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Talon SRX CAN
The Talon SRX motor controller is a CAN-enabled "smart motor controller" from Cross The Road Electronics/VEX Robotics. The Talon SRX can be controlled over the CAN bus or PWM interface. When using the CAN bus control, this device can take inputs from limit switches and potentiometers, encoders, or similar sensors in order to perform advanced control such as limiting or PID(F) closed loop control on the device.
Extensive documentation about programming the Talon SRX in all three FRC languages can be found in the Talon SRX Software Reference Manual on CTRE's Talon SRX product page.
Note: CAN Talon SRX has been removed from WPILib. See this blog for more info and find the CTRE Toolsuite installer here: http://www.ctr-electronics.com/control-system/hro.html#product_tabs_technical_resources
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Waiting for Target to Respond - Recovering from bad loops
If you download LabVIEW code which contains an unconstrained loop (a loop with no delay) it is possible to get the roboRIO into a state where LabVIEW is unable to connect to download new code. This document explains the process required to load new, fixed, code to recover from this state.
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LabVIEW Resources
To learn more about programming in LabVIEW and specifically programming FRC robots in LabVIEW, check out the following resources.
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LabVIEW Porting Guide - 2014 to 2015
LabVIEW teams will find the VIs and palletes in the 2015 FRC version of LabVIEW very familiar. Teams should only need to make minor changes to get a 2014 program to run on a roboRIO. This document highlights changes in the 2015 VIs and how they correspond with the old code.
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Command and Control Tutorial
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Tank Drive Tutorial
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Creating, Building and Loading your Benchtop Test Program
This document covers how to create, build and load an FRC LabVIEW program onto a roboRIO. Before beginning, make sure that you have installed LabVIEW for FRC and the FRC Driver Station and that you have configured and imaged your roboRIO as described in the Getting Started with the 2016 Control System manual.
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NI Software Set Up Guide
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Installing the FRC Update Suite (All Languages)
The FRC 2017 Update Suite contains the following software components: LabVIEW Update, FRC Driver Station, and FRC Utilities. If an FRC 2017 LabVIEW installation is found, the LabVIEW Update will be installed or updated, otherwise this step will be skipped. The FRC Driver Station and FRC Utilities will always be installed or updated. The LabVIEW runtime components required for the driver station and utilities is included in this package. No components from the LabVIEW DVD are required for running either the Driver Station or Utilities.
Note: The 2017 DS will only work on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10. It will not work on Windows XP.
Note for LabVIEW Teams: CAN Talon SRX has been removed from WPILib. See this blog for more info and find the CTRE Toolsuite installer here: http://www.ctr-electronics.com/control-system/hro.html#product_tabs_technical_resources
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