Before imaging your cRIO, you must have completed installation of the the development environment and language updates for the appropriate programming language (C++, Java, LabVIEW).You must also complete the NI FRC Update installation. You also must have the cRIO power properly wired to the Power Distribution board (see this document for instructions)

WPILib provides a RobotDrive object that handles most cases of driving the robot either in autonomous or teleop modes. It is created with either two or four speed controller objects. There are methods to drive with either Tank, Arcade, or Mecanum modes either programmatically or directly from Joysticks.

Note: the examples illustrated in this section are generally correct but have not all been tested on actual robots. But should serve as a starting point for your projects.

The development tools necessary for building Java robot programs consist of the Java Software Developers Kit, Netbeans (the Interactive Development Environment), and the FRC Plugins for Netbeans that add the necessary FRC specific components.

We have been testing with Java SE SDK version 7+ and NetBeans version 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4. While we believe everything will work with previous versions we have not tested all the combinations. We suggest that you upgrade earlier versions to these to ensure you are running on a tested combination.

If you already have Netbeans installed, skip down to "Un-installing the previous version of the plugins".

This article describes the basic format of a Command and walks through an example of creating a command to drive your robot with Joysticks.

Note: This installation is for teams programming in LabVIEW or using NI Vision Assistant only. C++ and Java teams not using these features do not need to install from the DVD.