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Re: Victor Brakes

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Originally Posted by sanddrag
Also, the Victors have a Brake/Coast jumper (check the manual) when this jumper is set to Brake and the victor is in the neutral range, it will short the leads of the motor causing a resistance to motion. I believe you can somehow hook the brake coast jumper pins to the robot controller to have selectable braking.
Yes, you can. Simply switch some of the digital inputs to digital outputs, and you're good to go. Just drive the pins.
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