What is the purpose of the VEXcode drivetrain command?

[jfgentile]

Can anyone explain the purpose and parameter definitions for the drivetrain command in VEXcode V5 Text?

[trontech569]

VEXcode - updated SDK

VEXcode preview 3 contains a new SDK release 20190410_18_00_00 (and yes, that means 6pm last Wednesday). There are a couple of new classes included, not finalized yet so consider them in beta. First is a motor_group class. This allows several motors to be combined and treated as a single unit. Motors are instantiated in the usual way, set gearing and reverse flag as you normally would. Then create an instance of two or more motors. After doing that most of the motor methods such as spin an…

JPearman gives a good explanation of the drivetrain in VexCode V5 Text in this post. Read through it and it should help.

[jpearman]

that thread should still be valid, just bear in mind that the drivetrain class changed a little between that preview version and VEXcode 0.9 and will change a little more in 1.0 once it is released.