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Re: motors enabled while cRIO reboots (Safety hazard)
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Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle
A few times in the past, we have seen sidecars where the enable line was blown or shorted, not sure which as I'm the SW guy, and this would mean that in a disabled state, the relays were live. It seems unlikely that this would happen on two sidecars. It also seems unlikely that this is new or has been there the whole time.
Please try with a trusted sidecar, and can you give details on what the direction of the relay was?
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direction was forward, and it had a green light. I'll need to check what happens to reversed values tomorrow though. I'll also try with another spare DSC.
When not rebooting, things work normally
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Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz
You didn't wire your motors from one output of the relay with the second wire going back to the PD did you?
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No, Its wired -batt => -v spike -m => motor => +m spike +v => +batt
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