So, honestly, who's still programming?

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Originally Posted by LVMastery

Hey Everyone,

I had several conversations yesterday with mentors from teams who are either:
- withholding their controller and a few sensors and actuators from shipment to do further programming work between now and competition
- planning to program blind (without hardware) and cross their fingers that they can tweak it on compliance day

Being a rookie mentor (though LONGtime LabVIEW programmer) I didn't honestly consider these options as viable.

However, if I can help by producing one or two more LVMastery TipJar videos in the meantime, I would be happy to.

Please reply to this thread if you have a topic in mind.

Thanks,
Ben

www.LVMastery.com/FRCTipJar

Oh, please do one on how to program the other buttons on the Joystick. We have our robot moving forward and back and it turns, using 2 joysticks, but we cannot for the life of us get how to do a trigger (using the KOP joysticks). We want to do the following:

1. Right hand joystick trigger - make the globe motor move the chain forward.
2. Left hand joystick trigger - make the globe motor move the chain backwards. This only is used if something gets stuck.
3. Button that thumb rests on (right hand) make the keyang motor move the dumper forward.
4. Button that thumb rests on (left hand) make the keyang motor move the dumper back. This is only used if a ball gets stuck

I found out that the dumper is using the Keyang motor and the chain is using the globe motor and the drive motors are the CIMS.

I really have no idea how to continue. I have watched all the TipJar videos, but not understanding the engineering part makes programming difficult. This is the first year the mechanical has been done before the code.

Please, can you help??? We go to Traverse City next Thursday (26th)

Thanks.