Program deployed, no response from robot

[RahatAhmed]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

Yes a desktop would work, and if you have a wireless router you could just plug into that and not have to worry about wireless card.

How would a desktop connected to a wireless router be able to communicate to the radio on the robot?

[notmattlythgoe]

Same way it would with a wireless router, you set the IP address of the computer the same way you do for wireless. The router is basically just giving it wireless access. I will try to find the instructions for past years to set up a router configuration.

[RahatAhmed]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

Same way it would with a wireless router, you set the IP address of the computer the same way you do for wireless. The router is basically just giving it wireless access. I will try to find the instructions for past years to set up a router configuration.

I thought that wireless routers created their own private network, separate from the radio's? The only way I could imagine that it would work is if you configured a router(maybe one with custom firmware like DDWRT) to become a wireless bridge that connects to the radio and connects the desktop to it. Then again, I don't really have a formal education in networking so what do I know.

[notmattlythgoe]

Here are some instructions on how to set up a router to go in between a computer and the radio.
http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...ed-Rev-0.7.pdf

[RahatAhmed]

Originally Posted by notmattlythgoe

Here are some instructions on how to set up a router to go in between a computer and the radio.
http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...ed-Rev-0.7.pdf

Wouldn't it be cheaper to just use the radio in AP mode and buy a wireless adapter for a desktop? We don't have any routers to use.

[notmattlythgoe]

Yeah, that would be fine. We had the router from previous years.