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Re: Drive Train motors are out of sync

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Originally Posted by Mark McLeod View Post
Jaguar Calibration Procedure
  • 1. Hold down the USER switch with a straightened paperclip.
  • 2. After 5 seconds, the LED flashes Red and Green quickly to indicate Calibration mode.
  • 3. Instruct the controller to send a full-forward signal.
  • 4. Instruct the controller to send a full-reverse signal.
  • 5. Instruct the controller to return to a neutral signal.
  • 6. The LED flashes Green and Yellow quickly to indicate a successful calibration. (Red & yellow means failure to calibrate)
  • 7. Release the USER switch.
Jaguar Getting Started Guide page 11

You'll also see some minor voltage differences if a wire run is much shorter (or longer) than the others.
That part of the Getting Started Guide is for PWMs. WIll it matter if it's CAN instead (which is what we're using)?
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