Driver Station to Dashboard Laptop connection

[Joe Ross]

This appears to be one of the cases where something is supported by the control system, but not allowed in the rules. <R82> says that you can only connect something to the drivers station via USB. <R84> says you can't connect directly to the field ethernet, which seems to rule out a switch. On the other hand, a USB network card connects via USB and you could connect the classmate and second dashboard that way. That is worth clarifying through the FIRST Q/A if you want to go that route.

I have used the dashboard redirection built into the driver station when the second laptop is connected via a switch. However, I only tested it with dashboard data, not the camera. One disadvantage is that data is then only shown on the remote computer, not on the classmate also.

To use the dashboard redirection, in the setup tab, select remote dashboard and enter the IP address of the remote dashboard computer.