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Re: Code: Green, Joystick: Green, Communication Green, but robot is not responding.

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Originally Posted by Arhowk View Post
Based on what you've said it could be literally anything.

To check if it is code side, put some debug messages when you are writing values to motors to make sure that your motors are being sent valid signals once per program cycle.

To check if it is electronic side, check the status lights on the victor. If it is soid orange, than it is plugged in properly but not receiving code. If it is blinking orange than it is not plugged in to the RIO. If there are none than it isnt plugged into the PDP.

If the lights are blinking red or green, trace the flow of electricity from the motor controller to the motor it controls. If it is all good and the CIM still isn't moving, theres a very very small possibility that the CIM might be bad (if it is really hot than that is a good indicator) but I'd second guess yourself in tracing the wiring.
Okay, thank you for the quick reply. I believe that when we run systems, that the Talons are blinking orange in unison to the Brad. I've checked to see if they where wired correctly, they should be. Could PWMs be an issue in this case?