01-14-2010 12:21 PM
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
01-14-2010 12:38 PM
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.
01-14-2010 01:05 PM
Do you have the driver station running?
Have you checked that you are referencing the correct PWM channel?
01-14-2010 02:40 PM
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
01-16-2010 08:28 AM
"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