PROBLEM SOLVED:
When I open up driver station and launch code, everything is green, as stated above. However when I try to use the joystick to run it, there is no response on the robot’s side. My mentor and I currently have an USB-A plugged into the RoboRIO and into our Laptops, and have the JAVA code running. We can’t determine if it is mechanical issues or code, or simply just a general issue. Any and all advice and suggestions are welcomed, and I will keep this post updated.
Based on what you’ve said it could be literally anything.
To check if it is code side, put some debug messages when you are writing values to motors to make sure that your motors are being sent valid signals once per program cycle.
To check if it is electronic side, check the status lights on the victor. If it is soid orange, than it is plugged in properly but not receiving code. If it is blinking orange than it is not plugged in to the RIO. If there are none than it isnt plugged into the PDP.
If the lights are blinking red or green, trace the flow of electricity from the motor controller to the motor it controls. If it is all good and the CIM still isn’t moving, theres a very very small possibility that the CIM might be bad (if it is really hot than that is a good indicator) but I’d second guess yourself in tracing the wiring.
Okay, thank you for the quick reply. I believe that when we run systems, that the Talons are blinking orange in unison to the Brad. I’ve checked to see if they where wired correctly, they should be. Could PWMs be an issue in this case?
PROBLEM SOLVED
Turns out one of my younger programmers put all the PWMs in the DIO ports and vise versa. They are switched and working now. Thanks for your post, It made me and my mentor look over the wire work again and noticed it.