Jaguars flashing yellow

[Ceebs03]

We cannot get the indicator lights on our jaguars to turn solid. All the indicator lights on our dashboard are green, and all the other lights on our board are behaving normally. We are using the default LabVIEW code on the cRIO and we are relatively sure we have wired the board correctly. When we move the joystick, the driver station shows the bars indicating the PWM ports moving, but a multimeter doesn't detect any electrical current being sent to the motor.

What could be causing our problems? When do the jaguar lights go solid?

[Bryan Herbst]

This may sound silly, but are you sure that the PWM cables are connected to the Jaguars correctly (and to the digital side car)?

Our team has had issues in the past with members hooking them up backwards, which results in the jaguars simply continuing to flash yellow.

[DonRotolo]

Asking the same question in more than one forum is also discouraged. Just thought you'd like to know.

[Tom Line]

A solid jaguar light will result from a combination of things:

#1 The Jaguar must be opened in code.
#2 The pwm must be connected properly.
#3 The digital sidecar must be powered.
#4 The digital sidecar must be plugged into the digital bumper via a cable.

Note that the robot must also be ENABLED.

A blinking jaguar means that the robot is:

1. Disabled
2. No PWM signal from a bad or misconnected cable
3. No power to the digital sidecar
4. The digital sidecar is not connected to the bumper
5. The bumper is not seated fully in the crio
6. The jaguar is not opened correctly in code (wrong slot number or pwm number).

Hope that helps! Good luck!