Thread: Jaguars Do Not Connect to BDC-COMM
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Re: Jaguars Do Not Connect to BDC-COMM
We've built 5-6 robots, prototypes, rigs using CAN, and to this day I still never expect to be able to communicate with all my CAN Jaguars on the first try.

Here's my CAN shortlist, in order of frequency:
- bad crimp on cable
- bad crimp on termination resistor
- resistor lead shorted inside crimp connector
- resistor lead shorted inside CAN-Serial adapter
- absence of termination resistor
- accidentally crossed wires on cable
- wrong pinout in CAN-Serial adapter
- not 6 wire cable from CAN-Serial adapter to 1st Jag
- bad conductor in cable
- bent/broken contact in CAN Socket on Jaguar
- connectors loose, tabs not opened up enough to "click"

Patience, and two students who knows their way around a digital multimeter are key.
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