2009 Team 1511 LabVIEW Scouting Database

[Larry Lewis]

Here is version 1.0 of the 2009 Scouting Database.
2009 Team 1511 Scouting Database
This database is intended to be used by any FIRST teams interested in recording match data on teams during practice, qualifying, and elimination rounds. The database is relatively simple consisting of a configuration menu, submission menu, retrieval menu, and new this year a Pit Scouting Menu. Examples of these menus are attached in the picture files.

There is also a robot picture program so you can take the pictures of teams robots and easily bring them up in the retrieval menu.

The database can be networked to multiple computers to allow the scouting of 6 teams simultaneously during the match. As long as all computers look in the same directory location to store files. This can be setup in the config menu.

This year I have removed the dependency on MS Excel. Scouting data is written into text files that can be opened with Excel, Wordpad, or Notebook if desired.

Another feature is automatic team list generation based on what event you are at. The automatic mode on the submit menu is not complete but should be for the next revision.

Both the installer for the application and the source code are included in the zip file. Feel free to look through the source code written in LabVIEW 8.5.1 and modify for your own usage.

I will be making new updates such as pulling Twitter match info and a statistics summary spreadsheet maker.

If you have any feedback or questions please let me know.

[OScubed]

And here I thought this had to do with the Scouts update in Team Fortress Seriously Larry - great job on this. I know how hard you and the programming team worked to get this out the door. It was fun working on twitter feed with you. Hopefully the next version of labview will have better RSS support.

[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by OScubed

And here I thought this had to do with the Scouts update in Team Fortress Seriously Larry - great job on this. I know how hard you and the programming team worked to get this out the door. It was fun working on twitter feed with you. Hopefully the next version of labview will have better RSS support.

Thanks Lee! The next version will be able to pull the twitter info but not through the RSS. It will be based on HTML reads and parsing the data that way. I will also be looking to read match results.

[Sogtwinster]

I am having a problem with the config page. It keeps saying:
"Error 7 occurred at Open File+.vi:Open File"
Possible reason(s):

LabVIEW: File not found. The file might have been moved or deleted, or the file path might be incorrectly formatted for the operating system. For example, use \ as path separators on Windows, : on Mac OS, and / on Linux. Verify that the path is correct using the command prompt or file explorer.


Any reason why. I just ran the installer and left the default place.

Andrew Ebert

[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by Sogtwinster

I am having a problem with the config page. It keeps saying:
"Error 7 occurred at Open File+.vi:Open File"
Possible reason(s):

LabVIEW: File not found. The file might have been moved or deleted, or the file path might be incorrectly formatted for the operating system. For example, use \ as path separators on Windows, : on Mac OS, and / on Linux. Verify that the path is correct using the command prompt or file explorer.


Any reason why. I just ran the installer and left the default place.

Andrew Ebert

Andrew, sorry for the error. I will investigate. I did have a issue with relative paths in the application but I thought it was fixed. There is a chance I may have not switched back the boolean that controls this. I will post a fix as soon as possible. Thanks for the feedback.

In the meantime try to create a folder in the root directory called TeamData. Do this if the directory already doesn't exist. Also could you provide me with the default path that came up on your computer?

Thanks!

[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by Sogtwinster

I am having a problem with the config page. It keeps saying:
"Error 7 occurred at Open File+.vi:Open File"
Possible reason(s):

LabVIEW: File not found. The file might have been moved or deleted, or the file path might be incorrectly formatted for the operating system. For example, use \ as path separators on Windows, : on Mac OS, and / on Linux. Verify that the path is correct using the command prompt or file explorer.


Any reason why. I just ran the installer and left the default place.

Andrew Ebert

Andrew, I have a temporary fix until I can make the corrections to the installer build.

First uninstall the program under add/remove programs in control panel.

Then reinstall the program but change the install path to:
C:\Program Files\Team 1511 Scouting Database\V1.0\

Once that is complete navigate to that location and delete everything in the directory.

Then Download this zip file here

Next unzip the contents and place them in your Program Files Directory.

The new unzipped files should have the following executable path and folders.
C:\Program Files\Team 1511 Scouting Database\V1.0\Team 1511 - 2009 Scouting Database.exe
C:\Program Files\Team 1511 Scouting Database\V1.0\data
C:\Program Files\Team 1511 Scouting Database\V1.0\PitData
C:\Program Files\Team 1511 Scouting Database\V1.0\Robot Pictures
C:\Program Files\Team 1511 Scouting Database\V1.0\TeamData
C:\Program Files\Team 1511 Scouting Database\V1.0\TeamLists

Sorry for the mistake when I get a chance I will fix the installer file so that it puts everything in the right directory structure.

Thanks!

[Danny Diaz]

Larry,

This is really sweet. Which parts of the RSS are you having problems with?

-Danny

[Josh Goodman]

Just curious what "ninja" maneuverability is.....and what the other choices are!

[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by Danny Diaz

Larry,

This is really sweet. Which parts of the RSS are you having problems with?

-Danny

Danny,
If I tried to put the address for the RSS feed into the Datasocket Read it would pop up a error. It seamed to open the link ok but as soon as I tried to do a read it would error. I wonder if my data type is incorrect. I was just using a string value but maybe it needs to be something else. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Larry

[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by Josh Goodman

Just curious what "ninja" maneuverability is.....and what the other choices are!

Well I figured that a ninja is quite maneuverable. Based on all the ninja turtle movies I have watched multiple times.
Other values are more generic.
Poor
Fair
Good
Great

[Larry Lewis]

New Version 1.1!
Here is a new version of the database.
Team_1511_2009_Scouting_Database_V1.1_Installer-Source.zip

This version fixes the installer issues that were in the previous version. It should allow users to install wherever they want but to be honest the default should work best.

Please provide feedback if anything needs improvements.

Thanks!

[professorX]

Great job.

Just wondering how do you check the pit scouting information?

[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by professorX

Great job.

Just wondering how do you check the pit scouting information?

Just open the file with one of three programs. Excel, Wordpad, or Notepad. It is just a tab delimited text file. I think for the next version I will just save it as a .txt file.

The pit scouting file is located in the base directory of the application under the PitData folder. For example:
C:\Program Files\Team 1511 2009 Scouting Database\V1.1\PitData

[XXShadowXX]

i got 404'd trying to open it.

[Larry Lewis]

Originally Posted by XXShadowXX

i got 404'd trying to open it.

Interesting. I just tested the link and it seemed to work fine. Could you give me any more details on what error you saw?