[PhilBot]

Originally Posted by kamocat

Phil,

Feel free to try using the "position disable" command, and see if it makes a difference. I was under the impression all the "disable" commands function identically. The main purpose of the "enable" and "disable" is to prevent the Jaguar from making wild movements while you are configuring.

In my experience, the BDC-COMM and the LabVIEW implementation treat the position the same; in rotations. I've tested Position Mode with encoders in both LabVIEW and the BDC-COMM, but I've only tested with potentiometers in BDC-COMM.

EDIT:
If you want to control using voltage, you can set your "pot turns" configuration to 3. The Jaguar uses a 3v regulator for the potentiometer.

Now that I've got things working, I'll try the enable/disable again.
Regardless of the original intent for "enable/disable? it seemed the most logical way for me to "stop" the motor from following the slave controller. Changing the mode back to voltage and then setting voltage to zero seemed long winded.

Now that I think back... it's possible that the BDC-COMM WAS running 0-1, but the on-screen text just made me think it was volts...... perceptions...

Setting pot turns to 3 is a clever trick. I wasn't sure how that value effected the controller. I thought that the gear reduction should also come into play there.... but not really..

That parameter could have a paragraph of explanation somewhere so it's more obvious how it effects things.... The Rotations connection just wasn't obvious to me & I've been around the block a few times (or is it arround the bend?)

Phil.