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Flashing roborio

Renaming the RoboRIO

  • Plug the roboRIO into a robot for power
  • Connect the roboRIO to your laptop via USB
  • Open the roboRIO imaging tool
  • If not detecting anything click rescan
  • Select "Edit Startup Settings"
  • Click to modify the "Team Number" box
  • Enter your team number (1747 for us)
  • Click apply
  • Disconnect the roboRIO from the robot and the laptop

Flashing the RoboRIO

  • Plug the roboRIO into a robot for power
  • Connect the roboRIO to your laptop via USB
  • Open the roboRIO imaging tool
  • If not detecting anything click rescan
  • Under system information check current image
  • Record the name of the image
  • Click format target underneath the "Team Number" box
  • Select the image you recorded earlier under "Select Image"
  • Click SD to open the file exporer at the location of that image and record the path there
  • Disconnect the roboRIO from the robot and the laptop
  • Take the SD card out of the roboRIO and put it into a device such as a microSD to USB dongle
  • Plug the device into your laptop
  • If you've not yet done so, download and install balenaEtcher
  • Launch balenaEtcher
  • Select "Flash from file" and then select the correct image by following the path recorded earlier
  • Select "Select target" and select the destination device where the SD card is currently
  • Press "Flash"
  • Remove the SD card from the device and put it back into the roboRIO