QDriverStation is an open-source, cross-platform alternative to the FRC Driver Station.

The application looks and behaves almost identically to the FRC Driver Station, we may release some tutorials in the future. If you are already familiar with the FRC Driver Station, and like our project, we would welcome any contributions regarding the documentation and/or tutorials for new users.

Joystick input is achieved with SDL 2.0, which is a cross-platform library for C/C++.

The actual code that moves and manages a FRC robot is found in a separate repository, which you can use in your own Qt projects or change it to support older (and future) communication protocols.

We are also developing a mobile version of the QDriverStation. Check it here!

Once you finish installing the software, you can launch it and begin driving your robot. Just be sure to input your team number and to verify that the joysticks are working correctly.

Mac users will be prompted to download an additional driver for Xbox 360 controllers to work.

If your team uses a custom IP address for your roboRIO (or mDNS is not working, try 10.XX.YY.26), navigate to the 'Preferences' tab and click the 'Advanced Settings...' button to configure the driver station.

The only requirement to compile the application is to have Qt installed in your system. The desktop application will compile with both Qt4 and Qt5.

• If you are using Linux, make sure that you have installed the following packages:
  • libsdl2-dev

The project already contains the compiled SDL libraries for Windows and Mac.

Once you have Qt installed, open QDriverStation.pro in Qt Creator and click the "Run" button.

Alternatively, you can also use the following commands:

• qmake
• make
• Optional: sudo make install

This application was created by FRC team 3794 "WinT" from Metepec, Mexico. We sincerely hope that you enjoy our application and we would love some feedback from your team about it.