Virtual Driver Station

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Quick question -- how does the virtual DS handle the data returning from the cRIO -- i.e. the small customizable packets received during a match?

To the best of my knowledge it handles it just like the real DS. If you have stuff that shows up on your DS LCD, you can see that in the Virtual DS as well (you can use F1 to toggle between the main DS screen and the secondary, custom screen). DS digital outputs that are controlled by the robot show up on the GUI, and anything else is dashboard data, which the Virtual DS sends to the Dashboard IP, so if you have your Dashboard connected you should see that work.

Right now the IPs that it uses are fixed (it expects the computer the DS is running on to be 10.x.y.5 and the Dashboard to be 10.x.y.6), but it is possible to assign BOTH of those IP addresses to the same laptop which means you can run the Virtual DS and your Dashboard on the same computer. See this page for some instructions on how to do this.