Dashboard not communicating with robot?

[pastelpony]

Sorry for the question.

I have set an SD read to take the value of an SD variable and feeds it's value into a case structure, (menu ring on the dashboard for switching autonomous modes.) However, when I set this up and select the input, only the default case activates no matter which mode I select (and for some reason, happens whenever the robot is enabled in teleop as well.) The dashboard also does not print variables from teleop; it won't print strings that fed to it. Has the protocol for dashboard variables changed for 2015?

Additionally, does the fact that the dashboard not opening in tandem with the driver station have any bearing with this?