(FTC) Help fix our teleop code? (Archived)

[paul892]

Update: This discussion applies to Issues from the 2010 FTC season and is no longer relevant for current FTC competition software.

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Hi, our setup is pretty simple, but I can't get it work correctly. We have 2 motors to drive the robot connected to the first motor controller, they operate correctly.

There is a second motor controller which only has one DC motor connected to it to operate our arm. It is daisy chained to the first motor controller.My goal is to use one controller. The left joystick will operate drive, while the right joystick will operate the arm. The left joystick is fully operational and works as expected, but the right joystick does nothing.

Attached our the screenshots of our current teleop program as well as our motor configuration; the program seems as though it should work to me, but I've only been working with labview for a very short time. Can anyone help me understand why the third motor (operating the arm) does not function.

Thanks,

Paul

[Steve_Brooks]

Paul,

I don't see any issue with your code or motor configuration from the pictures.  There may be two other issues,

1. How do you have the controllers wired and connected, please see http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/products/getting_started_tetrix/basics/wiring/wiring_diagram.pdf

2. You may have to have the second controller be the Servo controller then if you want a third, that would be the other DC controller.  I saw this in a Pitsco presentation so it may be a quirk.