CAN Firmware Update Mandatory?

[wildaburk3160]

We do have a pressure switch wired in.

[Mark McLeod]

Is the CAN ID of the PCM set to 0?

[wildaburk3160]

I can't say for sure, because other programmers were the ones who upgraded the firmware. How would I be able to check?

[Mark McLeod]

Use a web browser and go to roboRIO-3160.local
You'll see PCM on the left, click on it and the CAN ID will be at the top of the resulting page.

[wildaburk3160]

I tried going to this address but only ended up doing a google search and not getting me anywhere.

Edit:

I realized I should probably have my roboRIO on. I turned it on and made it to the page. Yes, the CAN ID is 0.

[Joe Ross]

You can also verify firmware versions on the diagnostics tab of the driver station.

[mmaunu]

Do you have code that starts a compressor? In Java, you would construct a Compressor object in some initialization code and then call start() on that object in your autonomous or teleop code.

[RufflesRidge]

Originally Posted by mmaunu

Do you have code that starts a compressor? In Java, you would construct a Compressor object in some initialization code and then call start() on that object in your autonomous or teleop code.

That's not needed in 2015. Just construct a solenoid on the PCM and you should be all set code wise.

[cgmv123]

Originally Posted by RufflesRidge

That's not needed in 2015. Just construct a solenoid on the PCM and you should be all set code wise.

There is a separate Compressor class that can be used if there are no Solenoid objects created in code.