Process to update Existing JAVA Dev Workstation to 2013

[DaveFrederick]

Here are the steps to update an existing FIRST ROBOTICS JAVA development environment:

Backup your host
Install JAVA Software Development kit
Install Netbeans 7.2.1
Install FRC Netbeans Plugins
LabVIEW Run-Time Engine 2012
Install WPI_Required_updates (FRCUtilitiesUpdate.zip and DriverStationUpdate.zip)
Update Image on CRIO



SDK
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...s-1880260.html


Netbeans:
http://netbeans.org/downloads/


FRC Netbeans Plugins
http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/java/netbeans/update/Release/
(( RENAME FROM ZIP TO .NMB)


LabVIEW Run-Time Engine 2012 - (32-bit Standard RTE) - LabVIEW 2012 Run-Time Engine (Standard)(32-bit) for Windows
http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/3433/lang/en


Install WPI_Required_updates
FRCUtilitiesUpdate.zip = http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/2261/lang/en
DriverStationUpdate.zip = http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/2263

password: sAucersFlyRobotsClimb!

Error messages:
Unable to locate the labview run-time engine, Need FRC CRIO Imaging tool requires a version 2012



Dave Frederick

[BradAMiller]

Also, be sure to uninstall the previous year plugins before installing the new ones. And if at all possible, use the web-based plugin installer as described below since it will automatically notify you of updates that are released.

http://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/...elopment-tools

Brad

[DaveFrederick]

Brad,
Thanks for the feedback.
Our FRC JAVA development notebooks are not allowed to connect to the school network so we don't have any connectivity.

We need to acquire all of the software ahead of time.
In past years we had trouble getting the development environment to work, always needed to download some huge chunk of code.

This year I practiced the full process in a VM ahead of time.
I hope we can have code development working in a few hours and not days/weeks.

Dave Frederick, Manassas VA

[F22Rapture]

Originally Posted by DaveFrederick

Brad,
Thanks for the feedback.
Our FRC JAVA development notebooks are not allowed to connect to the school network so we don't have any connectivity.

We need to acquire all of the software ahead of time.
In past years we had trouble getting the development environment to work, always needed to download some huge chunk of code.

This year I practiced the full process in a VM ahead of time.
I hope we can have code development working in a few hours and not days/weeks.

Dave Frederick, Manassas VA

If you need to download the plugins ahead of time, go to the directory the screensteps documentation gives you:

http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/java/netbeans/update/Stable/

And download them off the FTP directly

Then go into Netbeans and go to Tools>Plugins>"Downloaded" and click "Add Plugins," and add the downloaded plugins manually.

[BradAMiller]

Originally Posted by F22Rapture

If you need to download the plugins ahead of time, go to the directory the screensteps documentation gives you:

http://first.wpi.edu/FRC/java/netbeans/update/Stable/

And download them off the FTP directly

Then go into Netbeans and go to Tools>Plugins>"Downloaded" and click "Add Plugins," and add the downloaded plugins manually.

There is also a zipped file of the plugins on FIRSTForge.wpi.edu in the wpilib project file releases section. Either works.

But, I have a question... the place that people should be going for the plugins is the Release directory from above (replace Stable with Release). I was curious if we missed a spot in the documentation where it says Stable? Can you post the link to that if you can find it?

Thanks
Brad

[F22Rapture]

Originally Posted by BradAMiller

There is also a zipped file of the plugins on FIRSTForge.wpi.edu in the wpilib project file releases section. Either works.

But, I have a question... the place that people should be going for the plugins is the Release directory from above (replace Stable with Release). I was curious if we missed a spot in the documentation where it says Stable? Can you post the link to that if you can find it?

Thanks
Brad

This is correct, my bad.

IIRC I had the other one bookmarked.