Victor Probelms

[Mark McLeod]

You are trying for a Victor solid yellow/orange light while at rest.

Some of the obvious causes:

• Bad PWM connection
• Robot disabled
• Digital Sidecar not connected and powered properly
• Code not instantiating the PWM output

With a Victor it's usually the PWM cable end that plugs into the Victor that misses the connection inside the plastic housing shroud. If you pull the PWM connect out there, take a look at the pins to see if they are all perfectly straight. Often one or all of the pins are bend by sliding down the outside of the connector recessed and hidden within the housing.

[slijin]

On rare occasions the cause of the problem is a faulty sidecar output. We've had it happen to us a number of times; try checking the voltage across the signal and ground with a multimeter, and see if another PWM out will work in its place.

[hat_ios]

I was having some of the same issues. Check the male connectors on the PWM that you are plugging into the Victor. If they are bent, that means that you are missing the females in the Victor, gently unbend them and place in lightly and slowly.