Jaguar and Spike Problems

[huskyrobotics]

We just mounted the electronics board on our robot. We were using the default code that shipped on the cRIO and Jaguars to practice Tank Driving while my Programming Team finished the first Build of our Code. The Motors worked. Now that we are ready to deploy/run code on the robot, we look at the jaguars again and they are now flashing that ominous yellow color, as if the robot is not there anymore. In addition, the middle 6V LED is now off for the first time, not lit or flashing, and the Robot Signal LED is also off and does not even flash. We suspect that some termianls somewhere may have poor/faulty/no connection, but we're unsure as always.

We are also unsure what kind of wire we need to conect the 9472 cRIO to the Solenoids. We had made some physical connection progress, and now we wonder where it all went.

The next question we have for anyone who can help is where we findout how and what all the connection terminals on the Digital Sidecar do.


Thank you again.

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by huskyrobotics

...the middle 6V LED is now off for the first time, not lit or flashing, and the Robot Signal LED is also off and does not even flash. We suspect that some termianls somewhere may have poor/faulty/no connection, but we're unsure as always.

It sounds like you might have lost the 12v power connection to your Digital Sidecar. Check to make sure the circuit breaker and wiring are in place and that the connectors are clamped on the conductor instead of the insulation.