Motor control isnt working

Technical NI LabVIEW
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hello, i have got another question. i have our movement working with a tank control vi, but im trying to run a fisher price motor for our arm, and the code isnt working. it seems like it should since i am pretty much using the motor control example on the examples. eventually i want to be able to change the speed value with a button, but that is not important right now, because i just want to set the motor to a speed value of 0 and iv been checking for a solid yellow light instead of the blinking one for a loss of data link. i looked around and it seems i might need a small 6v jumper for the motor, but i was having this same program trying to use the motor control program on the drive system, but when i switched to using the tank control vi it worked fine. i dont think i can use that vi since i am only using one motor and its not going to be controlled with a joystick.

here is a sample of my code.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pMl5OFeDJT6WzAwhv_jrFD2Hbv4QjzMBpWPicXGnwys?feat=directlink

sorry for the wall of text.

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If you are using exactly the motor control example it should work.

If you are trying to integrate it into your own robot project, you are missing the instructions for how to take the examples and put them in your code.

Things to the left of the example’s while loop need to go in the Begin vi. Things inside the loop go in Teleop. Things to the right of the loop go in Finish. To communicate the reference that Open provides, use a Motor RefNum Set in Begin with a name you choose – see the other things in Begin for how that works – and use a Motor RefNum Get in both Teleop and Finish.

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so i tried using the motor control example and it didnt work. this means the electrical is wrong right? do i need to put a 6v jumper next to the pwm channel? (and the 6v jumpers are the small white hard drive like jumpers correct)?

thanks