How do we get information on motors?

[Mrjimo]

I’ve never been able to get my farmbot working. It looks like the encoders are failing on my Z axis. I’d like to debug it but I don’t know where to go to get information on the encoders or how to view values being read from them. Anyone have any tips for where to go?

Z motor failing to work properly

Hello. I had posted earlier, but didn’t follow up due to being so busy: I attempted to switch the encoders board plug-ins for Y/Z, but by mistake I switched the motor plug-ins. When I tried moving the Z the Y jolted back and forth and didn’t move. So, I switched the encoders as well and now, with the Y/Z encoders AND motors swapped, I get the following: When I instruct the Y axis to move, the Z axis actually moves! Progress! However, the encoder always returns -1. Thus, I get “failed to move”…

[jsimmonds]

@Mrjimo

Anyone have any tips for where to go?

Hi @Mrjimo
Have you worked through the FarmBot Inc. Troubleshooting Documentation for Encoders ?

[Mrjimo]

That’s what I was looking for. Thanks so much!