Talon SR vs SRX

[jtaylor991]

Originally Posted by Ether

When you see a post like that from someone who has a total of 1 post, you should take it with a grain of salt.

My bad, I normally would have looked at that but I was in a bit of a hurry. That might explain the post being removed.

Originally Posted by NWChen

Both the Talon SR and the Talon SRX support PWM control. Having said that, wiring the Talon SRX for PWM control requires some modification of either the PWM cable or the Talon SRX signal cables. Once you've made those modifications, hot-swapping either motor controller (and keeping in mind that the Talon SRX doesn't support the fork connectors you might commonly use with the Talon SR) should be simple. Refer to section 1.3.3 on the User Guide for more information.



mecanumDrive_Cartesian() shouldn't have any issues with the Talon SR or Talon SRX. Issues with the method and CAN Jaguars were reported.

OK, so it supports the functionality but does not simply have a direct PWM jack like the SR. That's good to know, thank you. I'll look into these modifications and see if we want to move forward with that.

If not, would other controllers like Jaguars be able to be subbed in instead? If so, what would I need to do in code to allow this? If not, should I look into buying used SRs or just rely on FRC Pit Admin spares? It's a serious bummer (and odd decision IMO) that FIRST shipped a discontinued product in the KOP. I understand finding a use for old stock, but really, come on...

I'm using LabVIEW by the way. I'm going to look into using Java (or C++) later on.