the motors won’t work no matter what code I try, even our teachers can’t figure it out. They’re plugged in properly, they’re plugged into the right ports, the controller is on, it just won’t work. Any suggestions?
Make sure the ports are in the ports the code specifies, let’s say Motor8 is coded to port 8, then that motor is controlled by the X/Y buttons.
For the drivetrain, you have 2 or 4 ports to deal with, make sure the motors are plugged into the assigned ports.
If this doesn’t help, either your brain/motors might be broken/faulty, or it depends on how you’re running the code.
I don’t do IQ, but I suppose there’s a drive mode? Plug in 2 motors to port 1 and 2, and test them.
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@rooboo Lets make things simple.
Plug the motors into Ports 1,6/7,12 those are the default drive ports.
Go into the devices section and see if you can make the motors move by using the ports.
If that works, do the re-pairing with either the blue cable on V1 brains or the process for V2. Do you see the green light on the controller and the green light on the brain pulse together?
Next run the default drive program and move the joysticks around, do the motors move? If they do, then the problem is in your code, post it and we can look.
If they don’t then reload the VEX brain firmware (VEXOS setup, your teacher can find this) and the controller firmware. (Teacher will need to read the directions on how to FORCE a reload)
If it’s still broken, contact VEX service, they can try some more tests with you.
Good luck!
Thank you for the help! Turns out that the issue was that the controller was not linked with the brain. A student in the high school helped us out, thanks to your instructions and prior knowledge. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks for the update, we all love a story that has a fairytale ending!