Digital I/O putting out +5V when robot disabled

[pschre]

Our technical mentor and rookies were trying out code to put our compressor on a toggle (joystick button). it is plugged into a digital i/o and not a relay port. But when we first power up the robot, and our teleop is still disabled, we are getting +5 to the Spike which is powering the compressor. We do not have the pressure switch wired. Can anyone explain why the digital i/o is doing this when the robot is disabled, and what we can do to fix it?

[Joe Ross]

Per section 3.4.3 of the control system manual, the digitial IO pins have a 10k pullup to 5v.

The easiest way to solve this would be to run the spike from a relay port as intended. What is the reason you're trying to run it from a digital output?

If you're just trying to show that you can control a digital output, what about using an LED?

[EricVanWyk]

Your configuration is illegal* and would not pass inspection. You may only control spike relays using the designated relay ports.






* I know I'm supposed to give the standard "previous rules don't apply to future years, but trust me on this one.

[joek]

Originally Posted by EricVanWyk

Your configuration is illegal* and would not pass inspection. You may only control spike relays using the designated relay ports.






* I know I'm supposed to give the standard "previous rules don't apply to future years, but trust me on this one.

i can't imaging the rules for that changing anyways