[Ryan F.]

You'll obviously have to be using a different power source for the motor in order to provide the currrent needed. I only really know how to do this with parts from FIRST kit....so you may want to still talk to some of the robotics team members to decipher what I mean. If your wanting to controlthe motor with a joystics, you'll have to use either a spike or victor, depending if you want variable speed control (victor), or simply relay (on/off) control (Spike). The spikes and victor obviously have power imputs and outputs, where you will have to attach them to the power source, and then outputs to the leads on the motor. I'm assuming that controller will be simular to the FIRST ones here, so you'll have to attach the Spike or Victor by a pwm cable to the appropriate port on the controller. The Victor would go to a pwm port, while the Spike would go to a relay. As for the programming...I'm not the person to ask.

Good Luck....and if this made no sense to you...just leave me a message, and I'll try to explain it better. If you bring this to someone on your robotics team, they should be able to show you what I am talking about.