Need 2014 Driver Station Software

[kinganu123]

Could anyone please send me the installation or zip file of the driver station software for 2014? The links on NI seem to be down, namely this one. My team will be in your eternal debt.

[freaksdesign]

Originally Posted by kinganu123

Could anyone please send me the installation or zip file of the driver station software for 2014? The links on NI seem to be down, namely this one. My team will be in your eternal debt.

See if this will help you, it should have the downloads that you need

https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-34731

[kinganu123]

That document has been updated for 2015. But in the comments, I saw the Update Suite 6.0 on there, but when I ran it, it didn't actually install the old driver station. That's why I was kind of hoping someone would just zip up their executable (I'm like 80% sure they're portable like that).

[freaksdesign]

Originally Posted by kinganu123

That document has been update for 2015. But in the comments, I saw the Update Suite 6.0 on there, but when I ran it, it didn't actually install the old driver station. That's why I was kind of hoping someone would just zip up their executable (I'm like 80% they're portable like that).

Oh sorry I miss read. If you are just trying to run old code/robot you should be able to switch to the old protocols. see below

[kinganu123]

huh, and I'm assuming that it still uses the old image (v52) and the same static IPs as last year? Also, the code is in Java, which I'm seeing in some threads that IDEs don't support for v57.

[Flyte]

If anyone has it I would also like the 2014 driver station.

We tried using the new driver station but our code is also Java and we just can't get it to work. Everything is fine except the robot code will not connect.

Thanks

[Mark McLeod]

Here is the 2014 Driver Station.
You will probably be queried as to where the .dll's are.
They are in the data folder.

[Flyte]

Thanks

[S1nus]

Hi there, if anyone is reading this, we're looking for the whole 2014 update suite. We need the imaging tool, etc. Thank you

[Mark McLeod]

http://download.ni.com/support/softl...eSuite6.00.zip

[Qbot2640]

Originally Posted by freaksdesign

Oh sorry I miss read. If you are just trying to run old code/robot you should be able to switch to the old protocols. see below

Could you explain exactly what I need to do to run last year's robot from the new driver station software (I'm not sure what the arrow in your image means)? We tried today and didn't know what we had to change...then we were afraid to update the drivers' station laptop for fear of losing the ability to drive the '14 bot.

[FrankJ]

The switch freak is pointing to lets the 2015 DS interface with the 2014 FMS. My understanding is the 2015 will not talk to the 2014 robots. Apparently the switch that allowed it to run 2014 comms in the Beta testing was dropped. My programmer tells me the 2014 DS will run on the 2015 system. I have not actually seen how he tested this. Maybe somebody more versed in Lab View will comment. (The DS is a labview program regardless of what language your robot is programed in.)

[Greg McKaskle]

The 2014 and 2015 DS have different EXE names. I do not have both installed on my laptop, and I don't control the installers, so I can't say much about what that will do, but the programs can coexist with no problem. Each has its own set of DLLs and a reference to a LV runtime.

The 2015 DS can actually control 4 slot cRIOs that have been updated to 2015 image. Those cRIOs will then speak the 2015 protocol.

The 2015 DS and roboRIO can also speak the old protocol, but this was turned off during the beta in order to avoid misconfiguration.

So in order to better answer your question, do you intend to update last year's robot to this years development tools and image? Is it a 4-slot?

If not, I'd lean towards zipping the old c:\Program Files\FRC Driver Station folder, then installing the new one, then unzipping the old one into a folder something like 2014 FRC Driver Station.

Greg McKaskle

[FrankJ]

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

The 2015 DS can actually control 4 slot cRIOs that have been updated to 2015 image. Those cRIOs will then speak the 2015 protocol.

Greg McKaskle

Boy that is really going to confuse the Demo drivers. 8 slot, 4 slot 2014, 4 slot 2015. For the hard headed Java programmers, Can you put the 2015 image on the 4 slots? Presumably you would still use the 2014 net-bean plugins? Or we just shouldn't go there?

[Greg McKaskle]

Boy that is really going to confuse the Demo drivers

Sounds like a job for documentation. Or at least a checklist.

As for Java dependencies. I'm not the right person to comment on that. I know that the cRIO will still need Squawk JVM and that the language changed enough that the libraries are not that compatible. I would guess that a new 2015 image on a cRIO 4 slot will still run fine with older Java tools, but I'd wait for a beta team or WPI student to confirm.

Greg McKaskle