Jaguar Motor Controller Problem

[prashil27]

Hello everyone,
I am having a little technical problems with one of the jaguar speed controller and not sure whats wrong with it.
when I connected jaguar with the Sims motors its not getting any current to the motor. I follow the power distribution diagram and all the connections seems fine.
When I moved the motor forward with joystick it shows the red light and when its neutral its green light.

So I am not really sure whats going on there, any suggestions or advice will be greatly appreciated.

Thank You.

[seanl]

You might want to try and check the trims on the joysticks

[prashil27]

ya i checked the joysticks and there is nothing wrong with it

[Racer26]

Sounds to me like the lights are working... have you stuck a multimeter on the volts setting across the motor output leads on the Jaguar? You will get weird results at anything but full power, but at full forward, you should measure ~12V across them. If you dont see voltage there, your Jaguar is likely pooched, if you do, then its likely your motor that's pooched.

[s1900ahon]

Originally Posted by prashil27

When I moved the motor forward with joystick it shows the red light and when its neutral its green light.

Check http://www.luminarymicro.com/jaguar for more detailed information.

The LED status is as follows (not all conditions recreated here..)
Fast flashing yellow means you're NOT getting a valid signal on the wire. If you've got this, check your code or your wiring.

Solid yellow means you're getting a valid signal on the wire and that it is in the neutral range, and should produce 0 V on the output.

Fast flashing green means that you are going forward, and should produce between 0 V and 12 V.
Solid green means that you're at full forward, and should produce 12 V on the output.

Fast flashing red means that you are going reverse, and should produce between 0 V and -12 V.
Solid red means that you're at full reverse, and should produce -12 V on the output.

Output voltage measured across M+ and M- (white terminal to green).

Also, check your limit switch jumpers are both installed (up and down orientation.. see web site for documents).

Your report says that it goes to green light.. this could be characteristic of an untrimmed USB controller (joystick). Are you using the KoP joysticks? They self trim at start up so be careful not to be touching them during the power on sequence.

If you unplug your PWM cable, you should see a flashing yellow light.

Do you have anything mounted in parallel with the Jaguar? I.e. are you splitting the PWM wire and then putting one branch to a Jaguar and another to a Victor or something like that?

[prashil27]

Originally Posted by s1900ahon

Your report says that it goes to green light.. this could be characteristic of an untrimmed USB controller (joystick). Are you using the KoP joysticks? They self trim at start up so be careful not to be touching them during the power on sequence.

If you unplug your PWM cable, you should see a flashing yellow light.

Do you have anything mounted in parallel with the Jaguar? I.e. are you splitting the PWM wire and then putting one branch to a Jaguar and another to a Victor or something like that?

No, I don't have anything mounted parallel with the Jaguar and I m also not using victor, but I'll double check the led lights and see whats exactly wrong with it.

And thanks for the link that really answers a lot of questions!