Connecting to roboRIO

Technical Java
#1

How exactly do I connect the roboRIO to the laptop or what do I do on the laptop to get the code to reach the roboRIO? I’ve tried the steps below but nothing shows up within the console?

https://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/4485/m/13809/l/242586-building-and-downloading-a-robot-project-to-the-roborio#!prettyPhoto

#2

https://wpilib.screenstepslive.com/s/4485/m/13503

Start on this page with one of your mentors. The steps that connect to the rio are

Updating your roborio firmware
Imaging your roborio
Installing Java 8 on your roborio

Then following that you start to configure radios and understand how the networking works.

#3

To actually connect to the roboRIO you can connect it wired via Ethernet, or wirelessly via WiFi from an on roboRIO.

#4

You can also connect to the roboRIO via a USB A to B (a printer cable).

#5