From bae658672a0feaf3e472c97db95819d7a9b01a67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cynergyou Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2019 13:00:22 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Configuring Your Android Devices (markdown) --- Configuring-Your-Android-Devices.md | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Configuring-Your-Android-Devices.md b/Configuring-Your-Android-Devices.md index a07d2e6..4489ae0 100644 --- a/Configuring-Your-Android-Devices.md +++ b/Configuring-Your-Android-Devices.md @@ -1,11 +1,14 @@ -### What needs to be configured for my robot? +### What Needs to Be Configured for My Robot? #### Control Hub Users + Teams who are using a Control Hub as the Robot Controller will only need to configure a single smartphone for use as a Driver Station. The process is as follows, * Rename the smartphone to "\-DS" (where \ is replaced by your team number). * Install the Driver Station app onto the Driver Station phone. * Put your phone into Airplane Mode (with the WiFi radio still on). * Pair (i.e., wirelessly connect) the Driver Station to the Control Hub. +

Control Hub and Android Phone

+ #### Users with Two Android Smartphones Teams who have two smartphones and are not using a Control Hub will need to configure one smartphone for use as a Robot Controller and a second smartphone for use as a Driver Station. The process is as follows, * Rename one smartphone to "\-RC" (where \ is replaced by your team number). @@ -15,6 +18,8 @@ Teams who have two smartphones and are not using a Control Hub will need to conf * Put your phones into Airplane Mode (with the WiFi radios still on). * Pair (i.e., wirelessly connect) the Driver Station to the Robot Controller. +

2 Android Phones

+ ### Renaming Your Smartphones The official rules of the FIRST Tech Challenge (see \) require that you change the Wi-Fi name of your smartphones to include your team number and “-RC” if the phone is a Robot Controller or “-DS” if it is a Driver Station. A team can insert an additional dash and a letter (“A”, “B”, “C”, etc.) if the team has more than one set of Android phones. @@ -67,6 +72,24 @@ Note that it will take an estimated 2.5 minutes per phone to complete this task. | 2. Placing the phone into airplane mode will turn off
the Wi-Fi radio. If the Wi-Fi icon has a diagonal line
through it (see Step 1 above), then the Wi-Fi radio is
disabled. You will need to touch the “Wi-Fi” icon on the
quick configuration screen to turn the Wi-Fi radio back
on. | | ### Pairing the Driver Station to the Robot Controller +#### Control Hub Users +The REV Robotics Control Hub should come with the Robot Controller app already pre-installed. Once you have successfully installed the FTC Driver Station on an Android phone, you will want to establish a secure wireless connection between the Control Hub and the Driver Station. This connection will allow your Driver Station phone to select op modes on your Robot Controller and send gamepad input to these programs. Likewise, it will allow your op modes running on your Robot Controller to send telemetry data to your Driver Station phone where it can be displayed for your drivers. The process to connect the two devices is known as “pairing.” + +Note that it will take an estimated 10 minutes to complete this task. + +| Step| Image | +| ----------- | :---: | +| 1. Using the Android App Drawer, locate the
**FTC Robot Controller** icon. Tap on the icon to
launch the Robot Controller app. | | +| 2. Verify that the Robot Controller app is running.
The **Robot Status** field should read “running” if it
is working properly. | | +| 3. Using the Android App Drawer, locate the
**FTC Driver Station** icon. Tap on the icon to launch the
Driver Station app. | | +| 4. Touch the three vertical dots on the upper right
hand corner of the main screen of the FTC Driver Station
app. This will launch a pop-up menu. | | +| 5. Select Settings from the pop-up menu. | | +| 6. From the Settings screen, look for and select
“Connect with Robot Controller” to launch the Connect
with Robot Controller screen. | | +| 7. Find the name of your Robot Controller from the
list and select it.

After you have made your selection, use the back-arrow
key to return to the Settings screen.

Then press the back-arrow key one more time to return
to the main Driver Station screen. | | +| 8. When the Driver Station returns to its main
screen, the first time you attempt to connect to the
Robot Controller a prompt should appear on the Robot
Controller screen.

Click on the “ACCEPT” button to accept the connection
request from the Driver Station. | | +| 9. Verify that the Driver Station screen has
changed and that it now indicates that it is connected
to the Robot Controller.

The name of the Robot Controller’s remote network
(“9999-C-RC” in this example) should be displayed in the
Network field on the Driver Station. | | +| 10. Verify that the Robot Controller screen has
changed and that it now indicates that it is connected
to the Driver Station.

The Network status should read “active, connected” on
the Robot Controller’s main screen. | | + #### Users with Two Android Smartphones Once you have successfully installed the FTC apps onto your Android phones, you will want to establish a secure wireless connection between the two devices. This connection will allow your Driver Station phone to select op modes on your Robot Controller phone and send gamepad input to these programs. Likewise, it will allow your op modes running on your Robot Controller phone to send telemetry data to your Driver Station phone where it can be displayed for your drivers. The process to connect the two phones is known as “pairing.”