cRIO 2015 : NI roboRIO

[adammiller3122]

Originally Posted by Mark McLeod

It will be required.
The cRIO's will still be compatible and can be used for practice robots.

Do you have a source for the cRios still being compatible because when I emailed FIRST, they said that they could not tell me because it would be disclosing software information for the new season.

[Mark McLeod]

That FIRST answer addresses the question of legality under the 2015 rules which of course cannot be commented on before January 3, 2015.
We don't know what will be REQUIRED by the 2015 rules until January 3 when the rules are released for the first time to everyone at once.
There are no previews for individual teams via questions or otherwise.

So while neither I nor anyone else KNOWS the 2015 rules, I deduce that FIRST giving everyone a new control system in the Kit-of-Parts means that we will all be using it.
This is the 8th control system that FIRST has introduced. Every control system changeover in the past has completely replaced the previous system. I imagine this is because the old systems do not support the new capabilities and methods used for competition play. The systems only work together if the new system is degraded to operate under the limitations of the old system.

We're a Beta team.
One of our tests is that the new software still supports the old cRIO system.

P.S.
The Beta 2015 control system is actually being tested in some off-season events and it works fine alongside the old cRIO systems. However, setting up the communications means the mDNS system used by the new control system has to be disabled and the IP addresses hardcoded like the old system, and the new system has to be switched to use the old communication protocol.

[dawonn]

Has the programming software for 2015 been released to the public, or only the beta teams?

Is there any way to set up eclipse to program the old crio with java so that we can start getting familiar with the process?

Would any beta teams be able to post a YouTube video showing off the java programming environment?

[Mark McLeod]

Originally Posted by dawonn

Has the programming software for 2015 been released to the public, or only the beta teams?

Is there any way to set up eclipse to program the old crio with java so that we can start getting familiar with the process?

Would any beta teams be able to post a YouTube video showing off the java programming environment?

I suggest reposting your Java specific question in one of the Beta team threads on CD., like this one: 2015 Beta Testing - The Components are Here.

The software is with Beta teams only under an NDA, because we're verifying that everything works as expected and helping to refine the user documentation. We're creating bug reports and the FIRST/NI/CTRE groups are generating fixes.
General teams will get the final software in the 2015 KOP along with the hardware it runs on.

I'd check to see what Java Beta teams are closest to you. They will be doing workshops that you can attend and see the programming environment for yourself.

• 2015 Control System Beta Test Teams
• Map of Beta Test Teams