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Programmingyourradioforhomeuse
Thisguidewillshowyouhowtousethe2016FRCRadioConfigurationUtilitysoftwaretoconfigureyourrobot'swirelessbridgeforuseoutsideofFRCevents.

Beforeyoubeginusingthesoftware:

1.DisableWiFiconnectionsonyourcomputer,asitmaypreventtheconfigurationutilityfromproperlycommunicatingwiththebridge

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2.Makesurenodevicesareconnectedtoyourcomputerviaethernet,otherthanthewirelessbridge.NotethatfortheOM5PANbridge,youmustuseaparticularEthernetp

TheOM5PANusesthesamepowerplugastheDLinkDAP1522,howeveritisa12Vradio.Wiretheradiotothe12V2AterminalsontheVRM(centerpinpositive).

PreRequisites
The2016FRCRadioConfigurationUtilityrequirestheJavaRuntimeEngine(JRE).IfyoudonothaveJavainstalled,youcandownloadtheJREfromhere:https://www.java.com/en/d

TheFRCRadioConfigurationUtilityrequiresAdministratorprivilegestoconfigurethenetworksettingsonyourmachine.Theprogramshouldrequestthenecessaryprivilegesautoma

ApplicationNotes
The2016RadioKioskwillprogramtheradiotoenforcethe7Mbpsbandwidthlimitontrafficexitingtheradiooverthewirelessinterface.Inthehomeconfiguration(APmode)thisisa

The2016KioskhasbeentestedonWindows7,8and10.Itmayworkonotheroperatingsystems,buthasnotbeentested.

ProgrammedConfiguration

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TheRadioConfigurationUtilityprogramsanumberofconfigurationsettingsintotheradiowhenrun.Thesesettingsapplytotheradioinallmodes(includingatevents).Theseinclude

SetastaticIPof10.TE.AM.1
SetanalternateIPonthewiredsideof192.168.1.1forfutureprogramming
Bridgethewiredportssotheymaybeusedinterchangeably
TheLEDconfigurationnotedinthegraphicabove
7Mb/sbandwidthlimitontheoutboundsideofthewirelessinterface
QoSrulesforinternalpacketprioritization(affectsinternalbufferandwhichpacketstodiscardifbandwidthlimitisreached).TheserulesareRobotControlandStatus(UDP111

InAPmodeonly:

DHCPserverenabled.Servesout10.TE.AM.1110.TE.AM.111onthewiredside,10.TE.AM.13010.TE.AM.230onthewirelessside,subnetmaskof255.255.255.0,broadca
DNSserverenabled.DNSserverIPanddomainsuffix(.lan)areservedaspartoftheDHCP.

WhenprogrammedwiththeteamversionoftheRadioConfigurationUtility,theuseraccountswillbeleftat(orsetto)thefirmwaredefaults:

Username:root
Password:root

Note:Itisnotrecommendedtomodifytheconfigurationmanually

Downloadthesoftware

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DownloadthelatestFRCRadioConfigurationUtilityInstallerfromtheWPILibprojectFileReleases(https://usfirst.collab.net/sf/frs/do/listReleases/projects.wpilib/frs.frc_radio_configura

Installthesoftware
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DoubleclickonFRC_Radio_Configuration_MM_DD_YY.exetolaunchtheinstaller.Followthepromptstocompletetheinstallation.

PartoftheinstallationpromptswillincludeinstallingWinPCapifitisnotalreadypresent.TheWinPCapinstallercontainsacheckbox(checkedbydefault)tostarttheWinPCapdrivero

Launchthesoftware
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UsetheStartmenuordesktopshortcuttolaunchtheprogram.

Note:IfyouneedtolocatetheprogramitisinstalledtoC:\ProgramFiles(x86)\FRCRadioConfigurationUtility.For32bitmachinesthepathisC:\ProgramFiles\FRCRadioConfigura

Allowtheprogramtomakechanges,ifprompted

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IftheyourcomputerisrunningWindowsVistaorWindows7,apromptmayappearaboutallowingtheconfigurationutilitytomakechangestothecomputer.Click"Yes"iftheprompt

Selectthenetworkinterface

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Usethepopupwindowtoselectthewhichethernetinterfacetheconfigurationutilitywillusetocommunicatewiththewirelessbridge.OnWindowsmachines,ethernetinterfacesare

1.Ifnoethernetinterfacesarelisted,click"Refresh"torescanforavailableinterfaces
2.Selecttheinterfaceyouwanttousefromthedropdownlist
3.Click"OK"

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OM5PANFirmwareNote
FortheFRCRadioConfigurationUtilitytoprogramtheOM5PANradio,theradiomustberunninganFRCspecificbuildoftheOpenWRTfirmware.RadiosrecievedintheKOPare

Ifyoudoneedtoreflashthefirmware,orresettheradio(theonlywaytoresetistoreflash),seetheinstructionsattheendofthisdocumentonhowtodosousingtheFRCRadioC

Selectabridgemodelandoperatingmode

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1.Selectwhichradioyouareconfiguringusingthedropdownlist.
2.Selectwhichoperatingmodeyouwanttoconfigure.Formostcases,thedefaultselectionof2.4GHzAccessPointwillbesufficient.Notethatthe2.4GHz+5GHzsimultaneousA
3.IflocatedoutsidetheUSA,selecttheCountryaswelltoprogramthepropercountryspecificrestrictions.

Prepareandstarttheconfigurationprocess

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Followtheonscreeninstructionsforpreparingyourwirelessbridge,enteringthesettingsthebridgewillbeconfiguredwith,andstartingtheconfigurationprocess.Theseonscreenin

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ConfigurationProgress

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Throughouttheconfigurationprocess,thewindowwillindicate:

1.Thestepcurrentlybeingexecuted
2.Theoverallprogressoftheconfigurationprocess
3.Allstepsexecutedsofar

Configurationcompleted

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Oncetheconfigurationiscomplete:

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1.Press"OK"onthedialogwindow
2.Press"OK"onthemainwindowtoreturntothesettingsscreen

Configurationerrors

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Ifanerroroccursduringtheconfigurationprocess,followtheinstructionsintheerrormessagetocorrecttheproblem.

LoadingFRCFirmwaretoOM5PAN

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IfyouneedtoloadtheFRCfirmware(orresettheradio),youcandosousingtheFRCRadioConfigurationUtility.

1.Followtheinstructionsabovetoinstallthesoftware,launchtheprogramandselecttheEthernetinterface.
2.MakesuretheOM5PANradioisselectedintheRadiodropdown.
3.MakesuretheradioisconnectedtothePCviaEthernet.

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4.Unplugthepowerfromtheradio
5.PresstheLoadFirmwarebutton
6.Whenprompted,plugintheradiopower.Thesoftwareshoulddetecttheradio,loadthefirmwareandpromptyouwhencomplete.

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