setting up the classmate

[ekapalka]

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Hey! We've been using one particular computer as our driver station for quite some time, but It's about time we got a new one. Previously, we were programming in LabView, but we're switching to C++ this year. We tried setting up another computer to run WindRiver by installing both the DriverStation and WindRiver, and had varied success, but we still had to use the sketchy little computer we got on our first year competing in addition to the new computer for certain things. We've been reading through the "Getting Started with the 2012 frc control system" PDF (attached), and it appears that we should image the classmate, typically the computer from the KOP, with an image that supposedly comes on a flash drive in the KOP. I was wondering if there's anything special about that image. I believe it's a copy of Windows 7 basic, which comes with two users: Developer and Driver (? working from memory). Is there anything special besides that that I should need that comes on the image? After that, we should install the tools (but not LabView itself) from the LabView disc/drive from the kit of parts. I'm not entirely sure what this includes, but may or may not include the imaging tool for the cRio. That's the next thing we need to install, if it's not on the LabView disc/drive. Finally, we have to install, configure, and update WindRiver. I have no real idea what I'm talking about, and I'm ranting. If someone could help me clarify any misconceptions and especially provide links to anything I should download, it would be great! It's hopefully not as complicated as it seems to me..... (Another thing, did anyone see that there is a cRio emulator this year? I can't seem to find it on the website, so I'm thinking it may be in the kit of parts... just another thing I would like some sort of confirmation of).
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Sorry if any of my terminology is wrong
Thanks!