Encoder direction loss?

[billbo911]

Originally Posted by ayeckley

Problem solved:

Apparently our programmers had initialy written their traction control software to address a bug in the initial encoder routine. Then, in one of the updates the bug was addressed by NI (or whomever). We left our fix in place not realizing the original bug had been addressed. The net result was that we took the absolute value of the direction vector (multiplying -1 by -1). We've removed our fix leaving only the NI fix, and now things are working properly.

Thanks for following along with our little drama

OK, now that sounds better.

When I originally started my first post, I was going to tell the tale of my first experience with the "Early shipment" controller. I too had an issue with direction and distance for the encoder example, but couldn't remember exactly what I did to resolve it. So, I looked at the most recent encoder example and found that it looked normal. Therefore, I just asked a couple questions. I was even going to ask you what version of the FRC Labview you had originally created your code in.

Bottom line, you figured it out on your own. BRAVO!!!