Disappointed

[Arhowk]

Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV

When were you not allowed to use smartdashboard? We use it every event and have never had any major issues with it specifically.

We use it for both displaying information to the drivers and the ability to change some of the robots settings on the fly.

It was definitely designed to be used during competition.

We weren't allowed to use it at Kettering, first event of the season. Never attempted to use them at the rest.

Exactly what information are you displaying? Last season, our drivers were the type that they didn't take their attention off of the field and relied solely on peripheral vision to check the dashboard and we couldn't get fonts big enough onto the dash.

Also, what settings? (Just curious). The only settings that we even came close to changing were Xbox 360 > Logitech > Dualshock and camera processing (which had built-in presets for different venues)

[Team3266Spencer]

We use command based and I'm surprised they didn't make you shut down your smartdashboard. Do you think you could help me with this custom dashboard of yours?

[AllenGregoryIV]

Originally Posted by Arhowk

We weren't allowed to use it at Kettering, first event of the season. Never attempted to use them at the rest.

Exactly what information are you displaying? Last season, our drivers were the type that they didn't take their attention off of the field and relied solely on peripheral vision to check the dashboard and we couldn't get fonts big enough onto the dash.

Also, what settings? (Just curious). The only settings that we even came close to changing were Xbox 360 > Logitech > Dualshock and camera processing (which had built-in presets for different venues)

We always displayed the speed of each of our 3 shooter wheels. We also have small things like a small disabled toggle that toggles while the robot is disabled to easily show the drivers that the smartdashboard hasn't crashed.

The dashboard was used mostly by the operator not the base driver. They could adjust the shooter speeds for each of the 3 wheels, and also the speeds the wheels ran when they were in collection mode. We had a couple things that ran on timers, like how long our flick motors ran to shoot out each disc. All of these setting could be adjusted pre-match or during the match.

One of the things that helps make sure you don't have any lag with the dashboard is to limit the number of times you update it. We have two update dashboard methods that get run based on the system clock. One runs every .2 secs and the other every 2 secs. That way we aren't trying to constantly stream information. 0.2 seconds is plenty fast for most things.