Tank drive problems [Archive]

3359prgsquad

11-02-2011, 17:19

My team and I are having a problem with our tank drive program. We are use logitect playstation looking controllers. The two axis were set as 2(y-axis) and axis 4. For some strange reason it stop working. Some is preventing us from turning. I noticed that one stick on the controller is makling the robot to move foward. With tank drive i thought that the just moving one joystick will make only one certain side move.... CAN ANY ANYONE HELP ? ? ?

MattCarey3625

11-02-2011, 17:33

Make sure that the motors are controlled by different axis values. Make sure that you havnt wired the same value. If you upload a VI I will be glad to review it.

ratdude747

11-02-2011, 18:22

your description sounds like arcade drive. verify that you have it set to tank and not arcade drive.

Alan Anderson

11-02-2011, 22:51

Might one side not be working at all? A skid-steer robot will generally go straight if only one side is powered.