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Re: Strange Jaguar/CIM Motor Behavior

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Originally Posted by Cecil View Post
This happened for us at one time too. Look in Begin.vi and make sure that the motors are inverted correctly. Make sure both on the left side are the same and both on the right side are the same. If they aren't, it will cause this, but will still make it go forward.
Sorry to knock you so quick, but this is not true. The invert selection in the Begin.vi is not dependent on one motor compared to another. Normally, if you have all the CIM motors wired with red+ and black- to each M+/M- terminals on each speed controller, you should not have to invert anything. The only reason that you would have to invert something is if you have your wiring reversed, which is dependent on the motor, not on which side the motor is on.

If you find that you do have to invert something and it's not because of the wiring, something else is wrong, which may or may not result in a negative impact on the mecanum drive.
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