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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2008-2017. All Rights Reserved.                        */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "RobotBase.h"
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+#include "DriverStation.h"
+#include "HAL/HAL.h"
+#include "HLUsageReporting.h"
+#include "Internal/HardwareHLReporting.h"
+#include "RobotState.h"
+#include "SmartDashboard/SmartDashboard.h"
+#include "Utility.h"
+#include "WPILibVersion.h"
+#include "networktables/NetworkTable.h"
+
+using namespace frc;
+
+std::thread::id RobotBase::m_threadId;
+
+/**
+ * Constructor for a generic robot program.
+ *
+ * User code should be placed in the constructor that runs before the Autonomous
+ * or Operator Control period starts. The constructor will run to completion
+ * before Autonomous is entered.
+ *
+ * This must be used to ensure that the communications code starts. In the
+ * future it would be nice to put this code into it's own task that loads on
+ * boot so ensure that it runs.
+ */
+RobotBase::RobotBase() : m_ds(DriverStation::GetInstance()) {
+  m_threadId = std::this_thread::get_id();
+
+  RobotState::SetImplementation(DriverStation::GetInstance());
+  HLUsageReporting::SetImplementation(new HardwareHLReporting());
+
+  NetworkTable::SetNetworkIdentity("Robot");
+  NetworkTable::SetPersistentFilename("/home/lvuser/networktables.ini");
+
+  SmartDashboard::init();
+
+  std::FILE* file = nullptr;
+  file = std::fopen("/tmp/frc_versions/FRC_Lib_Version.ini", "w");
+
+  if (file != nullptr) {
+    std::fputs("C++ ", file);
+    std::fputs(WPILibVersion, file);
+    std::fclose(file);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Determine if the Robot is currently enabled.
+ * @return True if the Robot is currently enabled by the field controls.
+ */
+bool RobotBase::IsEnabled() const { return m_ds.IsEnabled(); }
+
+/**
+ * Determine if the Robot is currently disabled.
+ * @return True if the Robot is currently disabled by the field controls.
+ */
+bool RobotBase::IsDisabled() const { return m_ds.IsDisabled(); }
+
+/**
+ * Determine if the robot is currently in Autonomous mode.
+ * @return True if the robot is currently operating Autonomously as determined
+ * by the field controls.
+ */
+bool RobotBase::IsAutonomous() const { return m_ds.IsAutonomous(); }
+
+/**
+ * Determine if the robot is currently in Operator Control mode.
+ * @return True if the robot is currently operating in Tele-Op mode as
+ * determined by the field controls.
+ */
+bool RobotBase::IsOperatorControl() const { return m_ds.IsOperatorControl(); }
+
+/**
+ * Determine if the robot is currently in Test mode.
+ * @return True if the robot is currently running tests as determined by the
+ * field controls.
+ */
+bool RobotBase::IsTest() const { return m_ds.IsTest(); }
+
+/**
+ * Indicates if new data is available from the driver station.
+ * @return Has new data arrived over the network since the last time this
+ * function was called?
+ */
+bool RobotBase::IsNewDataAvailable() const { return m_ds.IsNewControlData(); }
+
+/**
+ * Gets the ID of the main robot thread
+ */
+std::thread::id RobotBase::GetThreadId() { return m_threadId; }