# Programming Your Radio At Home
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When at an official FIRST event, the Vivid-Hosting Radio Kiosk will be available for teams to easily program their radios with a GUI interface.
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## Overview
This page will discuss how to program your VH-109 Robot Radio at home. When at an official FIRST event, you will use the Vivid-Hosting Radio Kiosk to program your radio.
## Instructions
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### Configure Your Computer
There are two options to configure your computer:
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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`.
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The [Network Assistant Tool](https://frc-radio.vivid-hosting.net/overview/programming-your-radio-at-home/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.
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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.\
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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` |
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### Connect To Your Radio
Create a wired or wireless connection between the computer and the radio.
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### 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/
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Radios running firmware >1.1.0 (released 02/04/2024) include an mDNS responder. The radio can also be reached at `http://radio.local/`
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### Configure The Radio
| Field | Description |
| ----------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Robot Radio Mode** | This means the device will act like a robot radio (Client/STA Mode) |
| **Access Point Mode** | This means the device will [act like an access point](https://frc-radio.vivid-hosting.net/access-points/setting-vh-109-to-access-point-mode) 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 QoS BW Limit** | This enables the 7 Mbps limit on the radio. This also also applies to the 2.4 GHz radio interface |
| **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 ([See Note](#dip-switch-3-enabled)) |
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When DIP switch #3 is in the ON position AND a valid connection to an 6GHz 802.11ax Wi-Fi access point is not present, the radio will simultaneously broadcast as a 2.4GHz 802.11ax Wi-Fi access point with the SSID of "FRC-XXYY" where XXYY is the programmed team number. If a suffix is provided, the SSID will be "FRC-XXYY-SUFFIX" where SUFFIX is the programmed suffix identifier.
Once the radio successfully connects to a 6GHz 802.11ax Wi-Fi access point, the 2.4Ghz 802.11ax Wi-Fi access point will shut down until the device is power cycled.
Please keep in mind that when using the Access Point feature enabled by DIP switch #3, radio performance can be severely affected in highly congested 2.4 GHz wireless environments. It is recommended that teams use a SECOND radio and configure it in "Team Access Point Mode".
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### Click Configure
Once you've configured the device, click configure to save it to the radio.
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