From 26fa378050c5245fce9871fc924d9a4e1354e625 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: FTC Engineering Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:58:10 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Connecting a Laptop to the Program & Manage Network (markdown) --- Connecting-a-Laptop-to-the-Program-&-Manage-Network.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Connecting-a-Laptop-to-the-Program-&-Manage-Network.md b/Connecting-a-Laptop-to-the-Program-&-Manage-Network.md index 1f05a98..10b878c 100644 --- a/Connecting-a-Laptop-to-the-Program-&-Manage-Network.md +++ b/Connecting-a-Laptop-to-the-Program-&-Manage-Network.md @@ -5,11 +5,12 @@ Note that this example assumes the user has a Windows 10 laptop. If you are not | Connecting Your Laptop to the Program & Manage Network| | ---- | -| 1. On the Driver Station, touch the three dots in the upper right hand corner of the screen to launch the pop-up menu. Select **Program & Manage** from the pop-up menu to display the **Program & Manage** access information.

| +| 1. On the Driver Station, touch the three dots in the upper right hand corner of the screen to launch the pop-up menu. Select **Program & Manage** from the pop-up menu to display the **Program & Manage** access information.

| | 2. The Program & Manage screen displays important information that you can use to connect your laptop to the FTC Blocks or OnBot Java Programming Mode server.

| | 3. Verify the network name and passphrase for the Program & Manage wireless network. Towards the top of the screen, the name of the Program & Manage wireless network is displayed. In this example, the name of the Wi-Fi network is “DIRECT-XK-9999-C-RC” and the secure passphrase is “ZU7if0hB”

| | 4. On your Windows 10 computer, look in the lower right hand corner of your desktop for a Wi-Fi symbol. Click on the Wi-Fi symbol to display a list of available Wi-Fi Networks in your vicinity.

| -| 5. Look for the wireless network that matches the name displayed on the Robot Controller.

In this example, the name of the wireless network is “DIRECT-XK-9999-C-RC” and the network is visible in the list displayed on the Windows 10 computer. | +| 5. Look for the wireless network that matches the name displayed on the Robot Controller.

If you are using an Android smartphone as your Robot Controller, then the wireless network name will begin with the phrase "DIRECT-". + In this example, the name of the wireless network for the Android Robot Controller is “DIRECT-XK-9999-C-RC” and the network is visible in the list displayed on the Windows 10 computer.
If you are using a Control Hub, the wireless network name will be whatever you specified when configuring your Control Hub. By default, the Control Hub's wireless name will begin with "FTC-". In the screenshot the Control Hub's wireless network name is "FTC-1Ybr".

| | 6. Once you have found the target network in the list, click on it to select it.

Press the Connect button to connect to the network. | | 7. When prompted, provide the network passphrase (in this example “ZU7if0hB”) and press “Next” to continue.

Note that the passphrase is case sensitive. Make sure that your spelling and capitalization matches the original spelling and capitalization shown on the Program & Manage screen. | | 8. Once you have successfully established a wireless connection between your Windows 10 laptop and your Robot Controller Android device, the status should be displayed in the wireless settings for your laptop.

If the display is not updated as shown after a few seconds, try clicking on Network Connections at the bottom of the blue box showing the Wi-Fi connections. This will bring up a Setting dialog box that includes a link to “Show available networks.”, which can be used to force the list of Wi-Fi connections to be updated.

Note that when you are connected to the blocks programming mode server on your Robot Controller phone, your laptop _will not have access to the Internet_. It only has direct access to the Robot Controller. |