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We have had two days off this week,one for Presidents Day and the other was for a snow day that we didn't use. Saturday we pretty much finalized the mechanincals and fixed some squawks from our test driving, so today I thought I could do some programming. I have been here since 9 am, its nearly 330 now and have done everything listed above to the best of my knowledge. All the lights were green, the robot works properly - well it moves properly - but the compressor still does not come on.

This is pretty discouraging, our goal in the next 5 days is to get the kicker cylinder to extend and retract, which would seem to need to inputs from a joystick since the buttons are either on or off, but if the compressor wont operate then the kicker part is pretty useless. Our other goal was to get the KOP motor we are using for our lifting arm to work, again a simple on-off set of inputs ...well ok, forward / reverse, but again these are simply on or off conditions. At this rate it will be next year before I figure this out.

My kingdom for a simple explanation of how to do this. Have read the manuals and the online helps from one end to the other, but Id give the world for something simple and visual like a flow chart or Labview for Dummies. My hat is off to all of you who can grasp the programming side so quickly.

Mike