Competition Controller Simulation

VEX V5 General Discussion Technical Discussion
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I have the latest version of EasyC V2 and have recently updated to VEXnet (complete with Master Code 10 and the VEXNet hardware) and followed all directions for proper installation, assembly, etc. I tried to use the Competition Switch Simulator in the terminal window, but it can’t connect to the controller and it always displays an error about initializing the simulator. In addition, I tried to download code wirelessly via the VEXNet key yet the code compiles and never downloads.

My questions at this point:

  1. Is there a fix for this error and the compiling problem?
  2. How should we connect the controller, robot, etc. to use the simulation? (I have seen no diagrams or instructions for this)
  3. How should we connect the controller, robot, etc. to wirelessly download? (I have seen no diagrams or instructions for this)
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This message is display when the software can not see the controller. Please verify the orange cable is connected to the serial port of your VEXnet Tx.

Downloading is not instantaneous. Have you been able to download over VEXnet?

The proper connection sequence is in the VEXnet section of the HTML based help in easyC. This will also help you with using the Competition Switch Simulator.