ROBOT C and the LabVIEW Dashboard

[timville]

As for the dashboard, we have not tested using ROBOTC with the Labview dashboard. I seem to recall it works with the IFI supplied dashboard software.

Please post a link to where I can find the Labview dashboard and I'll take a look at it's ROBOTC compatibility. Do you get the source for the dashboard or just a compiled application?

Per the download: It's not a bug, it's how it was designed. ROBOTC does not send the entire firmware image down every time you load a new program, only when you load the ROBOTC VM firmware. So to make life a little easier than running over to the robot, holding down the PROG button and sending the new program over... you can start/stop programs and send new programs from your computer.

In ROBOTC, a closed digital sensor returns a "1" value, and an open digital sensor returns a "0" value. Hence why you need to use the != when writing your pneumatics shutoff valve code.

[robogeek753]

Even with IFI Dashboard, I can't get an analog input, something I need (pressure sensor). Anyone know how to use a user byte in ROBOT C?

[Kingofl337]

The pressure sensor from the KOP is a digital input.

AS for sending data to the OI the data you need to send is called a "User Byte"

[StevenB]

There are 6 user bytes that get sent back to the OI, along with the PWM information for PWM outputs 1-16. A few other things get sent back as well; take a look at the packet spec to get all the details.
To set a user byte, you do something like

User_Byte_1 = 243;

Look in ifi_aliases.h for the exact names of all the user bytes.
This LabVIEW code is a great place to start:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...71&postcount=8