I have just completed assembly of my TRiTrack with the BotBoardII and the Sabertooth and I am having problems. 1st when I power up the BBII it just clicks @ me. The Sabertooth I think is now fried (magic smoke!!) and I am sure I connected everything properly?¿? Help?¿? 
I have it seemingly communicating now but have yet to gain any control with the PS2 wirelessly. Any advice?¿?
We’re going to need a lot more information than a single sentence asking for help. Images would be a good start. A thorough explanation of where you are in the tutorial, what you have accomplished and what is not working. Type more…
I have went through the sample programs and have been able to communicate with the Atom but I am either uinsure of how to establish control or have failed to program the board correctly? I am great at building but new to programing. Is there a sample program that I can just send to my bot to alllow me wireless control?
I’m sorry but you must submit more details… You have “went through” the sample programs. No, that is no help. Telling us which program you have tried, and the results you have seen is much better.
You state you’re new to programming. You’re not really programming, I mean the program is already written for you. Here is a link to explain this process…
lynxmotion.com/images/html/build147.htm
You told me in a PM that you have an arm on the TriTrack bot. If this is referring to one of the AL5 series arms, I recommend after you have the bot programmed for PS2 control you use the A4WD1 tutorial here to allow control of the arm as well as the rover.
lynxmotion.com/images/html/build148.htm
For now stick to this tutorial for PS2 control of the TriTrack bot.
lynxmotion.com/images/html/build138.htm
I’m a little confused by your first post. The magic smoke was let out of the motor controller. How do you know if the PS2 controller is working of the motor controller is broken? Stating you had it wired correctly and smoke came out of the motor controller, sort of insinuates there is an error in the tutorial. Could you please point it out to me. In other words following the instructions exactly does not result in blowing up a motor controller. 
I appoligize if I am being vague, I just was quite excited about getting my bot setup that I got over zelous and was looking for quick fixes to problems I kept running into. I have now took a step back and with the links you sent me been able to resolve all but one problem… That is everything is working, I have complete control over my Tri-Track w/ AL5C Arm with the exception of the right motor. The “Magic Smoke” I spoke of apparently came from the Sabertooth’s right motor controler connection. I am unsure of why it burned out as the (+ pos) goes on right and (- neg) goes on left…correct ?¿? I changed out wires, switched motors, and concluded that the motor and wires are ok it is just the Sabertooth, thusly I have ordered another one. If you have any suggestions to revive the 1st one I would greatly appreciate it, although I am fairly certain it is dead (atleast on one side). Thank you for your assistance it is very much appreiciated.
Glad you got it working! 8)
I waiting quite impatiently for my new Sabertooth to arrive. It finnaly got here today. I installed it and went over every last wire, connection, and double, even tripple checked EVERYTHING. I powered it up and it worked! For a whole five minutes, everything worked beutifully. Then the new Sabertooth fried! What would cause this?¿? Why would it work then fry? I am using a 7.2 volt Ni-Cd battery. Obviously the setup was correct or it would not have been working perfectly? I know you want pix, diagrams, and every possible detail but that is not possible at this time. Could you please ,based on the info I have provided, help me please? Or atleast ask me a specific question if there is something you must know to helpme with this.
The reason my Sabertooth fried was due to a small piece of metal lodged between the board and the protective metal backing. I do not know where it came from since I was extremely careful unpacking and imediatly installing it. I did not even consider checking for such a thing upon delivery. (an expensive lesson to learn I guess). I am aware of Lynx return policy and since this is my 2nd sabertooth I guess I am forced to abandon my bot project as I cannot afford yet another $60 just to replace it a third time. I am just so frustrated becase I was so close this time. I mean it worked! Now that I know what to look for, how to connect it, and how to set everything up, I can’t do anything about it. This has gone from being the realization of a dream to one of my biggest dissapointments!
I don’t recall telling you we wouldn’t replace anything. Dimension Engineering is the manufacturer of the Sabertooth motor controllers. It’s up to them what is replaced or not. You can ship the defective motor controllers directly to them for faster service. If it’s a manufacturing defect on both units they might like to know of this. You might want to give them a call. 330-634-1430
I was refering to your warranty information I read that states " All sales are final. Electrical or electronic items will not be accepted for return" However, I do understand the reason for this. I will contact Dimension Engineering about this. I am curious if you have heard of anyone else having problems with the Sabertooth 2x5 RC ?¿? Again, Thank you for all your help. Aside from the problems relating to the Sabertooth I am quite happy with Lynxmotion and the assistance you have provided. I hope to get past this issue and continue my project toward the ultimate goal of a modified version of your J5. I hope you will be available to assist in the future. Short Circuit is what really sparked my interest in robotics and it has always been a dream of mine to build a J5 type bot. Yours is the closest I have seen by far to that. Your videos on You Tube is what ultimately lead me to your site.
I hope you can get the bot working soon. Good luck with the project. 