Kinect cannot connect to DS

[Joe Ross]

As bspymaster said, the kinect light is broken on the diagnostics tab, but the indicators on the operation tab is working. The error is noted here: http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/...d-known-issues

The Kinect skeleton display was removed from the front panel in the 2014 default dashboard. However, the Kinect Skeleton VIs are still included in the the project, so you just have to use them. You can refer to the 2013 dashboard project for how to use them.

[Apoorav]

My understanding is that there isnt a way to view the kinect skeleton on the 2014 Dashboard.

Is there a way to use the Smartdashboard or Smartdashboard 2.0 to view the kinect skeleton ?

Or should I just use the 2013 Driver station and Dashboard to view the kinect skeleton ?

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by Apoorav

My understanding is that there isnt a way to view the kinect skeleton on the 2014 Dashboard.

Is there a way to use the Smartdashboard or Smartdashboard 2.0 to view the kinect skeleton ?

Or should I just use the 2013 Driver station and Dashboard to view the kinect skeleton ?

The 2014 Dashboard is both an executable, and a LabVIEW project which you can customize. As I mentioned, it is not that hard to modify the 2014 Dashboard to re-implement the Kinect Skeleton. You could write a plugin for either SmartDashboard, but then you'd be starting from scratch, rather then just copying and pasting a few VIs.

It is not legal to use the 2013 Driver Station. There are no rules against using the 2013 Dashboard.

[adamzg]

Attempting to resurrect the zombi...

We're trying to get the DS and the Kinect to communicate using the 2014 APIs.

We've installed the x86 2.0 Kinect SDK from Microsoft(running on a 32 bit windows visita laptop) and the latest Kinect software (version 6 - http://firstforge.wpi.edu/sf/sfmain/...1415060657149). When we plugged the connect in the first time the drivers didn't install correctly because we hadn't installed the SDK first. After unplugging and replugging the Kinect all the drivers reported they were correctly installed.

The green light on the Kinect now comes on, but the DS doesn't show the version string on the right side. It says "Not Connected".

Feels like we're at least 1/2 way there at least, but missing something. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!