Hi
FTC 2818 just received their Kit of parts and I'm going through all the attached disks and software etc.
Keeping FLL, FTC and FRC Beta straight is getting difficult.
I sucessfully loaded Labview 8.5.1, updated the NXT firmware and went through the "Getting Started with Labview Toolkit for LEGO Mindstorms NXT" manual. (Located under the labview Program folder)
I was able to write several labview programs for the NXT, and ran them with debug mode and direct commands. I created some pretty cool realtime/logging displays. So I'm pretty sure all my software & drivers etc are GOOD !!!
Things went downhill when I started working on the "Getting started with the FIRST Tech Challenge Software" manual.
I just could NOT get the FTC Controller Station software to run.
The program loads, and I hit the Run Icon, but as soon as I try to type something in the "NXT" name box, I get a windows application error. Illegal instruction read..... I tried many times.
Since this is a pre-compiled (EXE) program, I went looking for the NI VI.
I found it (adjacent directory) and tried running that from inside LV8.5.1. Very simmilar results....
So now my question is.....
Who an I going to call? FIRST, NI, Pitsco
So I decided that THIS was the best place to start...... Any Ideas?