Continuous Rotation Servo & Picaxe
Ok, so I finally got all my gear set up to build robot numero uno, but Im goin friggin nuts trying to control my continuous rotation servos from parallax. Im using a picaxe 18x to produce the code, but no matter what pulsout or servo commands I use, my servo's only go clockwise.I NEED them to be able to go counterclockwise for my differential drive train to work right. I have read every post on LMR about servos and have tried a lot. I have read their parallax data sheet and that they should respond based upon the pulse width, but no go. I have attempted calibrating with the potentiometer when set to the suppos'd center point at 15 mili seconds, but adjusting it NEVER reverses direction, rotating the potentiometer either way only changes my servo's speed.
code Ive used
main:
servo 4,90
pause 500
servo 4,200
pause 500
goto main
and when trying to find the center, where the servo SHOULD stop Ive used ( I also adjusted the pot during every trial to see a change, but still, I only get them to change speed)
main:
pulsout 4, (I've tried basically every value from 135 to 165)
pause 20
goto main
any help would be much appreciated!
@ Wed, 2010-09-01 22:23
I am quite sure this is a HW
I am quite sure this is a HW problem; if the servo will only go in one direction no matter what, well then it is the servo.
The modification of it really is not supposed to be much other than removing the stopping block, and letting the potmeter stay still. So it should basically be a normal servo, that just does not stop. It it behaves like a servo that can only go in one direction, something is wrong with it. My guess is that the potmeter is .. something wrong..
it's in the servo, I tell you. Hook up another, will it go in both directions? Will a non-modified go where it should? Well then, it was / is the modified one that is having a problem :)
@ Thu, 2010-09-02 09:53
As ’ignoblegnome’
As ’ignoblegnome’ pointed out, -the question is almost 2 years old. So if Hadrian_X still hasn’t figured this one out… then maybe robotics is not for him.
:-)
@ Wed, 2010-09-01 20:51
As Hadrian_X posted this
As Hadrian_X posted this almost two years ago and hasn't posted anything since, I expect he is no longer interested in an answer.
Sydney-Floyd, did jinx's response give you what you needed to know?
@ Thu, 2010-09-02 09:15
:D Just noticed the date )))
:D Just noticed the date )))
@ Wed, 2010-09-01 12:31
Have you tried the servopos
Have you tried the servopos statement instead of servo (that is only used for servo initialization)
@ Wed, 2010-09-01 12:19
Could you give us more
Could you give us more detailes on your setup? circuit diagram? connections? Power sources, etc. ? And do you experience this problem with one single servo or with all servos you have (you've mentioned differential train, so I suspect you have at least 2 of them)?
@ Wed, 2010-09-01 11:35
set drive for servo
this is how i set my servo up
symbol r_ off = 150
symbol r_forward_slow = 100
symbol r_forward_fast = 75
symbol r_back _slow = 200
symbol r_back_fast =225
'do the same for the lft drive you may hve to tweak the values slightly
main:
servopos r, r_forward_fast
servopos l,l_forward_fast
goto main
hope this will be a helpful start
@ Wed, 2010-09-01 09:51
I'm going to have to
Bump
This thread is of great interest to me, I'd hate to see it go unanswered.