How to set up custom dashboard for auto start

[joshholat]

If we create a new Dashboard VI, will we be able to interface with it through Java? Does the FIRST Java API have anyway to output stuff to the LabView dashboard, or do we need to add something to our dashboard project to do so?

[jhersh]

Originally Posted by joshholat

If we create a new Dashboard VI, will we be able to interface with it through Java? Does the FIRST Java API have anyway to output stuff to the LabView dashboard, or do we need to add something to our dashboard project to do so?

Do everything the Tip Jar video tells you to do on the dashboard side of things, but for the robot, simply use the Dashboard class to send the same data format that you defined in the LabVIEW cluster. Look at the Dashboard Data Example in Java for... well... and example of sending dashboard data.

-Joe

[bronxbomber92]

Does anyone know if the dashboard program has to be a LabView application? Can we just write an app in C++ or C#?

[jhersh]

Originally Posted by bronxbomber92

Does anyone know if the dashboard program has to be a LabView application? Can we just write an app in C++ or C#?

For the local dashboard, it just has to be an executable. You can write it in anything you want. It's not allowed to cover up the driver station portion of the screen. It probably should have UDP and/or TCP support if you want to support the typical dashboard features.

[bronxbomber92]

Great to hear :-D