Troubleshooting Autonoumous

[Epicredeemer]

thank you very much for the advice and links. I think I will go and take a look at them.

[Epicredeemer]

OK. I've gotten past the autonomous issues, but I now have another problem. My team's driver and shooter operator want me to put together a vision tracking system. I have no idea how to do it, so I could really use some help.

[Epicredeemer]

In addition to this, we have been having issues with our compressor. As soon as the robot turns on, the compressor either turns on or stays off, without being enabled, and it stays that way until the robot is turned off. We've tried changing the PWM, the spike, the PWM port on the digital side car, but nothing has seemed to work. And this issue came out of the blue. It was working at our last event, then when we went to get ready to go to an off-season event, there was a problem.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Epicredeemer

As soon as the robot turns on, the compressor either turns on or stays off, without being enabled, and it stays that way until the robot is turned off. We've tried changing the PWM, the spike, the PWM port on the digital side car, but nothing has seemed to work.

It might just be lazy terminology on your part, but a Spike does not connect to a PWM port. It connects to the Digital Sidecar pins labeled specifically for relays. Describe exactly where each wire goes so we know you've done it correctly. There should two wires between the Spike and the compressor, two between the Spike and the Power Distribution Board, and three between the Spike and the Digital Sidecar. Clear pictures would be ideal.

[Epicredeemer]

not entirely sure waht we did during that last competition, but after changing some stuff in the code and I dont know what on the robot, we got the compressor working properly again. now I just need to figure out vision tracking...

[Pault]

Originally Posted by Epicredeemer

not entirely sure waht we did during that last competition, but after changing some stuff in the code and I dont know what on the robot, we got the compressor working properly again. now I just need to figure out vision tracking...

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can chime in, but my understanding is that unless you are experienced enough to code your own vision tracking, RoboRealm is the way to go. But, that is literally all I know about it, so unless somebody else comes along your on your own.

P.S. Keep up the good work. Its great that your asking questions. In my opinion the role of programmer is the most under-appreciated, abused, and difficult role on most teams... Someone remind me again why I decided to learn java over the summer?

[ErvinI]

Originally Posted by Pault

Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than me can chime in, but my understanding is that unless you are experienced enough to code your own vision tracking, RoboRealm is the way to go. But, that is literally all I know about it, so unless somebody else comes along your on your own.

P.S. Keep up the good work. Its great that your asking questions. In my opinion the role of programmer is the most under-appreciated, abused, and difficult role on most teams... Someone remind me again why I decided to learn java over the summer?

Team 341 released their vision tracking widget using OpenCV on the SmartDashboard which makes an excellent starting point for making your own vision tracking widget. It was very useful for us.

The paper can be found here.