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Re: Reading log files of current

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Originally Posted by thrashercharged View Post
We're able to monitor PDP current and log it (have 2015 DS, roboRIO and PDP with latest firmware (Rev 1.4 from http://crosstheroadelectronics.com/control_system.html) with CAN connected between them) and we see the log file created when the robot is disabled following an enabled period. This log file is in C:\Users\Public\Documents\FRC\Log Files with the extension .pdplog. Problem is, we're having trouble finding a way to read the file? Is there a reader we need to download?
If you instantiate a PowerDistributionPanel object (I know you can do this in Java and C++, but I don't know about Labview), you can access the current of individual channels as well as the total current in real time.
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