I can not get a motor to run

[Robot215]

I have tried the sample programs for Arcade and Tank control.

I have keyed in the "Basic Motor Control" tutorial.

Neither of them would cause a motor to run.

I tried the Jaguar and the Victor controllers.

The motors do not go.

I am using a cRIO set-up that was just removed from our 2009 robot.

I have done the updates.

My first tests to wee if anything was working was to check the Simple Digital Inputs.

They all work fine.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Mike

[Simpering]

Jaguars do not make good pets.

Poke it in the eye a few times, it'll work, you'll see.

Not the jaguar. The robot. Poking the jaguar won't make it a good pet.

[OliviaC]

Do you have the driver station running?

Have you checked that you are referencing the correct PWM channel?

[Robot215]

I have checked things several times and they look OK.

In the "Basic Motor Control" program I have added digital input and analog input code and they work.

I have two cRIO's.  One has Jaguar motor controls and the other has Victor.

I changed the definitions and ran the program on the appropriate cRIO.

The digital and analog inputs work on both.

NO MOTOR control.

I believe that the PWM output is a pulsing signal and that my analog volt meter won't read a voltage.

Is there anyway of determining if the PWM signal is being created?

Mike

[Robot215]

"READ the MANUAL!"

I'm sorry to have bothered everyone.

I made a bad assumption: When the Classmate Driver Station showed that the "Communications" and the "Robot Code" were running, I thought that the program was running. I finally took the time to read the DS Guide and found that you have to "Enable" the code.

Everything is working now!

Thanks,

Mike