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Re: Motor balancing (encoders?)

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Originally Posted by davidthefat View Post
One victor had jumpers for both the "brake" and "coast" options.
This is not physically possible. The Brake/Coast selection is made by installing a jumper between either the first and second or the second and third pins of a three-pin header.

If you did manage to connect both the Brake and Jumper pins to the control pin at the same time, you would short out the Victor's 5 volt power.

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...we had one motor stopping and the other one stopping a few seconds after the other one...
It sounds like one Victor was set to Brake and another was set to Coast.
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