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Team3764
05-02-2011, 20:19
We are trying to program a relay in labview to activate our arm at the touch of a button. However we cant get the spike relay to respond. We can do everything with a jaguar so we think its our programming. Diagramns would be most appreciated.:confused:

bladetech932
05-02-2011, 20:54
Are you using the Relay palet in the WPI robotics library?

Alan Anderson
05-02-2011, 22:13
How do you have the Spike connected? Where are its control wires coming from?

AndrewD
07-02-2011, 06:33
do the pwm channels correspond in the code and electrical systems?

bladetech932
07-02-2011, 08:40
Yes, but the spike needs to be set on a relay so the pwm wire will go from relay 1 on the sidecar to the spike not from pwm 1

Mark McLeod
07-02-2011, 09:18
do the pwm channels correspond in the code and electrical systems?
I hope not, since spikes do not use the PWM outputs.

bladetech932
07-02-2011, 13:53
do the pwm channels correspond in the code and electrical systems?
I hope not, since spikes do not use the PWM outputs.'
Let me better state this
The PWM's do correspond in electrical and code but only for motors and servos.
Relays use PWM cables but are plugged into the relay ports on the digital sidecar

Team3764
09-02-2011, 09:36
We got the relay to work. We had some wires connected incorrectly and fixed the programming for the button controls.