We are very confused please help!!!!!! Could someone post a program that will allow all the channels on the cortex to function with the remote?

Ours only allows chanels 1-4. We really need channels 5 and 6 to work!

Heres what we have...it's probably not correct:

#pragma config(Motor, port2, boom, tmotorNormal, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor, port3, ldrive, tmotorNormal, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor, port4, rdrive, tmotorNormal, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor, port5, intake, tmotorServoStandard, openLoop)
#pragma config(Motor, port6, intake1, tmotorServoStandard, openLoop)
//*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard !!*//

task main()
{
while (1 == 1)
{
motor[port2] = vexRT(Ch2);
motor[port3] = vexRT(Ch3);
motor[port4] = vexRT(Ch4);
motor[port5] = vexRT(Ch5);
motor[port6] = vexRT(Ch6);

}

}

The problem that you're having is that there are no Channels 5 and 6 on the VEXnet Joystick. These are valid names because the older style Radio Control Transmitter did have Channels 5 and 6.

All of the buttons on the VEXnet remote are accessed using the letters "Btn" + the number closest to the button + the letter etched into the button. For example, "vexRT[Btn5D]". These buttons provide values of 0 or 1, not -127 to 127.

That makes sense! Can you give a small example of how that looks in the code?

Here's a sample program that we use in our video tutorials and is included in ROBOTC:

If I copy and paste that code and Compile it, I get 3 errors:

**Error**:Undefined variable 'leftMotor'. 'short' assumed.
**Error**:Undefined variable 'rightMotor'. 'short' assumed.
**Error**:Undefined variable 'armMotor'. 'short' assumed.

How do you assign the 0 or 1 to each motor. Assuming that means On or Off. ???

You get an error because you haven't configured the motors in the Robot > Motors and Sensors setup menu.

If you want to drive the motors with the buttons, you can't just use a 1 or 0 as the value. Instead you have to say something like...



We have tutorial videos that give good, detailed explanations about all of this. If you're just getting started I highly recommend checking them out: http://www.education.rec.ri.cmu.edu/pro ... tc_cortex/ For topics related to this, you should go to the Remote Control section and watch the videos in the Joystick Mapping and Buttons sections.