Have motor run for X amount of time

Dillonboy8 · February 19, 2013, 4:17pm

I know, there is a similar thread to this, but my situation is different, so bear with me…

I am trying to get my team’s conveyer belt (run by a motor) to go forward for X amount of time, then after it does that maybe wait a second and then go backwards. Any idea on how to do this? Me and the other programmer are completely lost

Thanks!

Mark_McLeod · February 19, 2013, 4:27pm

This is a timed sequence of actions, just ignore the servo examples.
Your sequence would be

set motor to 1,
wait x milliseconds,
set motor to zero,
wait 1000 ms,
set motor to -1,
wait X miliseconds,
set motor to 0.
This drops into Periodic Tasks.vi NOT Teleop.vi

Omar · February 19, 2013, 4:31pm

Put this inside your Periodic

You can add the Names for the joystick and the motor used in your begin VI

Edit: I missed the stop and wait a second step before going back.