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Re: Dashboard

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Originally Posted by jacob_dilles
yeah but thats kinda skech... think refresh rate at least 15 times a second. i would think VB would be best here, but c++ is a lot more direct in accessing ports.
That was my concern with reading/writing a file at first as well, but it actually worked fairly well.

The one problem with this method that I ran into was when trying to multiplex data. I was unable to create any useful data from multiplexed bits last year, although I'm not sure why. I've been working on the revamping the program for this year, and I think I'm having similar problems, although I'm not entirely sure. I need some more time to work with it.

Another solution is to use ports. I don't know how this works, but a computer scientist who helps us mentioned it as another way, but I never tried using them. C++ has many classes that let you use ports very easily, and apparently Flash MX has stuff to read data on certain ports, but I've never used this.

If you have any questions, I can send you the code from last year, but it's not polished or neat, but it shows how we got the job done. The Flash MX frontend I can't give you, I'm afraid, as it would not help you. It was written specifically for our robot, and I'm not sure how much use it'd be for you. Talk to SuperDan if you have any questions on the Flash MX part though, that was his job.
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