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Re: Black jaguars: not working

BTW: NEW CANJag CODE IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD!!!

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Originally Posted by Mike Copioli View Post
If I understand you correctly, you only have one Jag on the BUS. The Black Jag. If this is the case you should be able to get away with only one resistor for test purposes. We have six jaguars on our Kit bot with only the resistor that is in the 2CAN. We have been driving it around for the last two days without issue. See the link to the pic. I suspect the problem is elsewhere possibly in your code.


http://www.crosstheroadelectronics.c...res/Kitbot.JPG
If I were you, I'd add the termination resistor at the end. They aren't hard to make, and technically you're violating the spec of the CAN bus. If you drive under different circumstances, it isn't guaranteed to work...
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