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Re: A different Serial CAN problem.

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Originally Posted by jhersh View Post
Sounds like you had a short between the wiper and ground on your pot.

-Joe
Unlikely. It hapenned on both arm joints at the same time. I also measured the return wiper voltage and both changed when the joints moved.

The only thing these joints had in common (other than system power) was the CAN bus and the cRIO/code.

Phil.

I tell you, there is weird S**t going on with this system.
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