Logging

The Driver Station saves 2 types of log files to disk (in C:\Users\Public\Documents\FRC\Log Files) for later viewing. A .dslog and a .dsevents.

The log populates the list with any file ending with .dslog, but the Driver Station helpfully names them with the current date and time. (e.g. 2018_04_22 23_39_25 Sun.dslog)

.dslog

Stored in Big Endian

Field

Length

Type

Comments

Header

20

Header

Entries

n

Entry

Array of n entries

Entry

Field

Length

Type

Comments

Trip Time

1

uint8

x / 15 = ms

Packet Loss %

1

uint8

x * 4

Battery

2

Battery

xx + yy/256

RoboRIO CPU %

1

uint8

x / 2

Trace

1

Trace

CAN Percent

1

uint8

x / 2

Wifi dB

1

uint8

x / 2

Wifi Mb

1

uint8

Unknown

2

PDP Stats

21

PDP

Unknown

3

Trace

Field

Mask

Comment

Brownout

x.......

Watchdog

.x......

DS Teleop

..x.....

Unused

...x....

DS Disabled

....x...

Robot Teleop

.....x..

Robot Auton

......x.

Robot Disabled

.......x

PDP

Current for each PDP port is stored as 10 bits, (mostly) packed together. 0-5 are packed and padded into the first 64 bits, 6-11 are packed and padded into the next 64 bits, 12-15 are packed into the next 40 bits. Each of the 10 bit numbers is the current of the port * 8.

Ports

Bits

Total Bytes

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

60 bits + 4 padding

8 bytes

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

60 bits + 4 bits padding

8 bytes

12, 13, 14, 15

40 bits

5 bytes

.dsevent

TODO