[Alan Anderson]

It sounds like you properly created a 2013 competition robot project, but then you just copied in that example instead of using the programming framework. Remove the Simple Motor Control.vi from your project and follow the tutorial instructions included in LabVIEW. Until you start doing fancy stuff, all your robot programming will be in the Team Code VIs.

You say the orange BFL (Big Flashy Light) remains unlit. Does the green LFL (Little Flashy Light) on the Digital Sidecar next to its connector also remain unlit? What about the three green power LEDs on the Digital Sidecar? What size circuit breaker is feeding the Digital Sidecar power input?