

- HOW TO SETUP FRC DRIVER STATION HOW TO
- HOW TO SETUP FRC DRIVER STATION SOFTWARE
- HOW TO SETUP FRC DRIVER STATION CODE
- HOW TO SETUP FRC DRIVER STATION WINDOWS
Non-game controllers such as keypads are not recognized by the Driver station application.
HOW TO SETUP FRC DRIVER STATION WINDOWS
It just has to be recognizable by the Windows OS with an appropriate hardware driver on the Driver Station laptop as a game controller. To control the robot the Kit of Parts includes the classic Attack3 Joystick and others through FIRST Choice or the physical kit.Īny USB wired game controller can be used, such as Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 USB compatible game controllers. (click on game controllers for 2015 FRC mapping of buttons & axes) Logitech F310 (mapping changes for a Dual Action/xBox Emulator switch on bottom and for a Sports mode switch on top) Uncheck the check box next to "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power".Right-click each entry and select "Properties".Win 8, hold the Windows key and press the 'x' key to open a menu in the lower-left and select "Device Manager." Using Win 7, open the Start Menu, type "Device Manager" in the search field, and click it. The same as for USB, set the Ethernet port power saver settings to avoid power cutbacks.Power hungry fancy sticks or ones with glittery LEDs require more power and won't fare as well as plain vanilla generic joysticks when a brown-out occurs. Avoid complicated joysticks that draw an excess of USB power.Bigger hubs are worse, because larger hubs and more devices require more power and USB has a 500mA limit. Avoid ganging multiple USB devices up on a single USB hub.Keep critical joysticks on their own USB port. If using more than one USB device, i.e., multiple joysticks, distribute the USB load across all the laptop USB ports that you have.Choose "USB Settings" -> "USB selective suspend setting".Choose "Change advanced power settings".(Note: this means you have to be really conscientious about keeping the laptop plugged in at ALL times (Pit, Queue, Field).

Select "Never" for everything if you know what's good for you (okay this isn't a USB thing, but hey).For your current Power Plan choose "Change Plan Settings".
HOW TO SETUP FRC DRIVER STATION CODE

HOW TO SETUP FRC DRIVER STATION SOFTWARE
HOW TO SETUP FRC DRIVER STATION HOW TO
For LabVIEW programmers here are how to do some common LabVIEW robot operations
