no response from jags in CAN
 

We have updated our firmware on the jags, and we believe we have wired it up correctly but the driver station says we are not getting a response from the jags, and the lights on the jags are flashing. the jags work fine when we run the jag software while directly connected to the computers. is there an update for the crio image? anyone know whats wrong?

Re: no response from jags in CAN
 

How are you connecting the cRIO to the jaguars?

If you are using the serial port, make sure that you re-image the cRIO with the appropriate Serial CAN Jaguar option. Also make sure that the jaguar initializers in the Begin.vi, are set-up for CAN Jaguar. Verify that the correct CAN addresses are specified.

If that doesn't help, then load up the CAN Jaguar example code, and see if you can make that work.

Re: no response from jags in CAN
 

we have tried the example code and all of the things you mentioned but it still will not work. any more ideas?

Re: no response from jags in CAN
 

Which examples are you using? If you are using a speed control example, you need an encoder hooked up to the Jaguars.

Re: no response from jags in CAN
 

When you say you aren't getting a response from the jaguars, are you meaning motor output, or are you querying the status of one or more of them?

Re: no response from jags in CAN
 

We are having the exact same problem, We are using the 4 slot cRio, we have not tried to get can working on the old cRio, however we are going to pretty soon. If anyone has any thoughts they would be appreciated.

Re: no response from jags in CAN
 

Alan, I'll ask the same question. Which examples are you having trouble with? What exactly is the problem you are seeing? The experienced people could give much more helpful suggestions, if you provide more information.

For our team, we just hit a roadblock this weekend, when our voltage regulator quit on our analog breakout board. The problem somehow masqueraded as a CAN problem, because the LabView program wouldn't drive our omni-wheels, when it couldn't get the gyro input. That problem had nothing to do with CAN, but it made it look like there was a CAN/cRio issue because we could drive any of the Jaguars via BDC-Comm.

We replaced the analog breakout board, and now that robot is spinning three times faster than our gyro can track. This is our test robot, and it is giving us more confidence in going down the CAN path.