How Does Support for FIRST work?
There are several resources available for answering your questions related to FIRST. Currently there are discussion forums available at www.ni.com/FIRST which are monitored by National Instruments Applications Engineers. There are also a host of documents and videos that have been created for your benefit available on the website, covering everything from getting a motor running to activating LabVIEW. The FIRST organization's website also has numerous documents to help answer your questions ranging from the 2009 competition rules to technical resources. During the build period from January 5th through February 17th technical phone support will be available to team leaders Monday through Friday between the hours of 1:00 PM and 7:00 PM CST.
National Instruments Resources
Getting Started Programming with FRC Hardware: Videos and Tutorials
LabVIEW Community: Join the FIRST Robotics Competition Forums
Activating LabVIEW Evaluation for FIRST Participants
Download: NI LabVIEW FRC Help Document
Download: FRC Getting Started Guide
How can I download FIRST Training Videos?
Data Sheet: NI CompactRIO Specifications
Overview of the NI cRIO-FRC Controller and Robotics System Architecture
Tutorial: NI CompactRIO Project and Building Source Distributions
Configuring the Component IP Addresses
FTP File Transfer to cRIO (Using Image Processing Requiring Template Images)
FIRST Organization Resources
Workshops, Conferences, and Curriculum
Archived Game Documentation and Event Results
2009 FIRST Robotics Competition Manual and Related Documents
Rules Question and Answer System
Calendar of Important Deadlines
FRC Senior Mentor Teleconference Recordings
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