Thread: Inverting the direction of a Motor
View Single Post
  #6   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 12-03-2008, 11:06
Mr. Lim Mr. Lim is offline
Registered User
AKA: Mr. Lim
no team
Team Role: Leadership
  
Join Date: Jan 2004
Rookie Year: 1998
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Posts: 1,125
Mr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond reputeMr. Lim has a reputation beyond repute
Re: Inverting the direction of a Motor
Quote:
Originally Posted by willson.thomas View Post
I know this has probably been answered several times elsewhere in the forums, but I can't for the life of me find where.

I am trying to reverse a motor in software. I have two motors connected to a single axle and want to reverse one of them. I want to use the y axis of joystick no. 2.

I realize that the same thing could be accomplished by reversing the + and - wires on one of the motors but IMHO it is better to do this in the code.

Thanks,
Tom
These might seem unrelated, but be sure to calibrate your speed controllers when you do this.

The reason is, the Victors don't seem to behave exactly the same backwards and forwards out of the box. We've noticed that setting a PWM to 178 and 78 don't produce close to the same speeds in opposite directions... until you calibrate the Victor.
__________________
In life, what you give, you keep. What you fail to give, you lose forever...