at Whits end

[PapaRobocat]

The speed controlers wont work and the signal light is going out when the robot is enabled. in short all the signal lights on the robot (jaguars,spikes, and sidecar) and the air compresser are going off at the same time. the driver station is saying watchdog not fed at the same time as the lights go out. I am out of ideas as to what the problem is.

[Captain banana]

I'm going to guess that someway, somehow, you contracted a virus by a person who has a terrible sense of humor. you could run some standard anti-virus software, or just get attempt to get a new drivers station. Try it, it will probably help.

[Dancin103]

The speed controlers wont work and the signal light is going out when the robot is enabled. in short all the signal lights on the robot (jaguars,spikes, and sidecar) and the air compresser are going off at the same time. the driver station is saying watchdog not fed at the same time as the lights go out. I am out of ideas as to what the problem is.

It appears as though you weren't the only one. I don't think this fixes your problem, just verifies there was a problem.

http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?p=37127

[Mark McLeod]

It sounds like your battery is not fully charged.

Does an orange "status" light on the cRIO come on at the same time?
A couple of LEDs below where the green "power" LED is.

[Alan Anderson]

If everything is going dark, including the Jaguar status LEDs, it sounds like you have a power issue. If a discharged battery isn't the problem, look for shorted wiring on the output of your speed controllers and Spikes.

I'm a little worried about your description of when the compressor turns off. It sounds like you said it quits when the robot is enabled, which implies that it runs while the robot is disabled. I hope I misunderstood that part. If the compressor indeed runs before you enable the robot, it has been seriously miswired.