Posted by Anton Abaya at 2/6/2001 12:08 PM EST
Coach on team #419, Rambots, from UMass Boston / BC High and NONE AT THE MOMENT!
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In Reply to: Joe Johnson Please Read....
Posted by Brian on 2/6/2001 7:33 AM EST:
those LEDs can be lifesavers for small problems. are they blinking anything?
questions:
1. is the battery weak? the control sys should say this? if it's weak, then your motors will have intermittent failures as they try to get power.
2. circuit breakers tripping? a quick test for this is to change the circuit breakers for the ones that are connected to the motors as soon as they die.
3. wiggling the joystick? i dont think it would have anything to do with the problem except that when u wiggle it, the robot JERKS and fixes something in place. My guess is that you do not have the wires to your fuse panel properly touching the terminals (the screws DO NOT conduct electricity). that or you might have a lose connection somewhere (speed controllers? motors? fuse panels?)
4. if it's a problem with the your gear ratios, i would expect the motors to be extremely HOT HOT HOT as well after 5 mins. if they are, then maybe it is a mechanical problem.
5. does ur control sys lose power? do the speed controllers lose power? are all the wires crimped nicely? are you tethered? are you transmitting? are your joysticks working? go through these questions one by one and i'm pretty sure you'll find a solution. (gulp)
good luck.
Anton 'JoeJWannabe' Abaya
"Any other opinions?" -JoeJ