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Re: Jaguars not functioning with CIM motors

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Originally Posted by vraimondi94 View Post
My team decided to go with a two motor drive train using tankdrive. However, every time we try to run our robot the robot moves only a little bit and then the jaguars reset themselves. After the 3 secs the robot moves sluggish and will only move forward when you gently tilt the joystick forward. I am not too sure if this is an electrical problem or programming problem. I also saw that the jaguars resetting might be due to the CIM motor taking on too much or the jaguars drawing too much current. Any advice would help.
It's definitely electrical from the sounds of it.

Tug on all the connections leading to the Jaguar, and also do a load test on your battery, or try a different battery. There is excessive resistance somewhere in the electrical path.
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