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Originally Posted by Wetzel
Question about the last slide, deployed vs flashing. Is deployed mode where you tether the robot to the computer to run code or is it running the robot code in simulation? The slide seems to say that you can run the robot on code stored on the programming computer.
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In the first case, the program is running in RAM on the cRIO and data is sent both directions between the cRIO and the programming computer. This allows you to use real debugging features (breakpoints, stepping, watches/probes, see all your front panels in LabVIEW, etc). In this way, it is like the program is running on your computer. When you turn off the robot (or stop the program) there is no code left in the robot.
In the second case, the program is running in flash on the cRIO. This is like when you programmed the IFI controller. The program will still be there between power cycles, but there is more limited debugging capabilities.