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2016FRCSoftwareComponentOverview
The2016FRCControlSystemconsistsofawidevarietyofmandatoryandoptionalsoftwarecomponentsdesignedtoassistyouinthedesign,developmentanddebuggingofyourro

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LabVIEWFRC2016

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LabVIEWFRC2016,basedonNationalInstruments'LabVIEW2015,isthedevelopmentenvironmentforLabVIEW,oneofthethreeofficiallysupportedlanguagesforprogramminga
andUtilities)canbefoundhere(../../13503/l/144150?dataresolveurl=true&datamanualid=13503).AguidetogettingstartedwiththeLabVIEWFRC2016software,includinginstalla

FRCRobotSimulator

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TheFRCRobotSimulatorisacomponentoftheLabVIEWprogrammingenvironmentthatallowsyoutooperateapredefinedrobotinasimulatedenvironmenttotestcodeand/orDriv

EclipseIDEforC/C++Developers

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EclipseIDEforC/C++DevelopersisthesupporteddevelopmentenvironmentforC++,oneofthethreesupportedlanguagesusedforprogramminganFRCrobot.C++isanobjector
url=true&datamanualid=13810)

EclipseIDEforJavaDevelopers

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EclipseIDEforC++Developers(withJavadevelopmenttoolsinstalled)istheprimarysupporteddevelopmentenvironmentforJava,oneofthethreesupportedlanguagesusedforpr

FRCDriverStationPoweredbyNILabVIEW

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TheFRCDriverStationPoweredbyNILabVIEWistheonlysoftwareallowedtobeusedforthepurposeofcontrollingthestateoftherobotduringcompetition.Thissoftwarecontains
manualid=13503),MoreinformationabouttheFRCDriverStationPoweredbyNILabVIEWcanbefoundhere(../../24192/l/144976?dataresolveurl=true&datamanualid=24192)

FRCLabVIEWDashboard

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TheFRCLabVIEWDashboardisthedefaultdashboardprograminstalledwith,andautomaticallylaunchedby,theFRCDriverStation.ThepurposeoftheDashboardistoprovidefee
thatcanswitchbetweenexamplesofcustomindicatorsandcontrols,atesttabforusewiththeDriverStationTestModeandaChecklisttabthatteamscanusetoenteracustomche

SmartDashboard

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TheSmartDashboardisanalternatedashboardapplicationwritteninJava.TheSmartDashboardautomaticallycreatesawidgetforeachvariablesentfromtheRobotsentusingtheS
C++orJavabuttonsrespectivelyontheSetuptaboftheDriverStation).NotethatteamsmayneedtoinstalltheJavaRuntimeEnvironmenttousetheSmartDashboardoncomputers

LiveWindow

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LiveWindowisanewmodeoftheSmartDashboardfor2013,designedforusewiththenewTestModeoftheDriverStation.LiveWindowallowstheusertoseefeedbackfromsensors

FRCroboRIOImagingTool

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TheFRCroboRIOImagingToolisasoftwaretoolusedtoformatandsetupanroboRIOFRCdeviceforuseinFRC.ThetooldetectsanyroboRIOdeviceonthenetwork,reportsthe
instructionsonimagingyourroboRIOusingthistoolcanbefoundhere(../../13503/l/144984?dataresolveurl=true&datamanualid=13503).

SetupAxisCamera

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TheSetupAxisCamerautilityisaLabVIEWprogramusedtoconfigureanAxis206,M1011orM1013cameraforuseontherobot.Thetooltakesafactoryresetcameraconnectedd
locatedhere(../../24194/l/144985?dataresolveurl=true&datamanualid=24194).

FRCDriverStationLogViewer

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TheFRCDriverStationLogViewerisaLabVIEWprogramusedtoviewlogscreatedbytheFRCDriverStation.Theselogscontaininformationsuchasbatteryvoltage,triptime,CPU

RobotBuilder

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RobotBuilderisatooldesignedtoaidinsetupandstructuringofaCommandBasedrobotprojectforC++orJava.RobotBuilderallowsyoutoenterinthevariouscomponentsofyou
notwriteanyoftheactualSubsystemorCommandmethods.Theusermustwritetheappropriatecodeforthesemethodsfortherobottofunction.RobotBuilderisinstalledwiththe
CommandBasedprogrammingarchitecturecanbefoundintheC++(../../13810/c/88685?dataresolveurl=true&datamanualid=13810)andJava(../../13809/c/88893?dataresolveu

OutlineViewer

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TheOutlineViewerisautilityusedtoview,modifyandaddtothecontentsoftheNetworkTablesfordebuggingpurposes.ItdisplaysallkeyscurrentlyintheNetworkTablealongwith
RuntimeEnvironmenttousetheNetworkTablesVieweroncomputersnotsetupforJavaprogramming.

BDCCOMM

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BDCCOMMisasoftwareutilityusedtoconfigure,updateandtestBlackJaguarmotorcontrollersovertheSerial/CANinterface.ThistoolcanbeusedtoupdatetheBlackJaguarfirm
(../../13503/l/144150?dataresolveurl=true&datamanualid=13503)

FRCRadioConfigurationUtility

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TheFRCBridgeConfigurationUtilityisatoolusedtoconfigurethetheOpenMeshOM5PANradioforpracticeuseathome.ThistoolsetstheappropriateIP,andnetworksettingsfor

FRCSim

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FRCSimisasimulatorforteamsusingC++orJavabasedontheGazebosimulationsoftware.Forthe2016season,FRCSimrequiresacomputerrunningLinux(formorespecificinfo

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