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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson
The diagnostic lights were green the whole time.
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(In that case, the FMS did pick up on the low voltage issue, and so did the drive team who knew what to look for on the Driver Station.)
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I've pulled two parts out of Alan's response here to highlight something that I have found extremely helpful in diagnosing our robot issues in the past.
The Driver's Station and Dashboard provide a large amount of feedback about what is going on with your robot.
At our event last year our robot stopped moving in three separate matches. By observing our Dashboard during these faults I was well aware that our DS was still connected to the robot and in 2 of the 3 matches to the cRIO. After thorough checks of the electrical system a few loose wires/chassis shorts/other issues were found and the problems never returned.
Knowing what information is provided on the Driver Station and Dashboard and how to use it to diagnose your robot is the best way to help track down these mysterious faults.