Victor Help

[kdehaan42]

I am new to wiring and am trying to wire my Victor with pwm to run launcher. Most of the time I use CAN Jaguar and cant seem to get my program to run. All I am getting is a yellow flashing light. Please Help!

[scottydoh]

Welp, I'm no programmer, but I'm familiar with both Victors and Jaguars. You mentioned CAN, providing this wasn't a typo, Victors don't support CAN, they can only receive signal through a PWM cable.

[kdehaan42]

No I use can drive and i know my program is right I think it is a wire problem with my PWM setup

[scottydoh]

Never mind, I miss read your OP, your drive train is Jaguars+CAN, your shooter is a Victor+PWM

Anyways, flashing yellow usually means your not getting a signal. Now this might be a list, but did you check both ends of the PWM to make sure they're both plugged in the right way? Did you try changing cables? the conductors are pretty thin and sometimes break inside the insulation preventing you from getting a signal.

[tsaksa]

Do you have one of the servos handy? If so, you might try this. Plug the servo wire directly into the PWM output that is intended for the victor. You also need to add a jumper next to that PWM to provide power to the servo. then run your code again.

If the servo responds you are doing everything correctly and need to check the PWM cable or victor. If it does not then don't worry about the Victor and cable, because your PWM signals are not getting out. In that case check your program and make sure you have everything properly enabled.

When done with this test remove the jumper.

[Alan Anderson]

It's surprisingly easy to get the PWM connector inserted into a Victor wrong. Use the brightest light you can find and try to get a good look inside the slot where the PWM cable plugs into the Victor. Do your best to find exactly what angle to insert the connector at, and take extreme care not to let any of the pins get misaligned.

[DavidGitz]

Something that I've seen a lot is when a PWM cable is inserted wrong (either into a Jaguar or a Victor) and doesn't make good contact, when you pull it out you will see one or two pins pushed in farther than the others. So then, without fixing this and trying to just re-insert it, even if it is aligned correctly one of those pins might not make contact. When this happens I like to remove the connection on both sides of the PWM cable (to prevent short-circuits) and pull out the bad pins carefully with a small needle nose pliers. Re-insert both sides and see if this fixes the problem. If it does, hot glue it and you won't have to mess with that one again.