Using the Framework properly

[gnunes]

I am new to FRC, and have some questions about the Robot Framework. Probably there is a document that explains everything, but I have not found it in a lot of searching and reading.

1. We run in Teleop mode (as set on the Driver Station), and our code works as expected, but when we stop the VI (with the Stop button on the main While Loop), the code does not transition to the Finish VI. Pressing the Finish button in the Robot Main front panel doesn't seem to work either. In both cases we get the classic "depressed button" look that says "you've pressed the button, but LabVIEW hasn't read it." We have resorted to stoping Robot Main from the tool bar, but clearly this won't cut it in competition.

2. When we start Driver Station.exe, we also get a Dashboard. But it is not our dashboard. To get our Dashboard, we have to kill the default one, and start our own only after Enabling Teleop mode. This does not seem right, or like it will be useful in competition. How do we make Driver Station.exe launch our Dashboard?

3. If we are not planning on using a Classmate in competition, how do we set up our own laptop to behave properly at a competition?

4. Beyond that, is there a document that explains exactly what sort of control is taken over our robot during a competition? I know that somehow the "ring master" has control of enabling our robot, but some details would be very helpful.