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Unread 24-01-2012, 10:20
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Re: Jaguar motor contollers stopped working

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Originally Posted by omsahmad View Post
As I was trying to make the RJ12/DB9 convertor, I was putting the pins in the slots and testing to see if it worked, and on one attempt, all of my brown jaguars stopped flashing (all lights off). I checked to see if they were still getting power with a multimeter, and they were. The black jaguar is still working, and the PD board is fine. I don't think they all got fried, because it would be too random for seven motor controllers to get fried at the same time. I am using a CAN bus system and when I put a new jaguar at the end, it worked (started flashing). They don't work when I plug them into a computer either, so I couldn't update the firmware, which is a method that was supposedly supposed to work.

Thanks for any help,

Omair
You're right, it is EXTREMELY unlikely that they all had their own internal failure at the exact same time.

Can you elaborate on your setup a little more? Had you powered them up before and had they worked?

Were they on and flashing and failed as soon as you plugged the adapter into your computer?

Double check that they weren't connected to power in the reverse polarity. A photo of your setup may help. Are you using ring terminals or forks?

Any detail helps.

-David
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