Discuss adding Telemetry data capture to robot

[mandrews281]

See: https://docs.wpilib.org/en/stable/docs/software/telemetry/datalog.html

The default behavior is we add DataLogManager.start() to robotInit is to capture the NetworkTables data to a datalog file that gets written to an inserted USB stick (or stored on the robot). There is a DataLogTool for converting the file into CSV. This could be ideal for robot diagnostics after the match.

[dcowden]

I think we would couple this with downloading and installing this:

https://github.com/Mechanical-Advantage/AdvantageScope

which can read/play the data, on the driver station, and

and also the gradlew task to download the data files.

this would be a very powerful addition that would be very nice to get into and tested tonight, before we freeze the code for Anderson qualifier.

[dcowden]

Another note: the implications of this are HUGE. being able to see what operators actually DO, vs what they SAY they do, or remember, is very , very important. This type of data is essential to making effective battlefield changes and decisions!

[dcowden]

The actual to-do item here is to add this code:

// Starts recording to data log
DataLogManager.start();

// Record both DS control and joystick data
DriverStation.startDataLog(DataLogManager.getLog());

into Robot.java inside of robotInit

[dcowden]

we need to test this tonight by putting a usb stick on the rio and seeing if we can read it! whoever does that will need AdvantageScope installed