Driver Station Freezing

[DustyKing]

Hey i am having a problem with the driver station. it keeps on freezing up after i click on something on the driver station. i don't have McAfee on my computer, and the windows firewall is allowing the driver station to work. what do you guys suggest?

[Addison4300]

What version of windows are you running? How much RAM does the computer have? What processor does the computer have? I don't necessarily think any of those are the problem, but our driver station did the same and it was due to too weak of a processor.

[Emeralddragon]

Originally Posted by Addison4300

What version of windows are you running? How much RAM does the computer have? What processor does the computer have? I don't necessarily think any of those are the problem, but our driver station did the same and it was due to too weak of a processor.

we have two computers with the same problem. both are windows 8.1 but one is a A8 quadcore with 6 gigs of RAM and the other is i5 with 8 gigs of RAM.

[Addison4300]

Originally Posted by Emeralddragon

we have two computers with the same problem. both are windows 8.1 but one is a A8 quadcore with 6 gigs of RAM and the other is i5 with 8 gigs of RAM.

Well then I guess none of the things I said are your problem then. What exactly are you clicking when it freezes?

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by Emeralddragon

we have two computers with the same problem. both are windows 8.1 but one is a A8 quadcore with 6 gigs of RAM and the other is i5 with 8 gigs of RAM.

Jonathan-

Are you connected to the robot while doing this? Either over USB, Ethernet, or Wifi?

I was having similar issues on my personal laptop. I uninstalled the driver station software, then reinstalled the driver station and the update suite, and that fixed it.

[Joe Ross]

Several people have had issues with McAfee interfering with the driver station and causing freezing.

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

Several people have had issues with McAfee interfering with the driver station and causing freezing.

I believe neither computer has McAfee installed.

[marccenter]

Dear CD,

My driver station has locked up as well a number of times. I have found it is related to downloading new programs (run as startup) and dashboard changes.
I have not isolated the issue precisely, however, turning off the bench via the 120 A breaker after closing the stalled driver station, waiting for the cRIO to "wake up' and then starting the FRC driver station sequence has worked for me every time.

Sorry I don't have a precise answer for you, but, sometimes knowing others are having the same issue is good enough for the moment.

I do have McAfee corporate security software on the laptop PC I am using to program the cRIO at home.

[nighterfighter]

Originally Posted by marccenter

Dear CD,

My driver station has locked up as well a number of times. I have found it is related to downloading new programs (run as startup) and dashboard changes.
I have not isolated the issue precisely, however, turning off the bench via the 120 A breaker after closing the stalled driver station, waiting for the cRIO to "wake up' and then starting the FRC driver station sequence has worked for me every time.

Sorry I don't have a precise answer for you, but, sometimes knowing others are having the same issue is good enough for the moment.

Are you referring to the actual cRIO, or the new roboRIO?