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Adam Claussen
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Re: Victor 888 Not responsive

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Originally Posted by Jon Stratis View Post
Per the Victor user manual (http://content.vexrobotics.com/vexpr..._20130118.pdf), it indicates failed calibration, as others have said.

Start by checking the code and the wiring - are you actually sending one of the joystick axis to the correct port for that victor?

You said you correctly calibrated 3 other victors before hand... can you temporarily swap the PWM cable from one working victor to the bad one and try calibration again (keep the DSC side the same, just unplug from the good victor and plug it into the bad one)?

Have you tried replacing the victor?

I am almost certain that we are sending a joystick axis to correct port for the victor. We have already tried switching the pwm but keeping the dsc the same, but we did not try calibrating it like this. We will try this first thing Friday also no, we have not tried switching the victor, because no mater how dumb this sounds (and I admit that it is) we don't currently have a spare. If none of this works we may be able to borrow one from another local, better established team. This only being our second year we don't have many spare parts, and we unfortunately don't have much of a budget for spare parts. Thank you for your advice.