Alright. I am the tech officer for the Carroll County Robotics team. I am having a horrible time working on the programing this year. It mostly started when I reinstalled LabView for the newest version this year and had to install LabView real-time to our cRio. To do so I formated the cRio and set it up with the same settings as before when I got to it. I proceded to Install LabView Real-Time and work on the programing again. From the Computer we are working on I can see the actual cRio from the computer and i have the router set up to communicate. But im having no luck communicating with the actual robot and cRio. I have set up the computer with a hard wire set up from the computer to the cRio and deploy a code to the cRio with no avail. I am getting a error on the cRio program saying inconsistant IP and when I try and deploy a code to it it gives me an error telling me that it can’t communicate with the cRio. I have changed the wires many times and used the crossover cable to try and work things out and have had no success. If anyone can help. I would greatly appreciate some tips. 
I don’t recognize “inconsitant IP”. Can you give us the actual text of the error, and tell us exactly what steps you take before you see it?
Did you set your team number correctly? Someone at our practice on Saturday had a similar problem and they had a typo in their team number or in the ip address (I can find out exactly what the fix was later if this doesn’t help).
Alright. i know i haven’t misspelled our team number. and the error doesn’t have a specific text. down at the bottom of the program it just simply says inconsistant IP.
In what program do you see this message?
Please tell us exactly what you’re doing, step by step, in as much detail as you can manage.
Ok so I formated the cRio and set up the ip adress for it using Measurement & Automation Explorer found in the national instruments. I followed the instructions to do so from this website: http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/7191
When I plugged in the IP adress on Measurement & Automation Explorer i saved and refreshed the max on the cRio and Down at the bottom of the Measurement & Automation Explorer I have a message stating that i have inconsistant IP’s. Im using a static IP adress and all the settings i remember.
You should not be using MAX.
To format the cRIO and load the proper files onto it for FRC, you need to use the 2012 FRC cRIO Imaging Tool. If you have applied the most recent updates, you will be able to choose the required v43 image. Follow the directions in the Getting Started document.
MAX is not the way to do it if you’re trying to prepare a cRIO for competition use. Follow this FIRST-specific guide instead: http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default/files/GettingStartedwiththe2012FRCControlSystem_RevA.pdf
(accessible via usfirst.org > FRC > game & season info > kit of parts > control system)
Ok, Thanks a lot. I’ll try out using the cRio imaging tool next time we meet. thanks for the advice.
alright i have a even more serious problem, right now i can’t connect to the crio at all. i can’t set up any ip adresses and nothing is working and im getting rather stressed, please someone help. ::ouch::
When using the cRIO Imaging Tool you should be directly connected to the cRIO. (If it is an 8-slot version, then make sure you are plugged into Port 1). The imaging tool should scan and find the cRIO and then tell you what it modules sees. Does that at least work?
nope. nothing at all.
Do you have a 4-slot or an 8-slot cRIO? Are you sure it is getting power (ie. are the lights lighting)?
Did you set the IP address of the laptop you are using to image? Should be 10.32.72.5 (if is driverstation classmate) or 10.32.72.6 (if it is another programming laptop).
everything is working properly. it is a 8-slot cRio. everything is working fine. but when using max and the imaging tool nothing connects at all.
alright. i checked my ip adress and it is set to 10.32.72.6 my crio has a ip of 10.32.72.2 and a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 and same for my computer.
What is your IP address set to?
You can look at specific instruction in the “How to Configure Your CompactRIO” section of this document:
10.32.72.2
i have already gone through all of this many times. like way to many. but nothing is working properly.
We had the problem with the students using MAX on our robot… I don’t know where people are getting this information from in the FRC documents to use MAX. It’s simply not in anything, and you should NEVER use it.
If you’re running into problems, may I suggest starting from step one on https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-20204.
It is critical to follow the steps one-by-one. This is a tried and true method of getting your whole control system working. Skipping steps, or doing what you think is right is not the way to go with this stuff. Stick with the manual, read it and follow it like you would if you were told to defuse a bomb.
Once our guys got hold of this document, they had it running within an hour.
sorry…
Have you tried booting it in SAFE MODE?
its fine, im just getting frustrated, and yes safe mode and everything
ok my one problem is that i can’t connect to my crio, at all.