We have robot comm, robot code, and joysticks, why doesnt the robot move?

[cgranata]

Originally Posted by ferret_guy

Couple things to check:

1. Is the robot enabled? (in tele-op mode)
2. Are you correctly using the safety VIs?
3. Is your joystick showing up as connected?
4. Have you correctly initialized all your motors ect...

1. Yes
2. What do you mean by VIs?
3. Yes
4. Yes

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by cgranata

2. What do you mean by VIs?

VI stands for Virtual Instrument. It's the LabVIEW equivalent of a function. The question was probably meant to ask whether you were enabling any motor safeties, or disabling the drive safety. You'd be getting diagnostic error messages on the driver station if it were a motor safety issue.

A better question might be: what motor speed controllers are you using, and what do the status LEDs on them do when you try to run the robot? Also, what pattern is the orange Robot Signal Light blinking?