Window Motor problem

[Greg McKaskle]

Do you have errors showing up in the diagnostics windows that help?

What value is the limit switch if you probe the wire? If you probe the value going into the motor? This will help identify whether it is a SW or HW/Electrical issue.

Also, if you put the robot into Test mode, you can scroll to find the Pullback motor. You can see the value that periodic updated with. You can also set the value yourself if you want to run the motor a bit. Keep in mind that unless your code reads the robot mode, periodic loops tend to operate even in test mode, so the interactive motor set features may be overwritten by periodic.

Greg McKaskle

[Ether]

Originally Posted by Greg McKaskle

What value is ... going into the motor? This will help identify whether it is a SW or HW/Electrical issue.

If a HW issue is indicated, you can use a digital voltmeter to measure the signal on the PWM cable going into the Victor*. If you have a signal, and the Victor is not responding, you may have the PWM connector plugged into the Vic improperly. This is a common problem.

* ask for more detail if you want to pursue this

[Mark McLeod]

The Periodic Task code must be placed inside an infinite loop (with a suitable delay timer).

What you show will be executed only once in the first few milliseconds that your code is executing, and will never be checked again.