Thread: An open-source, cross-platform Driver Station...
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Ben Wolsieffer Ben Wolsieffer is offline
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Re: An open-source, cross-platform Driver Station...
I tested the DS a few days ago (on Arch Linux) and was able to control a robot, but there were a few issues.

There seems to currently be no way to rearrange joysticks, unless I am missing something. I was able to work around this by unplugging the joysticks and reconnecting them in the right order.

When I first enabled the robot, it started driving away without user input, but was able to be stopped using the emergency stop. We spent around 30 minutes practicing with the robot afterward and this never happened again, but it still makes me a little scared.

After the robot was e-stopped, I could not reenable it until I had restarted both the driver station and the robot at the same time. I think this was because the DS immediately e-stopped the robot when it reconnected. I'm not sure if this is the intended behavior or a bug.

Thanks for your work on this project.
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