Spontaneous stopping

[Matt Krass]

Originally Posted by lemiant

Also, is there a component between the cRio and the jaguars (which are flashing yellow) which breaks often?

Thanks

Lemiant

Just to be on the safe side, are your Jags controlled by CAN or PWM? If it's CAN, more often then not its a bad crimp or a bad/missing terminator. These can cause extremely intermittent, very difficult to solve problems. I'd verify all of this before calling it fixed.

Matt

[davidthefat]

Check your thermal amp breakers on the power distribution board. We tripped them way too much because our gear ratios were whack, so the motors would stall a lot.

So, next time, listen to the breakers and it will "tick" then the robot will stop moving, then 30 seconds later, it would start back up. Feel the breakers and the motors if they are overheating. Our CIM became so hot that it literally burned someone.