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FRC Programming Quick Start

Limelight supports the REST/HTTP, Websocket, Modbus, and NetworkTables protocols for targeting data, status data and live configuration. JSON and raw output formats are available. See the APIs secion of the docs for more information.

For FRC Teams, the recommended protocol is NetworkTables . Limelight posts all targeting data, including a full JSON dump, to NetworkTables at 100hz. Teams can also set controls such as the ledMode, crop window, and more via NetworkTables. FRC teams may use the Limelight Lib Java and C++ libraries to get started with Limelight in seconds. Limelight Lib is the easiest way to get started

LimelightLib:

Java, CPP

double tx = LimelightHelpers.getTX("");

If you want to skip LimelightLib and jump right into programming with NetworkTables:

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.smartdashboard.SmartDashboard;
import edu.wpi.first.networktables.NetworkTable;
import edu.wpi.first.networktables.NetworkTableEntry;
import edu.wpi.first.networktables.NetworkTableInstance;
NetworkTable table = NetworkTableInstance.getDefault().getTable("limelight");
NetworkTableEntry tx = table.getEntry("tx");
NetworkTableEntry ty = table.getEntry("ty");
NetworkTableEntry ta = table.getEntry("ta");

//read values periodically
double x = tx.getDouble(0.0);
double y = ty.getDouble(0.0);
double area = ta.getDouble(0.0);

//post to smart dashboard periodically
SmartDashboard.putNumber("LimelightX", x);
SmartDashboard.putNumber("LimelightY", y);
SmartDashboard.putNumber("LimelightArea", area);