Help with CAN/ JAG encoder settings

[jhersh]

Originally Posted by PhilBot

what value do I send the Drive VI? +/- 1 or RPM?

Drive is a special beast since it is intended to be controlled by a joystick (-1 to 1). You set the Max Output value on the Open Drive (Existing Motors) VI to control what that -1 to 1 gets scaled to.

Originally Posted by PhilBot

How does it know what Speed I want? Will it mimic the JAG test app?

In the case of Motor Control Set Output, in speed mode, the units are in RPM... look at the context help for details. You need to configure the number of encoder lines in LabVIEW so it can scale to RPM.

Originally Posted by PhilBot

Also, can I use the encoder counts to measure distance if I'm using them to control speed.

Yes... but to do it you need to configure the position reference as well as the speed reference.