[dsirovica]

OK Ether, you are going to make me work here - last time I did this was 20+yrs ago. But it is all for a great cause!

So on the DC meters - yes there are many types out there, all will generally give some approximation of average voltage. As a rule though a DC meter is not the best tools for time variable signals. An oscilloscope is generally the best tool for analogue time variable signals. All electrical/electronics engineers will use them so they are a great investment to learn to use. They are the eyes into electric circuits.

I agree the inductance is huge on a CIM and cannot be ignored. I will try and model it. I couldn't find any charts of stalled CIMs on here... But I will get the kids to play with that in the off-season it will be a great exercise!

The main Q I was after is finding out exactly what the Jag APIs do - there are ample horror stories on CD from poor people spending time figuring out their problems and a lot of those can be overcome with proper documentation - which is lacking IMHO. We should be spending time on the robot/game and not on reverse engineering the APIs and tools we use.

Specifically if anyone has the full specs on kVoltage, kPercentVbus, getOutputVoltage, configMaxOutputVoltage, and setVoltageRampRate, please post a link.