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FRC-Utilities / QDriverStation

Cross-platform clone of the FRC Driver Station
https://frc-utilities.github.io
MIT License
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Older Protocols? #31

Closed MC42 closed 7 years ago

MC42 commented 8 years ago

The front-page lists QDS as supporting back to 2009 and yet the drop-down only goes back to 2014. Were the older versions dropped, or backstashed somewhere else in the code?

alex-spataru commented 8 years ago

AFAIK, the DS 2009 through 2014 communication protocols where the same (at least with what I found on GitHub and ChiefDelphi). Selecting the 2014 protocol should allow you to control any 2009-2014 robot.

On the other hand, I have separated the 2016 and 2015 protocols because the base robot address was changed between the seasons (from roboRIO-XXYY.local to roboRIO-XXYY-FRC.local), but the rest of the implementation remained the same.

As a final note, my team did not keep their robots prior to 2014, since we could not afford to buy components each new year, so its possible that my assumption is incorrect.

MC42 commented 8 years ago

Next time I'm in the shop, I'll test on 1257's 2012 robot with the cRIO. Will post results.

alex-spataru commented 8 years ago

Thanks, if you need help with anything, just reply to this thread.

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Next time I'm in the shop, I'll test on our 2012 robot with the cRIO. Will post results.

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MC42 commented 8 years ago

Upon further inspection, the QDriverStation does support the protocol, and can successfully connect for Comms. However, it flashes the "No Robot Code" error upon an attempt to enable. This isn't needed upon using the old vanilla DS or the "FRC Drive" mobile app.

alex-spataru commented 8 years ago

Thanks for the information! I will change the 2014 protocol implementation to fix your issue.

MC42 commented 8 years ago

Thanks so much!

alex-spataru commented 8 years ago

I made a patch to the 2014 protocol implementation, which should fix your issue (not detecting robot code). I will draft a new release and reference it in this thread when finished.

Thanks for the report!

alex-spataru commented 8 years ago

The fixed version is available here. I hope it works nicely for you!

MC42 commented 8 years ago

Thanks so much! I'll test it (again :P) next time I'm in the shop!