Setting up FRC Driver Station

This guide will provide a step by step guide of setting up the FRC Driver Station environment for use in FRC Competitions.

• NI roboRIO
  • USB Cable or Ethernet cable to plug it in.
• DMC60C
• USB Gamepad (Optional)

• Labview FRC 2017
  • http://www.ni.com/download/labview-for-frc-17.0/7185/en/
• Labview FRC Update Suite
  • http://www.ni.com/download/first-robotics-software-2017/7183/en/
• Eclipse for C++ and Java development
  • Follow this tutorial
• DMC60C API
  • Github link goes here.

1.1) Power up the roboRIO and plug it into your network via ethernet cable, or into the computer via USB.

1.2) Open Labview 2017 and click Utilities>roboRIO Imaging Tool 2018. Find the roboRIO in the roboRIO Targets box. Take note of the IP address.


NOTE: If the roboRIO does not appear on the list, make sure that it is connected to the same network as the computer running the Imaging tool.

Enter your Team Number in the appropriate box.

Check the box next to Format Target, and select FRC_roboRIO_2018_v*.zip then click Reformat.

Once the roboRIO has been successfully reformatted and updated, you may close the Imaging tool.

Run Copy files to wpilib and roboRIO.bat and enter the IP address of your roboRIO. This batch file will copy the DMC60C Library files to the WPILib directory, and to the roboRIO's /usr/local/frc/lib directory.