SmartDashboard Problem

[TylerHarmon]

Originally Posted by dash102

I am new to setting up a custom dashboard - right now, when I use putNumber(), where is the value I set going? I am able to retrieve it using getNumber(), but I can't get the value to display on the dashboard.

Yep, the values go into SmartDashboard.jar. You don't need to be connected to the robot to run that, you can run it while disconnected, and the values will be blank. You can also enable the edit mode and configure the layout of the dashboard, add dials/bars/graphs, etc. In addition, check out the SmartDashboard SFX, which allows for more visual control.

Last year I used this to display, on a dial and a bar, the amount of pressure that our pneumatic system had left so that our drivers could tell if they had enough pressure to fire or not. It's a great tool that's easy to use

Good luck!