Regarding flashing the roboRIO

[Hsifeulbhsifder]

Is there any way to send code to the roboRIO from the command line, so custom build scripts can be created?

[fsilberberg]

Sure, take a look at the ant scripts in the ~/wpilib/{java, cpp}/current/ant directories. The roboRIO supports SSH, username admin with a blank password.

[Peter Johnson]

Originally Posted by fsilberberg

Sure, take a look at the ant scripts in the ~/wpilib/{java, cpp}/current/ant directories. The roboRIO supports SSH, username admin with a blank password.

Note that you want to upload code as lvuser, not admin, to avoid permission problems. If you are switching between languages, you will also want to update the /home/lvuser/robotCommand script as appropriate.

[virtuald]

Originally Posted by Peter Johnson

Note that you want to upload code as lvuser, not admin, to avoid permission problems. If you are switching between languages, you will also want to update the /home/lvuser/robotCommand script as appropriate.

Yup, what Peter said (we got bit by this problem). Do not use the admin user. You will cry.

The ant scripts are a bit difficult to read. If you want an example in an actual programming language (python), check out https://github.com/robotpy/pyfrc/blo.../cli_deploy.py (obviously we're uploading different artifacts, so take that into consideration).

[Hsifeulbhsifder]

Thanks, I was actually creating an interpreter that could run code directly on the roboRIO. I will look into the pyfrc code.