how do you make 2 joysticks run 4 motors on labview

[LK Peter]

does anyone have a plot of how to make two joysticks run four motors for labveiw because my team is trying to do that but we can only get one of the joysticks working.

[PatrickS]

Originally Posted by LK Peter

does anyone have a plot of how to make two joysticks run four motors for labveiw because my team is trying to do that but we can only get one of the joysticks working.

In your Begin.vi use the open 4 motors instead of open 2 motors. You will also need to open up another joystick. Then in your Teleop.vi instead of using ArcadeDrive.vi use TankDrive.vi and link it to your open 4 motors you initialized in Begin.vi. Then plug in the two joysticks and you should be good to go.

Remember to close everything in Finish.vi.


Make sure you make use of the examples they provide. Here is the TankDrive example:

[Doc Wu]

Use the PWM Y-cables in the KOP

[Nicandy]

Originally Posted by PatrickS

In your Begin.vi use the open 4 motors instead of open 2 motors. You will also need to open up another joystick. Then in your Teleop.vi instead of using ArcadeDrive.vi use TankDrive.vi and link it to your open 4 motors you initialized in Begin.vi. Then plug in the two joysticks and you should be good to go.

Remember to close everything in Finish.vi.


Make sure you make use of the examples they provide. Here is the TankDrive example:

Can you re-upload that picture? It seems to be broken.

[Nicandy]

Originally Posted by PatrickS

In your Begin.vi use the open 4 motors instead of open 2 motors. You will also need to open up another joystick. Then in your Teleop.vi instead of using ArcadeDrive.vi use TankDrive.vi and link it to your open 4 motors you initialized in Begin.vi. Then plug in the two joysticks and you should be good to go.

Remember to close everything in Finish.vi.


Make sure you make use of the examples they provide. Here is the TankDrive example:

Is that in the Begin.vi or in the teleop.vi?

[Mark McLeod]

Here's a similar Tank Drive example.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Nicandy

Is that in the Begin.vi or in the teleop.vi?

As a general rule:
Opens go in Begin. Gets and Sets and Drives go in Teleop. Closes go in Finish.

Read the LabVIEW tutorial on how to integrate examples into a robot project.