Using the TI LaunchPad from your KoP

[billbo911]

Please forgive me if this has been covered, but using my phone to search CD is rather difficult and I couldn't find it.
We have a driver's station setup with the Launchpad, that uses 18 buttons. Therefore, we have the Launchpad in mode 3. The problem is, we cannot see all of the buttons indicated on the driver's station. Is there a way to extend the driver station to display all 20 buttons as they are activated?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Is there a way to extend the driver station to display all 20 buttons as they are activated?

The Driver Station program can not be modified by teams. However, you can change the Dashboard in any way you like.

[ayeckley]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Is there a way to extend the driver station to display all 20 buttons as they are activated?

I've not found a way to manually change the number of buttons displayed but I did find that the Driver Station seemed to automatically expand to the active number of inputs based on the size of the data stream received from the LaunchPad. Perhaps there is some upper limit to the number of inputs it can expand to? Perhaps its behavior is dependent upon the screen size and resolution? Alas, none of this seems to be documented anywhere.

As Alan alluded to, your team may need to create a custom Dashboard to achieve what you are looking for.

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by ayeckley

I've not found a way to manually change the number of buttons displayed but I did find that the Driver Station seemed to automatically expand to the active number of inputs based on the size of the data stream received from the LaunchPad. Perhaps there is some upper limit to the number of inputs it can expand to? Perhaps its behavior is dependent upon the screen size and resolution? Alas, none of this seems to be documented anywhere.

As Alan alluded to, your team may need to create a custom Dashboard to achieve what you are looking for.

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

The Driver Station program can not be modified by teams. However, you can change the Dashboard in any way you like.

Thanks guys!
We have no intent on modifying the drivers station code. In fact, even seeing the buttons active on the driver station is not necessary. The biggest concern is that the RoboRio can read those inputs and respond accordingly.
We will work with our programmers to verify that their code can detect the button presses, and respond accordingly.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by billbo911

Thanks guys!
We have no intent on modifying the drivers station code. In fact, even seeing the buttons active on the driver station is not necessary. The biggest concern is that the RoboRio can read those inputs and respond accordingly.
We will work with our programmers to verify that their code can detect the button presses, and respond accordingly.

We noticed this yesterday also. Our java code responded to all 20 buttons, however. We filed a low priority bug against the driver station: https://usfirst.collab.net/sf/go/artf4002

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

We noticed this yesterday also. Our java code responded to all 20 buttons, however. We filed a low priority bug against the driver station: https://usfirst.collab.net/sf/go/artf4002

This is exactly what I was hoping to find as well! Thanks Joe for confirming what I had suspected.