Have motor run for X amount of time

[Dillonboy8]

I know, there is a similar thread to this, but my situation is different, so bear with me....

I am trying to get my team's conveyer belt (run by a motor) to go forward for X amount of time, then after it does that maybe wait a second and then go backwards. Any idea on how to do this? Me and the other programmer are completely lost :/

Thanks!

[Mark McLeod]

This is a timed sequence of actions, just ignore the servo examples.
Your sequence would be

1. set motor to 1,
2. wait x milliseconds,
3. set motor to zero,
4. wait 1000 ms,
5. set motor to -1,
6. wait X miliseconds,
7. set motor to 0.

This drops into Periodic Tasks.vi NOT Teleop.vi

[Omar]

Put this inside your Periodic

You can add the Names for the joystick and the motor used in your begin VI

Edit: I missed the stop and wait a second step before going back.