Thread: [FTC]: FMS Dropping only the joystick possibly?
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Re: [FTC]: FMS Dropping only the joystick possibly?
We've had issues with motor controllers locking up which can only be reset by cycling the 12V power. I don't know if we have ever had the servos work when then motors locked up or not. We have had the servos lock up and the 12v motors work. The way we know this is because the NXT is still running fine and we can control Lego motors that don't have motor controllers. Also we can cycle the 12V power and regain control.

It's my personal opinion that Bluetooth and the FMS get blamed for a lot of problems that are caused by the motor controllers.
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