Maybe the problem is not hardware, or software... maybe the problem is that you are not getting enough sleep. You'd be surprised how clear things get after a good night of sleep
Some other things that can help us debug the issue:
- What is the status of the light on the Jaguar? I think it goes like this:
Blinking yellow: Jaguar is not getting a signal (robot disabled, or PWM cable not connected correctly)
Solid yellow: Jaguar has good signal signal, telling it not to move. e.g.: when the joystick is right in the center. I think this corresponds to a value of 0 (in the LabVIEW world).
Solid green: Jaguar has a full-forward signal (I think this is a 1 in LabVIEW).
Solid red: Jaguar has a full-reverse signal (I think this is -1 in LabVIEW).
Blinking green/red: Jaguar has a signal to go fwr/reverse (but not full speed, eg: 0.7 or -0.2).
-- Note: I say "I think" simply because I'm not 100% sure. Please check the Jaguar documentation (in usfirst.org website, or 2009 controller manual for exact detail). Anyone else reading that sees something wrong, please make appropriate corrections.
- You mentioned that you were able to see the voltage as 11.6V; that would mean that your connection between the DS and the cRIO should be OK. But, just double-check that your team numbers (and thus IP addresses) are all set up correctly.
- Another thing you can do is start a new FRC project, use the "Basic Framework" and don't touch the code, just hit the Run button (arrow at the top of the screen). That will download the code to the cRIO and start running it. I think the Basic Framework is set up for arcade drive with Joystick on USB1 (DS), driving PWM1 and PWM2 on the digital sidecar. Try this and keep an eye on the the Jaguars connected to PWM1 and PWM2 as you move the joystick.
Feel free to add probes and/or indicators in the relevant signals of the block diagram to see what's going on with your joystick values.
- Oh, one more thing, is your digital sidecar hooked up to the correct Digital I/O module on the cRIO? There are two Digital IO modules on the cRIO, I think they are on slots 4 and 6. Make sure you have it hooked up to slot 4.
- One last thing that I can think of at this point: do you have little jumpers on the two pins above the three-pin PWM connector on the sidecar? You should NOT put a jumper on those two pins if you are connecting the corresponding PWM signal to the Jaguar/Victor, you should only use a jumper if connecting that PWM directly to a Servo motor.
Hope this stuff helps. Let us know how it goes!
David A.