Tonight’s task is to get our 2016 bot running to test the Rhino Tread drive base installed.
Long story short,
None of our driver stations will establish a connection with the RoboRio. We just need to get the chassis moving. Thanks for any help if you can provide it.
yeah, the radios are all fine. The question is how to update the firmware and image the RIO because we cant connect to the web dashboard or connect via tether directly to the RIO.
Make sure your roboRIO is getting the correct power: the POWER LED should be green.
Make sure the roboRIO is booting correctly: the STATUS LED should turn off after booting (solid orange for one minute).
a. If the STATUS LED is blinking twice, there is no software loaded into your roboRIO, you need to reimage it
b. If the STATUS LED is blinking three times, it is in safe mode
c. If the STATUS LED is continuously blinking, please contact NI.
Connect the roboRIO to the computer using a USB cable
Check you can ping the roboRIO using this connection (command line: ping 172.22.11.2)
a. If you cannot ping the roboRIO, it is possible the USB cable/port is not correct, or that your computer is not associating the correct driver to the port.
Check that the driver station has connectivity. You can use the Diagnostics tab in the left of the DS to see the connection details.
a. Make sure you don’t have any firewalls or anti-virus blocking the port or the application from communicating with the device.
b. Try running the DS as administrator
Reimage your roboRIO with the new firmware and format it.
a. If the Imaging Tool cannot detect the roboRIO after ie being successfully connected to the DS, I recommend you check that the Imaging Tool is run as admin and without a firewall.