FRC Driver Station - No Robot Comm

[marccenter]

Mark,

I downloaded the base 2016 Robot Project again into the target and it started working. Strange. I had already down this before. It is working though.

Thanks for your help for now!

[Mark McLeod]

Sounds good. Have fun at home today!

[marccenter]

Mark,

Back to No Robot Communication again.

I am able to see the roboRIO-3548-FRC: System Configuration page using the Internet Explorer web browser (thanks Sperkowsky).

In the IP Address field in reads (172.22.11.2) when just the USB cable is connected between my Laptop and the cRIO.

I lost Robot COmm after downloading to the target.

THoughts?

[Mark McLeod]

Will the Communications indicator on the Driver Station come back if you download an unadulterated 2016 Robot Project again?

Did it go away after you downloaded modified user code?

You can also use the browser to select "Disable RT startup App" on the main page and then hit the Save button at the top of the page.
You may have to scroll down to see the selection.
Then hit the Reset button on the roboRIO case and see if Communications comes back after the reboot completes.
That'll just let you know if the user code is causing the problem.

Make sure to uncheck "Disable RT startup App" and Save again immediately after you've tested this.

[marccenter]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

Will the Communications indicator on the Driver Station come back if you download an unadulterated 2016 Robot Project again?

Mark,
I doubled back and downloaded the FRC2016 base code after rebuilding, deploying and running as startup and both comm and robot code are red.

I am using the USB cable and 3548-frc IP (172.22.11.2).

I disabled Malwarebytes and WIndows Defender (remained disabled).

I can read joysticks on the panel. I am running the Driver Station as admin.

I will bring the system to school this evening and have the students look at my setup.

This startup stuff is always so much fun, lol!

[Mark McLeod]

You can verify that the roboRIO firmware listed on the browser page is version 3.0.0f0

Are the status lights on the roboRIO front doing anything interesting?

I'd try with an older OS laptop if you can get one.

Let us know what it was if they get it working at tonight's meeting.

[SuperBK]

No one mentioned turning off the Windows Firewall. For me, even thought he driver station is in the firewall, exceptions, I still have to turn it off for the driver station to communicate.

[marccenter]

Brian K,

That was the issue! It took a while for the students this evening to figure it out but once they turned off the Windows Firewall it worked!

P.S. I will try at home soon!

[Mark McLeod]

Yea, good catch!
I always turn off firewalls, antivirus, and software update managers as a matter of course.