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Re: Tuning PID
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Originally Posted by Hitchhiker 42 View Post
After you tune your P value, tune the I until the arm gets about to where it should be. The D value may not be necessary at all (0).
How much do I increase it by? 1?

And how do I know when the P value is tuned? It seems to work, but is there a way I could make it work "better"?
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