Hello People,
I was programming my arm and realized that it is two heavy for two motors. So we decided to add 2 more motors and connect the 2 motors on the left side with 1 y-cable and the 2 motors on the other side with another y-cable. But after we did this the motors stopped working completely. They are not even moving.
Your help would be really appreciated.
P.S. It would be even better if you could help as quickly as you can as we cannot proceed without this problem out of the way.
I can’t think of a motor distribution in which the two left side motors spin in the same direction. My guess is it’s not moving because the two left motors need to spin in opposite directions. Just switch the leads of the wire on either both bottom motors (left and right) or both top motors to be black-to-red instead of black-to-black, and they should spin in the opposite direction. Good luck!
Totally agree with @Mystellianne. You can also change the motor direction in the motor setup screen by clicking the box instead of changing the wiring. Good luck.
Some y cables are keyed differently, you need to plug in the motor controllers backwards into the y cables (sounds weird, but it worked for me when I had this issue)