We seem to have a problem with our Driver’s Station.
We were running through the steps required in the benchtop test and can not get past section 2.3.1.2. The DS does not appear to be communicating with the cRIO via the ethernet cable. Flipping the switch on the dongle changes the display of the DS to “Enabled” but the cRIO does not respond - the Jaguars still blink yellow.
The equipment is wired as required and we have LEDs indicating the appropriate devices are powered correctly. These were then verified with a meter.
I believe the ethernet jacks on the DS are not working because I can comminicate directly with the cRIO using the orange crossover cable connected directly to my laptop. I can not communicate to the DS from my laptop nor can I communicate the the cRIO by connecting both the cRIO and my computer to the DS as noted in the documentation.
I get no respose if I ping the IP for the DS.
I see no blinking LEDs on the ethernet jack of my laptop when I connect it to either Ethernet jack of the DS.
How do I know if my unit is damaged? Additionally, what we do if we were shipped a defective DS?
Just as a note, we have tried this with multiple ethernet cables. I can verify that an ethernet cable works by connecting my laptop to a wall jack. I then use the same cable to connect to the DS and it does not work.
I would take your concerns to the FIRST forum that deal with the new control system. Perhaps they can provide more information and describe the procedure to receive an RMA number.
Well, you can never go back to testing the OTB, so updating the cRIO will at least get you back to where you can debug the original Jaguar problem.
With the cRIO updated you’ll get an additional status light on the Digital Sidecar to help tell you what’s happening. A fast blink means no communication, a slow blink means it’s in Disabled mode, and a solid light means it’s enabled in either Teleop or Auto modes.
One reason the Jaguars will blink is if they aren’t connected to an activated PWM output. With the default code you’re now downloading I think just pwms 1&2 on the first cRIO digital module are enabled. I was with a team last night where a third party must have moved the DB37 cable to the second module and no one had noticed. As a result their Jaguars were blinking too.
There are lots of combinations that will prevent the code from operating as advertised (including failed hardware), so work your way through triple checks without introducing new complications.
I am getting a “no communication” blink on the Jaguars - regardless of the position of the enable switch on the DS
If I connect my laptop to port 1 on the cRIO, I can ping 10.0.0.2. If I connect my laptop to either jack on the DS, I get no response pinging 10.0.0.5 (or 10.0.56.5 if the team number is changed).
That’s not good.
The Jaguars are the least of it.
Just work at getting the “No Comms” message off the DS.
You should be able to at least ping the DS while connected to the ETH2 port.
I assume your PC is set to 10.0.56.6
PC mask set to 255.0.0.0
Disable any firewall you may have running for testing.
You should have your cRIO IP address set to 10.0.56.2 and your DS set to 10.0.56.5 at this point in the testing.
DS ETH1 port connected to the cRIO port 1
P.S.
When you updated the cRIO with the FRC cRIO Imaging Tool the settings you were supposed to use would not have resulted in an IP address of 10.0.0.2
Under “Format Controller”
Select Image = FRC_2009_v2.zip
Device name = FRC-cRIO-56
Team ID = 56
I realize the issue of not being able to ping the DS. I have tried it with my PC at 10.0.0.6 and 10.0.56.6. Similarly, I have tried pinging both 10.0.0.5 when the team number was set to 0000 and 10.0.56.5 when the team number was set to 56.
When I flashed the cRIO, I did set the team number and thus the IP to 10.0.56.2. I was mentioning some work I did earlier, before flashin the cRIO when the IP was still set to the default of 10.0.0.2.
All of this makes me think something is broken inside our DS.
