Hello Everyone!

We're happy to announce the start of Open Alpha Testing for the 2024 version of Phoenix 6!

We've been busy working with a select group of closed alpha members on testing and adding a plethora of new features to the Phoenix 6 API.

Now we're at a point where we'd like to open testing to the rest of the community for feedback. This testing is for both the freely available Phoenix 6 API and the licensed Phoenix Pro featureset.

Note that the 2024 alpha software runs on the 2023 roboRIO image and works with the existing 2023 WPILib libraries & robot projects.

Some 2024 Phoenix 6 software highlights are:

• Additional programming language support
• Python (for FRC and non-FRC)
• C# (non-FRC only)
• Integrated Swerve into our Phoenix 6 Java API
  • Swerve setup and configuration wizard in Phoenix Tuner X
  • Further improved swerve control with SwerveRequests
  • Swerve Simulation Support
• CANcoder Zero button in Phoenix Tuner X
• New Motion Magic control modes, including Motion Magic Velocity
• And More!

To improve our customers’ experience, we want to get as many people involved in the alpha as early as possible. Phoenix 6 will continue to be refined and improved, and we encourage everyone to be part of that process. Users who take advantage of this alpha program can submit feedback to alpha-test@ctr-electronics.com.

Alternatively, Issue trackers can be opened on our repository for any issues or bugs that are encountered during testing:
https://github.com/CrossTheRoadElec/Phoenix-Releases/issues

As always, you can find all the documentation related to our software on our documentation landing page:
https://docs.ctr-electronics.com/