need a simple motor program

[Mark McLeod]

Is the Victor status light going red when you push the joystick all the way forward-an indication of full speed?

You can certainly multiply the joystick output, but the range of the motor speed is only -1 to 1, the same as the joystick. A larger number would get cut back to 1. And calibrating the victor to the joystick range should have made it full speed no matter what.

Not a low battery, bad wire connection, or anything simple like that is it?

[Bill Taylor]

you're right, doubling the value didn't help. it has the same behavior. wiring and all that looks good and everything works as expected (lights, blinkies, indicators) except it is slow.

[Mark McLeod]

Is it a new motor, possibly damaged?
That's the only other thing that comes to mind.

At full speed you should be able to test with a multi-meter to see if the motor's receiving the full 12v or close to it. Readings at other speeds won't come out right without a more sophisticated meter.

[Bill Taylor]

thats the only thing i can think of is a bad motor or controller. i'm gonna swap them out at the shop monday and see if something happens. this victor came out of an "old box" and may have went bad. might just switch it with a jaguar. thanks for the help. i really appreciate it.

[Joe Ross]

If the dashboard PWM isn't showing full value, then the problem is not on the robot side.