How do you run Driver Station on the Developer Account?

[naveerahman]

Originally Posted by Navirahman

My team has been having a problem with our Classmate computer. We have two accounts, the Developer Account and the Driver Account. When we run the cRio robot project in the Development account, the program does not work. However, when we build and deploy the project, then log in to the Driver Account, the FRC Driver Station works. This means that we have to reset our Classmate after every change in the code. Does anyone know how to make it so that we can run everything in the Development account? Thanks.

Thanks to everyone who answered my question but I would like to clarify. Our specific problem is that we are unable to deploy and run code in the developer account without having to use the Driver Station app. We would like to run and debug the code from the front panel of main.vi. Is it possible to do this? Your assistance on this matter is greatly appreciated.

[Ziaholic]

Not sure if this is an option for you or not ... but my team uses a seperate laptop PC for development ... and mostly leave the DS/Classmate alone.

Normally, we tend to leave the Classmate DriverStation logged in as Driver, with a custom dashboard and the DS software running. We develop and deploy from our development laptop, allowing us to use the VI front-panels to debug and troubleshoot from the development laptop.

We only need to touch the classmate if/when we tweak our custom dashboard, or to enable/disable the bot. Otherwise, most of our activity is at the dev laptop.


If that's not an option for you, and you only have the Classmate PC, then your answer is already posted above. Login as Developer, and startup the DriverStation software from the start menu.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by naveerahman

Thanks to everyone who answered my question but I would like to clarify. Our specific problem is that we are unable to deploy and run code in the developer account without having to use the Driver Station app.

You cannot run a robot program and enable the robot unless the Driver Station application is active. That's not a problem. That's how the system works.

We would like to run and debug the code from the front panel of main.vi. Is it possible to do this? Your assistance on this matter is greatly appreciated.

Yes, it's possible to do this. In fact, that's the only way to run a robot program and have access to the vi front panels and probe the block diagrams. You just have to have the Driver Station program running at the same time.