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RAHS FTC Team Programming Setup Procedure

Downloading RobotC

  1. Goto http://www.robotc.net/ftc/
  2. Follow the link to Download ROBOTC 4.26
  3. Run ROBOTCforLegoMindStorms_426.exe
  4. When the InstallShieldWizard comes up, click Next and accept defaults until installation completes.

Starting RobotC

  1. Click the ROBOTC round yellow icon on your desktop, or go to your start menu/Windows button and select ROBOTC for LEGO MINDSTORMS 4.X
  2. Goto Menu File/Open Sample Program
  3. Select C Programming Examples
  4. Select Motors with While Loops.c, click Open

Compiling your first Program in ROBOTC Hookup your NXT Brick with a USB Cable Click Firmware Download at the top of the GUI. When the NXT Brick Download dialogue comes up, click Refresh Lists Click the the first item in the Brick Table Click F/W Download Click Compile Program, make sure there’s no red or yellow X’s Click Download to Robot When Program Debug dialogue comes up, click Start Field Control System The field Control system lets you plug a USB game controller into a laptop, and then let the laptop comunicate with a Smantha-Enabled FTC robot over witfie Goto http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/team-resources Scroll down and right to find the Field Control System section. Click the links for … Field Control System Ver 3.0.6 (Run the installer, follow the defaults) Field Control System Setup Wizard (Run the installer, follow the defaults) Field control System User’s Guide (pdf file)

Samantha Setup FTC-specific details. Field-control laptop needs to be put in airplane mode when talking to the FTC Router IP Address for the router is 192.168.2.1 Do not use the router’s yellow port; use one of the blues. login as admin password is skunkworks Best procedure discovered so far was found here: http://vfirsttechchallenge.pbworks.com/w/page/33378481/Samantha%20Setup

Field Control System

Main Field Control System

Goto http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/ftc/team-resources Scroll down and right to find the Field Control System section. Click the links for …

  • Field Control System Ver 3.0.6
  • Field control System User’s Guide

Setup Wizard

Field Control System Setup Wizard

Troubleshooting

If you see “ROBOTC uses a special firmware version …” Then you should Click the Firmware Download Button