Andymark rhino drivetrain discussion

[ozrien]

Originally Posted by jls667

It turns out my team wants to use Talon SRX with CAN signaling. Here is what I think needs to be done to run Rhino Drive:
1. Each Talon SRX would need a different id.
2. Each Talon SRX would need to be daisy chained.
3. Since my team want 3 motors on each side of the Rhino Drive, we will need 6 Talon SRX controllers.

How do I program 3 motors for left and 3 motors for right? Do I setup RobotDrive1, RobotDrive2 and RobotDrive3 each for 2 motors?

Thanks.

Quick example here.
https://github.com/CrossTheRoadElec/...bot/Robot.java
Basically uses robot drive which takes four CANTalons. Then create two more CANTalons and slave them.

Use tankDrive instead of arcadeDrive.

Alternatively you could just create six CANTalon and directly call Set() to manipulate the motor outputs directly, or to use the advanced control modes (speed/position/vcomp/currentDraw/motionProfile).

[JamesCH95]

Any updates on videos or turnbuckle materials? I am still quite curious.

[team222badbrad]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

Any updates on videos or turnbuckle materials? I am still quite curious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8oMG5NQS0o

[Jon K.]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

Any updates on videos or turnbuckle materials? I am still quite curious.

James,

Sorry I missed your previous question. I am not sure what I was thinking when I was talking about weakening the aluminum at the weld. The outer body is aluminum, but the threaded rod and by extension the eyelets are steel. We did do some more testing with the chassis regarding t-bone tests, and have that up on the AndyMark YouTube channel, as posted above. I know we had some problems getting the videos to merge properly to post the testing to the channel, but I will see what we can do about getting the tests duplicated or uploaded individually. I know given the discussions happening here that we may have more testing videos once the pulleys have been updated.

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by Jon K.

James,

Sorry I missed your previous question. I am not sure what I was thinking when I was talking about weakening the aluminum at the weld. The outer body is aluminum, but the threaded rod and by extension the eyelets are steel. We did do some more testing with the chassis regarding t-bone tests, and have that up on the AndyMark YouTube channel, as posted above. I know we had some problems getting the videos to merge properly to post the testing to the channel, but I will see what we can do about getting the tests duplicated or uploaded individually. I know given the discussions happening here that we may have more testing videos once the pulleys have been updated.

Cool, thanks!