Question from a ROOKIE Team

[DavidGitz]

Originally Posted by operationpeacce

Yes we did clean out the bot with a vacuum ( we were having a similar problem before) but nothing happened. Also, if this can help find an answer, the Jaguar light was blinking red.
Our Jaguars are controling Sim driving motors.

If they are blinking red that means the following:
a) The Jaguar is powered, so "probably" not a debris issue. Although the advice given above about making sure debris doesn't get anywhere is fantastic.
b) The Jaguar is getting a signal, so it is not a PWM cable issue.
c) The Jaguar is responding to your commands.
So from what I can tell, with no other pictures or other comments, is that the problem will be in the neighborhood of the motor outputs from the Jaguar to your CIM Motor. With your motor disconnected (for safety reasons) and you move your joystick full range (to get the led blinking red/green) measure the motor output of the Jaguar. This should be around +/- 12V, based on your joystick. If this is good the Jaguar is (almost) certainly working fine, I would make sure the crimps are still good (a bad crimp will turn into no connection between the wire and the Jaguar, which exactly surfaces as the problem you've described. I've seen this a lot.) If your connections are fine then "hotwire" your motor (please exercise safety) to make sure the motor is working fine.

Good troubleshooting involves working in an organized manner, start from one side that is known to be working and work your way to the other. "Swaptronics" only works when you have narrowed the problem down to one device, otherwise it's just guessing.

Check here for information about the diagnostic lights and usage of the Jaguar Speed Controller:
http://www.luminarymicro.com/jaguar