[PhilBot]

Originally Posted by jhersh

I don't understand... These two statements appear to be conflicting. I was simply stating that since I can't address the underlying issue (forward != positive) that the next best thing I could do is be consistent. Since I can't choose forward == positive, I'm forced to choose forward == negative. "Sticking with it" is precisely what I'm trying to do.

In the future we can try to flip everything around and solve the issues that creates, but for now, is consistency not the best option?

-Joe

Point taken....

If you only look at the Fore/Aft Joystick values for the external signals going into FRC Drive VI's then yes.... it's consistent. But that's a small subset of NI Robotics.

If you look at the bigger picture of "What is the positive Y axis for the robot" , or at the smaller picture of "how to set the inversion flag for the wheels", or maybe "what does +Y means to the inverse kinematics of a manipulator", there isn't a convention in FRC, and there could be...

If I've got you even considering flipping everything around in the future, then I've done my job

Phil.