Return empty string if MAC address couldn't be found

Gold856 · Gold856 · commit af02b777ecd3 · 2025-12-07T17:37:53.000-05:00
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/dataflow/networktables/NetworkTablesManager.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/dataflow/networktables/NetworkTablesManager.java
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ private void checkHostnameAndCameraNames() {
             kCoprocTable.getSubTable(currentMacAddress).getEntry("cameraNames").unpublish();
             currentMacAddress = mac;
         }
-        if (mac.equals("00-00-00-00-00-00")) {
+        if (mac.isEmpty()) {
             logger.error("Cannot check hostname and camera names, MAC address is not set!");
             return;
         }
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/networking/NetworkUtils.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/common/networking/NetworkUtils.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public static String getMacAddress() {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error("Error getting MAC address", e);
         }
-        return "00-00-00-00-00-00";
+        return "";
     }
 
     private static String formatMacAddress(byte[] mac) {

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ private void checkHostnameAndCameraNames() {`
`257`	`257`	`kCoprocTable.getSubTable(currentMacAddress).getEntry("cameraNames").unpublish();`
`258`	`258`	`currentMacAddress = mac;`
`259`	`259`	`}`
`260`		`- if (mac.equals("00-00-00-00-00-00")) {`
	`260`	`+ if (mac.isEmpty()) {`
`261`	`261`	`logger.error("Cannot check hostname and camera names, MAC address is not set!");`
`262`	`262`	`return;`
`263`	`263`	`}`
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public static String getMacAddress() {`
`267`	`267`	`} catch (Exception e) {`
`268`	`268`	`logger.error("Error getting MAC address", e);`
`269`	`269`	`}`
`270`		`- return "00-00-00-00-00-00";`
	`270`	`+ return "";`
`271`	`271`	`}`
`272`	`272`
`273`	`273`	`private static String formatMacAddress(byte[] mac) {`