THE MASSIVE DOWNLOAD CENTER OF DOOM!!!

Astronouth7303 · January 9, 2005, 5:08pm

Ok, here’s where you download EVERYTHING.

edit by Moderator
Please refer to Dave Lavery’s post here:
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32453
The only allowable link to the new compiler is FIRST’s website: www.usfirst.org
Thank you for your understanding.
edit by Moderator

MPLAB 7 - Unknown at time of posting. (Somewhere on )

Default code - http://ifirobotics.com/docs/frc-code-1-7-2005.zip

New firmware (Master code) - Unknown at time of posting (Link at http://ifirobotics.com/rc.shtml)

Camera info - http://www.ifirobotics.com/docs/cmucam2-documents-and-software1.zip

NOTE: As of time of posting, the Microchip FTP site is down. If you can not access it, try again later.

BEFORE ASKING ABOUT BROKEN LINKS, CHECK THIS WHOLE THREAD FOR UPDATES. PLEASE DO NOT ASK ABOUT WHERE THIS OR THAT IS IN THIS THREAD. ONLY REPLY IF YOU HAVE A DEFINATE CORRECTION/ADDITION TO MAKE. Thank you.

Astronouth7303 · January 9, 2005, 5:49pm

The official FIRST Code module Repository - http://www.usfirst.org/robotics/2005/frc_supplemental_software/ (Nothing in there at time of posting)

Astronouth7303 · January 9, 2005, 8:12pm

Scripting - http://kevin.org/frc/navigation_frc2005_01_08.zip

prograid · January 9, 2005, 9:23pm

Actually, I think you can get MPLAB 7 of off Microchip’s normal website since it is free to the public. Here’s the link.
MPLAB IDE

Make sure you first uninstall any old versions of MPLAB you have got lying around and then go down to the bottom and click on MPLAB IDE v7.00 Full Install. The compiler however, is on the link from FIRST’s website.

Andrew_Rudolph · January 9, 2005, 9:33pm

The version they are releasing to us is a new version that is unreleased to public and they want to keep it that way. I.e. Dont distribute it freely except to work on your FIRST robot.

system · January 9, 2005, 10:21pm

The program that they are releasing to the FIRST teams before they even release it to the publuc is the C18 v2.4 compiler. not the MPLAB IDE. MPLAB IDE V7 has been out for a while.

Joe_Ross · January 9, 2005, 10:59pm

Jaime, you should remove the private FTP link from your post. See Ken’s post for more details: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showpost.php?p=314648&postcount=12

fred · January 9, 2005, 11:21pm

has anyone been able to download the compiler? i’ve checked that microchip link throughout the day and it hasn’t worked at all.

KevinH · January 10, 2005, 1:02am

Haven’t found a working link yet, though I’m sure they should appear sooner than later.

system · January 10, 2005, 10:25am

What i think is happening is there are too many user downloading it and most FTP servers have a set limit of connections that are allowed, and it is just kicking the other people who ar trying to connect. If anyone gets it could you email it to me? ([email protected])

Ken_Leung · January 10, 2005, 12:56pm

dlavery:

Folks -

Microchip has been very generous in their offer to make the new, fully licensed, commercial version of their compiler available to all FIRST teams. They are making it available to us even before it is available through commercial sale. It is incumbent upon us to honor and respect what they have done, and abide by the rules of the license.

The license they have given to FIRST does not allow any team to download the compiler and redistribute it to other teams. No matter how well intentioned, anyone doing so is violating the terms of the license. You are showing that we cannot be trusted as a community, and running the very real risk of forcing Microchip pull the entire deal off the table. Please remove any links to unauthorized distributions of the compiler out of all messages and threads on these boards, and shut down unauthorized distributions of the compiler immediately.

I recognize that it may occasionally be difficult to get through to the Microchip web site to download the new compiler, due to the traffic that they are getting. However, it is important that everyone understand that there are two - AND ONLY TWO - legal ways to get the compiler. You can be patient and try again to download from their web site during the two week period that they will host that option. Or you can wait until after that and request a copy on CD through IFI.

Please folks, let’s try and show that we are deserving of what we have been given here, and let’s not screw this up. If we cannot show that we can abide by the rules, then we will never get another offer like this again. Conversely, if we can demonstrate that we are good stewards of the generosity from Microchip, then perhaps other vendors may follow suit in the future.

-dave

Ok guys. Please read Dave’s post here:

Please edit your post immediately to remove your links to download the new compiler and link to FIRST’s website from now on. If you don’t know how to do that feel free to contact any one of the moderators to edit the post for you.

Thank you.

buss · January 10, 2005, 4:26pm

Posting a link to download the IDE does not violate the rule. The IDE is available to the public, only the compiler is for FIRST participants only. Everybody calm down.

Astronouth7303 · January 10, 2005, 6:46pm

Esspecially since it seems I can no longer edit that post, so I can’t do anything about it.

(And I would have appreciated it if you had PM’d me instead of filling the thread with it.)

And we know the link doesn’t work right now. Asking in yet another thread won’t make it come back any faster.

Ken_Leung · January 10, 2005, 11:45pm

The links was edited so quickly because we don’t want the Chief Delphi Forum and FIRST getting into any trouble. The decision was to remove the links immediately so FIRST can continue a good relationship with Microchip. It would be a shame to see FIRST or team 47 get into any trouble because of a simple misunderstanding on the allowable distribution method of the new compiler.

If you wishes to edit your original, me and the other moderators will be happy to do so, as long as the ftp link isn’t there.