Usage
When first opening QFRCDashboard, you will be greeted by instructions and a few buttons.
To get started, connect to your robot WiFi. Go to the Settings menu (Ctrl+Comma), and input your team number or roboRIO IP address. Select your connection mode (team #, IP address, DS) and press "OK". If your computer is running the driver station, selecting the "Driver Station" mode will automatically connect you to the robot.
Table of Contents:
Begin by creating a new tab: Tab -> New Tab, or Ctrl+T. Enter your desired name and press OK.
Tabs are, by default, 3 rows by 5 columns. You can change this and the tab's name via Tab -> Configure Tab (Ctrl+R)
Finally, you can close the tab via Tab -> Close Tab or Ctrl+W.
Click the arrows at the top left to open the widget menu.
From here, you can expand the tree to find all of your SmartDashboard and other widgets.
To add the widget to your tab, click the desired topic and drag it onto the page. Release the mouse button to put it at the currently hovered spot.
Once added, you can move around and resize the widget with the mouse.
You can double-click on the bold title text to change it.
Right-click on the widget to access additional options:
- Delete, to remove the widget
- Copy, to copy the widget
- Configure, to configure the widget
- Switch Widget, to change the widget's type (if applicable)
After copying a widget, use Widget -> Paste or Ctrl+V to paste the widget in the same or a different tab. All changes made to the widget will be transferred over.
Press the configure button on the right-click menu to access additional configuration options for the widget. These will vary depending on the type of widget, but are, for the most part, self-explanatory.
Some widgets offer the option to switch to a different display method; any common configurations will be copied, but other changes will be discarded.
You can save your tabs at any time via File -> Save (Ctrl+S) or File -> Save As (Ctrl+Shift+S). If no filename has been specified or if Save As was selected, you will be prompted to change the location and filename of your file.
To open a file, use File -> Open (Ctrl+O). Opening or saving a file will add it to the Recent Files list, where you can choose to open any recent files.
Additionally, it's recommended that you configure the dashboard to open the most recently opened file at launch. This is set by default, but if you wish to turn it off, this can be changed via the settings menu, in the "Miscellaneous" tab:
