So our team is going to use a sendable chooser for the first time to pick an auto before matches in our offseason competition. We have the code written but we’re not sure when we need to pick which auto we want before a match. Should we select it from the dropdown menu before we plug the computer into the driver station? Or does it not matter?
Typically it’s best to do after the DS is plugged in and connected to the robot. In most of the dashboards there’s a visual indication that the robot has “confirmed” (echoed back) the chooser setting, so making the change when you’re already connected is the easiest way to make sure you confirm it at the same time you set it, rather than that being two separate steps.
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When the robots are connected to your driver station when you are waiting behind the glass, you should be able to change which auto you are using.
As others have said we try to always select (even when it has a green checkmark in shuffleboard) while waiting behind the glass (sometimes this means having to reload a layout because its “greyed-out”) and hope it doesn’t get stuck loading, usually its fast enough that I can stay out on the field and make sure everything (limelight, roboRIO, etc) all connect properly before leaving the field while the drivers give me a thumbs up that everything is good on the selection. Obviously getting on the field fast gives you more time to make sure everything is good. And the earlier you can power on your robot the better.
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Ok thanks! Quick other question, does the smart dashboard send values to the robot constantly throughout the match?
It sends changes to values as long as it’s connected to the robot; dashboard comms are independent of match state (e.g. they can send things when the robot is disabled too). Typically teams interact minimally with the dashboard during the match (unless something is going majorly wrong).
That makes sense! Thanks!
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