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Control System Startup Guide
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  • Page 1 Control System Startup Guide Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Driver Station and Control Hub Paring ..........................2 Configure Your Robot ................................7 Program Your Robot ................................11 Connect the Expansion Hub ..............................17 Switching to 5 GHz ................................19 Factory Reset ..................................21 Additional Resources................................21 Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

  • Page 3: Required Materials

    REV-31-1595 REV-31-1302 USB Game Pad Micro USB Hub REV-31-1159 REV-31-1426 Optional Additional Materials needed to Connect the Expansion Hub: • Expansion Hub (REV-31-1153) • XT30 Extension Cable • Communication Cable (RS-485) Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

  • Page 4: Driver Station And Control Hub Paring

    Kindle Fire when the LED turns green. Note: the light blinks blue every ~5 seconds to indicate that the control hub is healthy. 3. Power on the Kindle Fire by holding down the top right button. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 5 4. Open the FG Driver Station application from the Kindle HOME Screen. 5. On the Driver Station page, open the menu from the top right corner, then select “Settings”. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 6 6. Select, “Pair with Robot Controller”. 7. Select “Wifi Settings” Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 7 This defaults to “password”. Press “CONNECT”. 10. After pressing connect, press the back arrow at the bottom of the display until you return to the main driver station screen. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 8 11. After a couple of seconds, the Driver Station page will indicate the network name, a ping time, and battery voltage. Your Driver Station is now paired with your Control Hub! Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

  • Page 9: Configure Your Robot

    This robot has two motors that we will now configure. Configureing Your Robot for the First Time 1. Select the menu on the Driver Station page. Then select “Configure Robot”. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 10 2. Select “New” in the top left hand corner. 3. Select “Expansion Hub Portal 1”. 4. Select “Expansion Hub 1”. 5. Select “Motors”. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 11 Always give things descriptive names so that you can remember what they do when you are programming. 8. Repeat the process for “Port 1” and name the motor “right_drive”. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 12 11. Enter “miniBot” as your configuration name, then select “OK”. 12. You now have an active configuration called “miniBot”. Press the Android back button to return to the Driver Station page. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

  • Page 13: Program Your Robot

    “Op Mode”. An “Op Mode” is how you tell your robot to perform certain actions, given certain inputs. For more information on other programming methods, see the FIRST Global website http://first.global Getting Started Programming Your Robot 1. Select “Program & Manage” from the Driver Station Menu. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 14 2. Select the menu button in the top right. Then select “Blocks”. 3. Select “Create New Op Mode”. 4. Name the Op Mode “MiniBot” and select Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 15 7. Your program should look like this when you are finished. 8. Now that you have completed programming, press the “Save Op Mode” button. Now press the “Exit” button at the top of the display. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 16 10. On the game controller hold “START” and press “A” to pair the controller with the Driver Station. 11. A game controller icon will appear for “User 1” in the top right of the screen. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 17 12. Select the “TeleOp” drop down menu. 13. Select the “MiniBot” Op Mode. 14. Select “INIT” to initialize your Op Mode. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 18 15. Select play to start your Op Mode. 16. Now you can drive your Mini Bot using the left and right sticks on your game pad! 17. Select Stop when you are done. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

  • Page 19: Connect The Expansion Hub

    2. Use the RS485 cable and a 3-pin JST PH connector, to connect the RS485 port on the Control Hub to the Expansion Hub. 3. From the Driver Station choose “Configure Robot” Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...
  • Page 20 5. Select “Expansion Hub Portal 1” 6. Now you have 2 Hubs to choose from. Configure and program as necessary. Please see the “Configure your robot” section of this document for an overview of configuration. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

  • Page 21: Switching To 5 Ghz

    The Control Hub can utilize either the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz WiFi band. By default the Control Hub is set to a channel on the 2.4 GHz band. REV Robotics advises that during competition teams utilize a 5 GHz channel for robot communication. The following steps will show how to switch the Control Hub to a 5 GHz channel.
  • Page 22 4. Select a 5 GHz channel noted in the () next to the channel number. Then select the “Change Channel” button next to the drop down. 5. At the main screen, confirm the channel is changed under “Network”. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

  • Page 23: Factory Reset

    8 Additional Resources Building Guide, Section 2 ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS is useful for part definitions Instructional videos are all useful. This document references the “Practice-Bot Build Walkthrough” and the “Software Tool Overview” videos. Control System Startup Guide Copyright 2019 REV Robotics, LLC...

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