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Unread 20-01-2012, 21:06
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Re: CANJaguar

Yes I tried that as well. I declared 4 of them. Something along the lines of

SpeedController frontLeft = new Jaguar(1,1);
SpeedController rearLeft = new Jaguar(1,2);
SpeedController frontRight = new Jaguar(1,3);
SpeedController rearRight = new Jaguar(1,4);

To be honest, I am not entirely sure what the slot number on the chassis is supposed to signify, so i just used 1 because that seems to be what everyone used in the examples i have seen. For the channel number, I used the PWM slot number i connected each jaguar to on the digital side car.

Then I used the set method, passing in the throttle value from a joystick, to set the speeds. Then I passed the speed controllers into the tankDrive() method.

One more thing that i have noticed is that the the green diagnostic light in the driver station diagnostic console doesnt change color to blue when i move the sticks. It does, however, change color when i press buttons on the stick. Does this have any significance?
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