📡Setting VH-109 To Access Point Mode

Overview

This page will discuss how to program your VH-109 Robot Radio to act as an access point. This will allow you to test and practice driving with a single robot.

Instructions

1

Configure Your Computer

There are two options to configure your computer:

DHCP

If the configuring computer has it's network interface configured to obtain an IP address via DHCP, the computer will be able to reach the VH-109 device at 10.XX.YY.1 (Client/STA mode) or 10.XX.YY.4 (AP mode).

VH-109's programmed at the factory are configured to team #1 in Client/STA mode, setting the IP address to 10.0.1.1.

Network Assistant Tool

The Network Assistant Tool is a custom tool developed by Vivid-Hosting to configure your computer to connect to your VH-109 radio.

Use the instructions on the Network Assistant Tool page to set a static IP address on your computer, then proceed to Step 2.

Manually Assign Static IP

The VH-109 device is also pre-programmed with a failsafe/management IP address in the 192.168.69.0/24 subnet to reach the management IP of the VH-109 radio. For example, the network interface on your driver station laptop can be temporarily configured to:

IP Address	192.168.69.2
Subnet Mask	255.255.255.0
Gateway	Leave Blank
DNS	192.168.69.1 or Leave Blank

2

Connect To Your Radio

Create a wired or wireless connection between the computer and the radio.

3

Navigate To Radio Configuration Page

Depending on the type of connection, this can be reached one of three ways:

Wired	http://192.168.69.1/
Wireless (DHCP) Factory Default	http://10.0.1.1/
Wireless (DHCP) Team Number Previously Set	http://10.XX.YY.1/

Radios running firmware >1.1.0 (released 02/04/2024) include an mDNS responder. The radio can also be reached at http://radio.local/

4

Configure The Radio

Field	Description
Access Point Mode	This means the device will act like an access point for a radio to connect to.
Enable 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi	This this enables the 2.4 GHz radio for diagnostic/limited driver station connection
Enable SystemCore Mode	This changes the default DHCP reservation for roboRIO-XXYY-FRC to robot.local
Team Number	Your team's FRC team number
SSID Suffix	A suffix that is appended to the end of the SSID. Ex: "1538-coolbot"
WPA Key For 6GHz Connection	The key for 6GHz connection
WPA Key For 2.4GHz Access Point	The key for 2.4GHz connection
Wi-Fi Channel	This is the Wi-Fi 6E channel the access point will broadcast on

5

Click Configure

Once you've configured the device, click configure to save it to the radio.