Thread: Programming for TalonSRX without RoboRIO?
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Re: Programming for TalonSRX without RoboRIO?
I think you are not going to ever be able to get the source for the NI libraries. I wanted to get access to understand the driver station protocol, and it seems that NI wants to keep it to themselves.

If you can't get information through CTRE, you could try using a logic analyzer to sniff the CAN bus and reverse engineer the protocol and heartbeat packets while the Talon is connected to a roboRIO. If you could figure enough of the protocol, it shouldn't be that hard to write your own driver for the Beaglebone.
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