PC's act as expected (see...
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Forum: Programming
05-05-2016, 12:42 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 8,898
Re: What Did you use for Vision Tracking?
We used a Logitech Pro 9000 type USB camera connected to the RoboRio. Wrote custom C++ code to track the tower.
A short video of our driver station in autonomous is on youtube....
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Forum: Programming
04-13-2016, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 4,149
Re: How fast was your vision processing?
All the hurdles to implementing machine vision kept us out of machine vision. We are like a lot of small teams in that we do not have time to chase machine vision when the drive motors are not...
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Forum: Programming
03-03-2016, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,362
Re: HD-3000 camera has wasted many hours
The latest plugin update 0.1.0.201603020231 solved this. We can start SmartDashboard and the camera feed is live without having to kickstart via "usb camera hw".
I am about to run out of things to...
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Forum: C/C++
03-02-2016, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 593
Smart Dashboard loses data in Test Mode
One of our nagging issues is with using Smart Dashboard with Drivers Station in Test Mode.
I think this is a most useful feature. We can quickly define a project with Robot Builder, build and...
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Forum: C/C++
03-02-2016, 10:31 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,165
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Forum: C/C++
02-29-2016, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,165
Re: Permission denied when pushing code
Thanx Brian,
When I had previously tried to set permissions with filezilla, I had logged on as lvuser. It probably did not the right privileges. Logged on as admin and the permission changes...
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Forum: C/C++
02-29-2016, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 3,165
Re: Permission denied when pushing code
I am now getting the Permission Denied feature when trying to deploy. Started today after I allowed eclipse to upgrade from 4.5.1.20150917-1200 to 4.5.1.20160218-0600.
I Tried "reverting" back in...
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Forum: Technical Discussion
02-24-2016, 08:15 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,104
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Forum: Programming
02-23-2016, 07:27 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,791
Re: USB Cameras with roboRIO
Thanx for this note. The camera is much more important this year than last year. Last year we just gave up on the HD-3000 usb camera. This year we switched to a Logitech Usb camera and we get...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
02-22-2016, 12:31 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,783
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Forum: Robot Showcase
02-22-2016, 10:23 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,783
Re: 3711 may
We just got our camera to work, so we were pleasantly surprised with our robots shot consistency, considering we are tilting the shooter. We are also happy with using the shooter to be the pickup...
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Forum: Programming
02-22-2016, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,362
Re: HD-3000 camera has wasted many hours
We code in C++. For programming, we have 1 1/2 students and one crusty old mentor. Small teams do not have a lot a resources. When we waste a lot of time getting a simple camera to display on the...
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Forum: Robot Showcase
02-21-2016, 10:46 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,783
3711 may
Finally got a camera to help us load boulders and site in on the tower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o_GvYz-SdI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VB8ZdIuEJE
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Forum: Programming
02-21-2016, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,362
HD-3000 camera has wasted many hours
Exposure control with the HD-3000 caused us grief last year. We assumed its problems would get resolved this year. No way. I could estimate that we wasted over 100 hours screwing with that...
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Forum: Programming
02-08-2016, 01:10 PM
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Replies: 1
Views: 679
Whining about programming inconsistencies
Each year I tell myself it will be better. Each year Deja Vu. If it was not for all the help on Chief Delphi our robot would be a brick.
The inconsistancies of Eclipse C++, SmartDashboard, Robot...
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Forum: Control System
02-08-2016, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,094
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Forum: Programming
02-06-2016, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 572
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