Thread: Can't Get Compressor to Run
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Unread 08-02-2012, 17:59
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Re: Can't Get Compressor to Run
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Originally Posted by ColonelThrtyTwo View Post
(I'm the programmer for the team)

Yea, I was using the compressor class. I've even put a comressor.setRelayValue(Relay.Value.kOn) in my teleopPeriodic and it still doesn't work. We just now wired the compressor straight to the battery and it works, so it's either the spike or our wiring.

Just to be sure, the spike PWM is plugged into the Relay section and the pressure sensor to the Digital IO section, correct? I thought that last year we plugged one of them into the PWM section, though I wasn't the electronics person.

EDIT: Which side is negative on the Spike PWM? I heard that it was towards the "B" but I don't see anything on the spike datasheet.

EDIT2: Okay, it started randomly working. I guess we had a loose connection?

GND means ground which is negative.