[FTC]: Tips page on using FTC Encoders with LabVIEW

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I have been studying this paper the last few days. Thanks so much for putting it out. Hope to do some tests this week.

Our team has two issues with Labview/Motor controllers/encoders. They are:
1)Reset encoders only works roughly 80% of the time, even when called twice. So frequently in autonomous the robot turns when it should have gone straight or vice-versa.
2)The motor controllers/encoders lock up (probably need a better term) and the robot just sits and jiggles back and forth. The only way we've found to get out of this is to cycle the power to the motor controllers. This just about ruined us in competition because if you lock up in autonomous, you're dead in teleoperations.

Does anyone else have these problems, especially number 2? Does anyone know if the problems exist if you use RobotC?

Back to the paper, we will soon be trying Phil's unblocking versions to see if this helps the situation.