Update!

[Ether]

Originally Posted by kamocat

It's up there now.

It was up there before.

But they didn't update the release date.

It still says

Available Downloads:
Standard Download: FRCLabVIEWUpdate3.1for2011.zip (100 MB)

Download Language: English
Product Line: Academic
Version: 2011
Release date: 01-08-2011
Software type: Application Software
Operating system: Windows

[KevinReid]

Bug Fixes and Updates

The 3.1 update includes the following bug fixes and updates:

* Allows your robot to communicate with the FRC Field Management System.
* Allows you to build applications using the licensed IMAQ VIs.
* Enables the Data Entry page of numeric controls to update properly in LabVIEW 8.6.1.
* The NI Example Finder includes examples for Vision and for the linear encoder sensor.
* The default value of the LED toggle rate global variable in the Robot Global Data VI changed to a 10 millisecond loop delay.
* The Begin VI in the FRC cRIO Robot project includes the DIO Open VIs so that IR sensors work as expected.

Known Issues

The 3.1 update includes the following known issues. This list might not include all known issues for this update.

* When you use more than one encoder, the rate indicator does not update for all encoders. To avoid this behavior, write your own encoder rate code.
* LabVIEW hangs if the CONSOLE OUT switch on the CompactRIO device is on while you use the black Jaguars motor controllers with the CAN bus.
* The LabVIEW Help does not contain detailed help for the CAN API, the MotorControl Enable VI, and the MotorControl Disable VI. Visit the NI FRC Community Web site to access available FRC training material.
* The GetSpeed VI on the MotorControl VIs palette changed to the GetOutput VI, but the LabVIEW Help does not reflect this change.

[bladetech932]

Bug Fixes and Updates

The 3.1 update includes the following bug fixes and updates:

* Allows your robot to communicate with the FRC Field Management System.
* Allows you to build applications using the licensed IMAQ VIs.
* Enables the Data Entry page of numeric controls to update properly in LabVIEW 8.6.1.
* The NI Example Finder includes examples for Vision and for the linear encoder sensor.
* The default value of the LED toggle rate global variable in the Robot Global Data VI changed to a 10 millisecond loop delay.
* The Begin VI in the FRC cRIO Robot project includes the DIO Open VIs so that IR sensors work as expected.

Known Issues

The 3.1 update includes the following known issues. This list might not include all known issues for this update.

* When you use more than one encoder, the rate indicator does not update for all encoders. To avoid this behavior, write your own encoder rate code.
* LabVIEW hangs if the CONSOLE OUT switch on the CompactRIO device is on while you use the black Jaguars motor controllers with the CAN bus.
* The LabVIEW Help does not contain detailed help for the CAN API, the MotorControl Enable VI, and the MotorControl Disable VI. Visit the NI FRC Community Web site to access available FRC training material.
* The GetSpeed VI on the MotorControl VIs palette changed to the GetOutput VI, but the LabVIEW Help does not reflect this change.

But all of this stuff includes the 3.0 update not the differences between 3.0 and 3.1 which is in the file

[Acarid]

Do we need to create a new FRC cRIO Robot Project after applying this update or are we still good?

[Doug Norman]

Originally Posted by Acarid

Do we need to create a new FRC cRIO Robot Project after applying this update or are we still good?

No, your existing project will work. But you do need to reimage the cRIO first.

[Doug Norman]

Originally Posted by bladetech932

But all of this stuff includes the 3.0 update not the differences between 3.0 and 3.1 which is in the file

No, all of what you quoted is new to the 3.1 update. The only thing wrong in the readme is that this one item:

"LabVIEW hangs if the CONSOLE OUT switch on the CompactRIO device is on while you use the black Jaguars motor controllers with the CAN bus."

has actually been fixed.