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Unread 09-10-2015, 14:37
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Re: Using a different button to e-stop the robot instead of the space key

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
If you are just tweaking values, you might find it faster and more convenient to use Smart Dashboard variables instead of changing the program each time. Once you have found the value you want, then you can put it in the code.

The robot is going to disable itself anyway when you load new code. Why isn't it possible for you to disable it a few moments earlier?
Our current build system does not disable the running of the robot, and can allow changes dynamically coded in. This allows us to change code (not just values, but entire functions) on the fly. However, the space bar emergency stopping causes issues with this. As long as I don't use the space bar or enter, I can change the code dynamically. The driver station intercepting those keys does not allow us to do this.
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