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Unread 01-02-2005, 23:26
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Re: Speed controllers won't communicate w/robot controller

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Originally Posted by steven114
All of mine are doing it - although I haven't hooked up any motors to confirm this, I would assume that they wouldn't work - which puts me in a much more dire position than you apparently were. How did you work around it - non-functioning speed controllers would seem to kill just about any robot (?)
Steve,
Just on the off chance that the code is corrupt, have you tried to download the default code to the RC and just connect one or two of the default motor controllers? If all of that does not work, there is a chance you have a bad controller. Check with IFI as soon as you can.
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