Vex Spike Motor Control

[Arrex]

I tried that, and it stopped pulsing completely. I tried setting it up through a joystick control, but it only resumed the short pulse when we enable it and still isn't working properly.

Spike Joystick Test.vi

Initially, the program used 1 and 0, but we changed it to the Relay controls with no difference in results.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Arrex

I tried that, and it stopped pulsing completely. I tried setting it up through a joystick control, but it only resumed the short pulse when we enable it and still isn't working properly.

The code looks reasonable. I should have asked this before: how is the motor connected? Where does every wire connected to the Spike go?

[Arrex]

Sorry it took a while, but here is the setup we had for the Spike when we used that program.







Apparently another team member was able to get the Spike to run using an Arduino, but I'm not sure if that specific board was included in our parts.

Edit: We also tried using the sample program, and it still won't respond. Apparently the program and mechanical/electrical parts aren't working together.

[Arrex]

Turns out we had some faulty wiring on the sidecar. All fixed. Thanks for the help, though.