Talon not responding

[y-aji]

I think we have everything set up for the Talons. Can someone confirm that the following is correct?

I have tested the motor as good. The Talon sits blinking orange, never confirming it is receiving signal from PWM.


package edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.templates;

import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.SimpleRobot;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Talon;

public class AwesomOSimple extends SimpleRobot {

Talon frisbeeIndexer;

public void robotInit() {
frisbeeIndexer = new Talon(9);
}

public void operatorControl() {
frisbeeIndexer.set(1.0);
}
}

Is there more needed than that? I feel like you have to enable it. I see there is an option to disable it (frisbeeIndexer.disable()). I've tried 0.9 and a simple 1, but nothing. Any thoughts?

I'm going to check that no one plugged something in backwards tonight, so that's still up in the air, I just wanted to cover the software.

[cgmv123]

operatorControl() is only called once. If you want to actually do something, you have to make a loop.


public void tele()
{
frisbeeIndexer.set(1.0);
}


//Don't modify the following method
public void operatorControl()
{
while (isOperatorControl())
{
tele();
Timer.delay(3/1000); //this prevents the cRIO from becoming overloaded, especially if tele() is empty
}
}


Having tele() as a separate method keeps things clearer and keeps inexperienced programmers from messing with something they shouldn't, but you're more than welcome to have everything in operatorControl().

[y-aji]

Sigh.. Someone plugged in the Talon backwards. Lol. I had to restart the whole robot after the Talon was plugged in correctly to get it to respond happily. The minute I turned it around, it worked fine.

If you query my username, I think every question I have asked has been answered this way for the past 3 years.. Haha..

Thank you!