How does current limiting work?

[Connor]

Note: I tried using google and the search bar, and have been struggling to get some of these questions answered.

How does the current work for motors? Is there any information as to motor speeds based upon the number of motors connected to the V5 Brain? When does current become restrictive (like at what time): Does the current actively change if you plug or unplug motors while the V5 Brain is on during practice? With more than 8+ motors while the robot is on, how long does it take for a just-plugged-in V5 motor to notice it is connected and start running while the robot is actively trying to communicate to said motor to go 100%?

[sazrocks]

This post explains the current (ha) system:

How does the decreased current affect the robot when using more than 8 motors

vexos 1.0.9 uses a different algorithm than versions 1.0.8 and earlier. 8 or less motors are still capped at 2.5A. 9 or more are capped as follow, remember this is current at the motor not current from the battery, 9 2.39A 10 2.29A 11 2.20A 12 2.12A 13 2.04A 14 1.98A 15 1.91A 16 1.85A 17 1.80A 18 1.74A 19 1.69A 20 1.65A However, those values are only valid if user code has not set current limit lower on one or more motors. If that has happened we take the user specified lower motor curren…

[Connor]

Thank you very much!
I think I forgot about that thread, but that sparks another question:
How would I change current of a motor VEXCode, if possible?

[sazrocks]

Looking at the docs, there is a vex::motor::setMaxTorque overload that takes current units and a current value as parameters.