SmartDashboard Problem

[dash102]

Thanks! So do I have to be connected to the robot to be able to see the dashboard? Am I able to see it disconnected, just with no values in the spaces where values are supposed to be?

[euhlmann]

Originally Posted by dash102

Thanks! So do I have to be connected to the robot to be able to see the dashboard? Am I able to see it disconnected, just with no values in the spaces where values are supposed to be?

You have to be connected. If you are not connected, this (deprecated) throws an exception

NetworkTable.getTable("SmartDashboard").getNumber("something")

and this (the recommended way)

NetworkTable.getTable("SmartDashboard").getNumber("something", defaultValue)

returns defaultValue
However if you connect and then disconnect, the values returned will be the last known values.