pynetworktables - change IP address after initialization

[RyanN]

I know this is probably a weird request. I'm working on an application that will relay I/O between our operator interface control board and the robot.

I want to add functionality to change the robot address because I will often switch to using a simulator (localhost) and our robot (roborio-4901-frc.local). I don't want to have to restart the application to do this.

Here's how the code starts up the network table service:

NetworkTable.setIPAddress(address)
NetworkTable.setClientMode()
NetworkTable.setWriteFlushPeriod(flushPeriod=flush _period)
NetworkTable.initialize()

What happens if I call NetworkTable.setIPAddress() after initialize is called? Can I reinitialize?

Thanks,
Ryan Nazaretian

[euhlmann]

If it implements NetworkTable.shutdown() as the C++ ntcore api does, then yes. Call shutdown, then set the address, then initialize again.

[RyanN]

Originally Posted by euhlmann

If it implements NetworkTable.shutdown() as the C++ ntcore api does, then yes. Call shutdown, then set the address, then initialize again.

It doesn't. Thanks though.

[virtuald]

I'm anticipating rewriting NetworkTables in the style of ntcore before the start of the 2017 season, so it'll be there then.

[RyanN]

Thanks for the information. I'll pick around with the code and figure out a way to accomplish this.

[RyanN]

virtuald has the support integrated now.