Java/C++ 2024 library for Playing With Fusion Laser distance measurement sensor with integrated CAN interface

Technical Java
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Hi all,

Hope you’re doing great,

I would like to know if a Java/C++ 2024 library for the Playing With Fusion Laser distance is available, please? As for now, it is not available on their web site:https://www.playingwithfusion.com/productview.php?pdid=96

Thank you!

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On that page, if you click on FRC Software library Installation or GitHub: FRC roboRIO Libraries you’ll see 2024 libraries. But they also have a bunch of links to older versions too in places that it seems like should be updated for 2024.

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Just curious and I hope both answers are yes. :grinning:

Do we not have to drag a driver file into the rio anymore?
and
Do we not have to do an initial setup in LabView?

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If you’re programming your robot in either Java or C++ then you won’t need to touch LabView at all

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Okay. IN the past I had to drop a .so file in the rio and do an initial setup in labview. Great news.

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Well are you using WPILib? If so the only driver file you need to drag and drop into anything is the vendordeps folder which it only accepts file in JSON format

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Yes using WPILIB. Though we’ll be doing online setups, but no problem.

Again last year we had to drop a .so file in the rio to make it work and do an initial setup in labview. This year the docs seems to not mention that. So wasn’t sure.

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You shouldn’t need to do any of that, I found the Playing With Fusion vendordep right here: https://www.playingwithfusion.com/frc/playingwithfusion2024.json

Hope this helps!

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I think you might have misinterpreted the instructions last year. LabVIEW teams had to copy a .so file to the roboRIO and do some other stuff. Java/C++ teams didn’t have to do that.

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Ah. Well that was confusing because the web interface wouldn’t appear so that we could set the CAN id’s until we dropped the .so file in last year

EDIT: There is a nonzero chance I was doing something wrong with the web interface. Also the update firmware button is mentioned in the web interface, but there is no such button

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Hi @Joe_Ross,

Hope you are doing great.
I just want to thank you for your insights.
Take care,
Regis

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