Getting Smartdashboard 2.0 working

[hiyou102]

Seeing as how my last thread hasn't garnered any responses in a few days I'll try again with a more generic question. Has anyone gotten the JavaFX Smartdashboard 2.0 working?
I've tried it on Linux and Windows and have have used both OpenJDK and Oracle Java on both platform and every time I seem to be getting some jrubyfx errors. Any help would be appreciated since my team would like to use the Smartdashboard this year.

[ktrobotcreator]

Sorry, didn't have access to Chief Delphi until right now. Please see my response to your post here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...99#post1327299

I was able to open the sfx.jar file and run it through both Windows Explorer and the Command Prompt (Windows 7 - I haven't tried, nor do I intend to try, any other operating systems).

However, I haven't been able to get it to open with Driver Station (see my post here http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3#post1327293).

[hiyou102]

Originally Posted by ktrobotcreator

Sorry, didn't have access to Chief Delphi until right now. Please see my response to your post here: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...99#post1327299

I was able to open the sfx.jar file and run it through both Windows Explorer and the Command Prompt (Windows 7 - I haven't tried, nor do I intend to try, any other operating systems).

However, I haven't been able to get it to open with Driver Station (see my post here http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...3#post1327293).

I did this and got the following error:

C:\>java -jar sfx.jar
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:29 warning: already initial
ized constant ARG_CONVERTER_SUFFIX
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:32 warning: already initial
ized constant NAME_TO_COLORS
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:138 warning: already initia
lized constant CONVERTERS
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:173 warning: already initia
lized constant ENUM_CACHE
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:176 warning: already initia
lized constant ENUM_OVERRIDES
Exception running Application:
#<NameError: uninitialized constant JRubyFX::Controller::FxmlLoader>
org/jruby/RubyModule.java:2684:in `const_missing'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/imports.rb:71:in `const_missing'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/controller.rb:334:in `get_fxml_loader'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/controller.rb:117:in `load_into'
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/core_ext/stage.rb:82:in `fxml'
classpath:jar-bootstrap.rb:74:in `start'
org/jruby/RubyBasicObject.java:1536:in `instance_eval'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/module.rb:49:in `with'
classpath:jar-bootstrap.rb:73:in `start'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/java_fx_impl.rb:119:in `launch_app_after_platform'
org/jruby/gen/InterfaceImpl498204640.gen:13:in `run'

[ktrobotcreator]

Because you got that error and not "command not found" or something similar, I take it you did put it in a separate folder, but I'm just confirming that it does exist there?

When you try to run it, does it create two other .jars, one being sfxlib.jar?

Can you open it when you double click on it?

When you put the file/folder into the C:\\ drive, did you also copy the plugins folder that was originally with it?

[hiyou102]

Originally Posted by ktrobotcreator

Because you got that error and not "command not found" or something similar, I take it you did put it in a separate folder, but I'm just confirming that it does exist there?

Yes it does exist there.

Originally Posted by ktrobotcreator

When you try to run it, does it create two other .jars, one being sfxlib.jar?

Yes.

Originally Posted by ktrobotcreator

Can you open it when you double click on it?

Nothing. That's the reason I started opening it cmd.

Originally Posted by ktrobotcreator

When you put the file/folder into the C:\\ drive, did you also copy the plugins folder that was originally with it?

Yes, I copied the plugin folder. It came empty though.

Sorry for taking so long to respond.

[ktrobotcreator]

What version(s) of Java do you have on your computer? For me I got it working once I uninstalled all versions of Java 6 and updated to the newest one (7 update 51).

[virtuald]

Where do you even download SmartDashboard 2.0? I can't seem to find a download link for it, and all of the links on the FIRSTForge site are from last year.

[ktrobotcreator]

Originally Posted by virtuald

Where do you even download SmartDashboard 2.0? I can't seem to find a download link for it, and all of the links on the FIRSTForge site are from last year.

You don't need to download it separately; it comes in the sunspotfrcsdk folder that is automatically installed with the Netbeans plugins.

The directory is C:\Users\[Your_Username]\sunspotfrcsdk\tools.

It will be called sfx.zip. Extract it into another folder. I just did mine into a folder called sfx in the tools directory.

See this page for more details. http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/...ch-with-the-ds

[virtuald]

Originally Posted by ktrobotcreator

You don't need to download it separately; it comes in the sunspotfrcsdk folder that is automatically installed with the Netbeans plugins.

The directory is C:\Users\[Your_Username]\sunspotfrcsdk\tools.

It will be called sfx.zip. Extract it into another folder. I just did mine into a folder called sfx in the tools directory.

See this page for more details. http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/...ch-with-the-ds

Hm. Well, what if I'm not using Java? I suspect it's probably in the C++ tools then..

Yup. It's in the WPILib folder of the workbench update. Silly lack of documentation. >_>

[ktrobotcreator]

Originally Posted by virtuald

Hm. Well, what if I'm not using Java? I suspect it's probably in the C++ tools then..

Yup. It's in the WPILib folder of the workbench update. Silly lack of documentation. >_>

Sorry, I thought this was in the Java sub-forum because I was posting about SFX in another thread earlier today. It is still on the site!

"If you have the C++ update installed this is likely C:\Windriver\WPILib\SFX" Under "Locate SFX". Their pictures just show the Java path, but it works the same way.

[hiyou102]

Originally Posted by ktrobotcreator

What version(s) of Java do you have on your computer? For me I got it working once I uninstalled all versions of Java 6 and updated to the newest one (7 update 51).

I updated to 1.7.0_51 and am now getting the follow error:

C:\>java -jar sfx.jar
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:29 warning: already initial
ized constant ARG_CONVERTER_SUFFIX
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:32 warning: already initial
ized constant NAME_TO_COLORS
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:138 warning: already initia
lized constant CONVERTERS
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:173 warning: already initia
lized constant ENUM_CACHE
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/utils/common_converters.rb:176 warning: already initia
lized constant ENUM_OVERRIDES
Exception running Application:
#<NameError: uninitialized constant JRubyFX::Controller::FxmlLoader>
org/jruby/RubyModule.java:2684:in `const_missing'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/imports.rb:71:in `const_missing'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/controller.rb:334:in `get_fxml_loader'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/controller.rb:117:in `load_into'
file:/C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/core_ext/stage.rb:82:in `fxml'
classpath:jar-bootstrap.rb:74:in `start'
org/jruby/RubyBasicObject.java:1536:in `instance_eval'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/module.rb:49:in `with'
classpath:jar-bootstrap.rb:73:in `start'
file:C:/sfx.jar!/jrubyfx/java_fx_impl.rb:119:in `launch_app_after_platform'
org/jruby/gen/InterfaceImpl256959397.gen:13:in `run'

C:\>java -version
java version "1.7.0_51"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode, sharing)

[ktrobotcreator]

Originally Posted by hiyou102

I updated to 1.7.0_51 and am now getting the follow error:

Is that the only version of java you have on your machine? Use the Java uninstall tool (http://www.java.com/en/download/uninstallapplet.jsp) to check and remove any previous versions.

[hiyou102]

Originally Posted by ktrobotcreator

Is that the only version of java you have on your machine? Use the Java uninstall tool (http://www.java.com/en/download/uninstallapplet.jsp) to check and remove any previous versions.

I got rid of the older versions. It shouldn't matter anyways since that's the version that's in the system PATH.

[ktrobotcreator]

Originally Posted by hiyou102

I got rid of the older versions. It shouldn't matter anyways since that's the version that's in the system PATH.

It shouldn't, but that doesn't mean it doesn't. What if you try reinstalling it altogether (are you using C++ or Java?)? Or try deleting the other files it makes?

[byteit101]

Hmm, that is interesting and confusing. Would you mind pasting the sha1sum of sfx.jar, sfxlib.jar and sfxmeta.jar?
Whoa, just testing right now with 7u51 I get a strange error that we only saw on Java 8 but its different to what you have... Would you mind trying with 7u45 if you can?