Understanding the FRC Control System

[ebarker]

What little notes I had are now lost and trying to find the information again is a pain, so I ask the CD community.

1) what are all the upd/tcp port numbers that the system uses ? this is more curiosity.

2) does anyone have zip files or packages of driver stations from a couple of years ago, 2012, or before of the default NI FRC dashboard project. This year it is in C:\Program Files (x86)\National Instruments\LabVIEW 2012\ProjectTemplates\FRC Templates\Dashboard. I would like to download an older version.

3) is there a good place to go to find solid examples of using the FRC dashboard with LabVIEW, Java, and C++ robot programs ?

4) ditto for SmartDashboard ?

5) what is the correct way to send data from the robot to the DS when using the default dashboard

6) ditto for SmartDashboard ?

7) what is a crisp definition of the 'network tables' in SmartDashboard ?