Enabling Default Dashboard in C++

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Originally Posted by Travis Hoffman

I'm trying to get the default LabVIEW dashboard indicators to update (so I can then pursue some customizations). I'm using WindRiver C++. I'm borrowing our code template we used last season (shared online so it's rules-friendly, not that anyone would want to use it ). On the surface, I think I ported over the dashboard specific code from this year's template properly. I did get the dashboard to display the camera feed, but the IO status indicators are not updating. Can anyone set me down the right path? I use the IterativeRobot class.

 
//Stuff in .h file
 
#include"DashboardDataSender.h"
 
DashboardDataSender *dds;

 
//Stuff in .cpp file
 
#include"DashboardDataSender.h"
 
//Dashboard Data Sender
dds = new DashboardDataSender();
 
//Update Dashboard Data
 
dds->sendIOPortData();    

Should I be calling the sendIOPortData() method in a specific location? Am I missing anything else?


Thanks,

The reason the indicators don't update is because the default code in C++ doesn't actually read the data. It just sends pre-set values. There are some blocks of commented-out code in DashboardDataSender.cpp that if are un-commented and the code mirroring them is commented, it should properly update the dashboard