Running the Labview Example CAN Talon Code

[btcshields6]

Thank you. I'll try that today.

[btcshields6]

So I updated the firmware. When I attempt to run the example, adjusting the speed slider doesn't do anything. Should it? Or am I misunderstanding the example's purpose?

I'm only running one SRX, set to ID 1, so I set the master in the code to 1, and the slave to 2 or 3, since I don't have a second hooked up.

When I manually turn the motor, feedback does register.

Also, an aside, why would it be that three of the SRXs have their B/C CAL lights on and the others do not?

[Alan Anderson]

Did you use the Driver Station to enable the robot? None of the motor outputs will be active until you do that.

The lights should be telling you whether the speed controller is in Brake or Coast mode. You can verify that using the RoboRIO web dashboard.

[sraque]

The ones with B/C cal lights on are in brake mode. This will not stop them from running, so probably not the cause of your immediate issue. You can change the brake/coast status in the web dash, as mentioned above, or in code with the srx API.

[btcshields6]

I did not have the robot enabled at the time I ran the example code. I didn't think that VIs run with Labview opened and when the robot was tethered were affected by the Driver Station...didn't have any basis for that so I don't know why I thought it.

I'll try again tomorrow, with the robot enabled in the DS, and the code running in Labview.

I'll check the brake/coast modes. Thank you!