Thread: Using the old cRIO control system
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Unread 18-03-2015, 07:50
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Re: Using the old cRIO control system
We were playing around with this for the same reason as you guys (Java team). The programming must still be done in netbeans with the old plugins because of the way the IDE sends code to the controller ( unless someone can make a plugin for eclipse that doesn't use the mDNS the roboRIO uses). For driving, if you have a 4-slot cRIO, you should be able to flash the latest image (73? 43?) and use the 2015 driver station by selecting 2009-2014 from the control system menu. If you have and 8-slot, like we do, it doesn't support the latest firmware. Our solution was to reimage an old classmate with last years software, and just drive with the old driver station.