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(note: the following post assumes C++ on board the robot, as is the case with the OP's questions)

The dashboard is not like previous years; you will not get the values of all outputs on the robot automatically (even when you get all the IPs, firewalls, etc set up correctly).

The software on board the robot simply does not send out this information unless you write code to make it do so.

The Labview Dashboard application will present an application that, when sent the proper information from the robot, will show I/O information similar in spirit to the old IFI dashboard. This application expects the dashboard data in a specific format over the network.

The newly added Dashboard example template in the recent Windriver update provides classes to help you send the data in the proper format. However, the example does not actually send all the I/O data for you. You need to augment it to send the I/O data, or other data that your team may have an interest in.