JAGUAR PROBLEMS!!!

[jhellr13]

Originally Posted by Matt Krass

I'm curious, what have you done to 'confirm dead' one of the Jaguars? What got the other one working?

The red light indicates an electrical fault of some kind, have you made sure there are no metal chips causing a short anyway on the robot? Anything like that?

We confirmed the first one dead because it would try to use power, but never got started. One power was brought to it, the fan would make a clicking noise and never start spinning. I am not sure how we got the other to work because i was working on something else. I don't think their is any metal chips or something like that because we have kept the jaguars covered unless we are working on electrical where we are still very careful.
I don't know if you were mistaken, but the light isn't red when the robot is turned on, it is red when the joystick is moved. Thus, it is in neutral, then turns red, then goes back to yellow when joystick is released

[Matt Krass]

Originally Posted by jhellr13

We confirmed the first one dead because it would try to use power, but never got started. One power was brought to it, the fan would make a clicking noise and never start spinning. I am not sure how we got the other to work because i was working on something else. I don't think their is any metal chips or something like that because we have kept the jaguars covered unless we are working on electrical where we are still very careful.
I don't know if you were mistaken, but the light isn't red when the robot is turned on, it is red when the joystick is moved. Thus, it is in neutral, then turns red, then goes back to yellow when joystick is released

I misunderstood, I thought you meant a rapid flashing red, my mistake.
As far as the fan clicking noise, have you tried blowing it out with compressed air? It may just be getting stuck, and I have no idea how the Jags internal processor reacts to not being able to start the fan, it may shut itself down, or it may do nothing.

[jhellr13]

Originally Posted by Matt Krass

I misunderstood, I thought you meant a rapid flashing red, my mistake.
As far as the fan clicking noise, have you tried blowing it out with compressed air? It may just be getting stuck, and I have no idea how the Jags internal processor reacts to not being able to start the fan, it may shut itself down, or it may do nothing.

I will try the compressed air possible tomorrow or monday. Thanks