Starting FMS Light (2009) so it does not contact the server

[kmitchell]

Originally Posted by timytamy

We used FMS light for our off season, and we simply ran it once in the shop with a connection before taking it to the field. It would still try to connect but it would time out and continue. Just make sure you launch both the FMS and audience programs while online.

Unfortunately connecting once isn't currently possible in this case since the server FMS light is trying to connect to is currently offline. FIRST has been made aware of the problem and is working to get the server back online. In the meantime if someone who has a working FMS Light setup could send me the "manifest" .xml files contained in "C:\Program Files\FIRST\Launcher" I could test a theory that I think we could use as a workaround.