Update #12

[chinckley]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

What are you referring to, WPILib?

Yes. Listed in Update #12 are 4 things we need to make sure are updated:


Software/Firmware Revision
Labview for FRC Update 3.0a and newer
cRIO FPGA Image FRC_2009_v11.zip and newer
WPI Robotics Library 3.0.1718 and newer
Driver Station 2009-02-010a3 and newer

These were updated in Update #12 (the ones in RED)

[ahecht]

Originally Posted by chinckley

Yes. Listed in Update #12 are 4 things we need to make sure are updated:


Software/Firmware Revision
Labview for FRC Update 3.0a and newer
cRIO FPGA Image FRC_2009_v11.zip and newer
WPI Robotics Library 3.0.1718 and newer
Driver Station 2009-02-010a3 and newer

These were updated in Update #12 (the ones in RED)

See http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/frcupdates.html

[chinckley]

Originally Posted by ahecht

See http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/frcupdates.html

Do we update the WPI Library if we are using Labview?
When I clicked the above link it said C/C++.

We did update the DS last night and it worked.

I see the correct Labview update we did.

How do I tell if I have
cRIO FPGA Image FRC_2009_v11.zip and newer?
If I need it where do i GET IT?



Do we do all these things: Came from above link.
Downloads

Workbench Updater: WorkbenchUpdate 3.0.1718.exe (19Mb)
Source code for vRC0.1718: WPILibRC0.1718SourceCode.zip (372kb)
(remember that this will only work with the FRC_2009_v11.zip cRIO image, below or with LabVIEW update)
cRIO Image updater (stand-alone without LabVIEW) - FRCNIWRUpdate3.0.a.zip (90.5 Mb)
Documentation - also located in c:\windriver\docs\extensions\FRC after the installation - FRC1718Docs.zip (17 Mb)
C++ Reference as a Windows Help file with hyperlinked class diagrams
C++ PDF Reference document
C PDF Reference document
FRC Vision Windows Help File
FRC Vision API Specification



Thanks

[JamesBrown]

You only need to update WPILib if you are programming in C/C++

[Andy Brockway]

Another major change is the no wireless except on the competition field.

This means tethered in the pits and on the practice fields. Make sure you have access to the ethernet port on the cRIO. We had to move ours to make it easier to plug/unplug as we came back to the pits at Suffield Shakedown.

So now I go off to buy a long ethernet cable for practice.

[chinckley]

Originally Posted by JamesBrown

You only need to update WPILib if you are programming in C/C++

Thank you so very much.

[jacobhurwitz]

Originally Posted by wt200999

Does this also mean no wifi scouting?

Our team has the same question. (See also Update #13.) How are you guys planning to scout without wifi?

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by jacobhurwitz

How are you guys planning to scout without wifi?

I expect we'll do it the same way we always do: clipboard, paper, and pencil.

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by Update 13

Wireless communication clarification:
Regarding the wireless communication prohibition in Team Update 12, we’d like to clarify that general cell phone use is permitted. However, Wi-Fi use in the 2.4GHz or 5GHz bands is prohibited.

Wetzel