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Re: Robot heart attack

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Originally Posted by TK3950 View Post
...we can't seem to figure out where the issue is.
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Originally Posted by RyanCahoon View Post
Were there any messages being reported on the Diagnostics tab of the driver station?
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Quite a few.
If you want help figuring out what the problem is, there's something simple you can do to make that help more forthcoming: tell us what the system is telling you. You're going to have to give plenty of detail about what's happening in order for people to be able to interpret the situtation and give helpful advice about what to do next.

Are the yellow LEDs on the motor speed controllers steady, or blinking? Blinking indicates they're not receiving a PWM control signal; steady means they're being command to neutral (stop). Blinking could be caused by many things, with the error messages and status lights able to narrow down the possible causes. Steady could indicate a problem with the joystick or the robot code.