Troubleshooting Dashboard Connectivity

This document will help explain how to recognize if the Dashboard is not connected to your robot, steps to troubleshoot this condition and a code modification you can make.

Recognizing LabVIEW Dashboard Connectivity

NT Connection LED on LabVIEW Dashboard front panel

The LabVIEW Dashboard has a NetworkTables Connection indicator on the front panel.

Highlights black diamonds next to the variables indicating they are not synced to the robot.

On the Variables tab of the Dashboard, the variables are shown with a black diamond when they are not synced with the robot. Once the Dashboard connects to the robot and these variables are synced, the diamond will disappear.

Recognizing SmartDashboard Connectivity

The titlebar of SmartDashboard showing a connection to IP 172.22.11.2

SmartDashboard indicates if it is connected or not in the title bar. It shows the IP address it is connected to. See this page for more on configuring the connection.

Click "View" then "Add..." then Connection indicator to place one on the SmartDashboard.

For more visibility, you can also add a Connection Indicator widget. The connection indicator can be moved or re-sized if the Editable checkbox is checked.

Recognizing Shuffleboard Connectivity

The bottom bar of Shuffleboard showing no connection

Shuffleboard indicates if it is connected or not in the bottom right corner of the application as shown in the image above. See page for more on configuring the connection.

Recognizing Glass Connectivity

The titlebar of Glass showing a connection to 127.0.0.1

Glass indicates if it is connected or not in the title bar. It shows the IP address it is connected to. See this page for more on configuring the connection.

Recognizing AdvantageScope Connectivity

The titlebar of AdvantageScope showing a connection to 172.22.11.2

AdvantageScope indicates if it is connected or not in the title bar. It shows the IP address it is connected to, or else the IP address it is attempting to connect to. See the AdvantageScope Documentation for more on configuring the connection.

Recognizing Elastic Connectivity

The lower left corner of Elastic showing a connection to localhost

Elastic indicates if it is connected or not in the lower left corner. It shows what it is connected to. See the Elastic Documentation for more on configuring the connection.

Troubleshooting Connectivity

If the Dashboard does not connect to the Robot (after the Driver Station has connected to the robot) the recommended troubleshooting steps are:

  1. Restart the Dashboard (there is no need to restart the Driver Station software)

  2. If that doesn’t work, restart the Robot Code using the Restart Robot Code button on the Diagnostics tab of the Driver Station

  3. If it still doesn’t connect, verify that the Team Number / Server is set properly in the Dashboard and that your Robot Code writes a value during initialization or disabled