Thread: 2CAN Plugin Released
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Re: 2CAN Plugin Released
Follow the directions in the 2CAN user manual to edit ni_rt.ini on the robot and add a reference to FRC_2CANPlugIn to the StartupDlls line.

The first time around we didn't follow the 2CAN instructions exactly, and put the reference to FRC_2CANPlugIn before FRC_UserProgram like the black jaguar plugin instructions tell you to. Apparently the FRC_2CANPlugIn uses some functions in WPILib (Synchronization class) that aren't loaded until the FRC_UserProgram is loaded, which is why we got the errors the first time around. Moving the 2CAN plugin after the UserProgram fixed this error and allowed the plugin to load.

That said, we still don't have CAN bus control yet via the plugin, per Niles' latest post. We'll see if we get any further Friday evening.
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