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Re: Digital Servo Holding position after disable

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Originally Posted by TheHolyHades1 View Post
How exactly are you turning "off" the servo? While I'm not familiar with the exact details, I'd guess that if you killed power to the entire servo instead of just the control line, you'd see no resistance (beyond backdrive torque) and should be able to achieve what you want. Maybe you can put the servo on a relay of some sort? Not sure if that complies with electrical rules this year though.
R54 says servos must be connected only to the PWM port or through a wcp Spartan board. So no relay for me, this the question about killing onboard 6v.

Turning the servo "off" was supposed to happen with Servo.SetOffline() witch kills PWM to that port. Works great with speed controllers and analog servos. Apparently not great with hitec digital servos. Still waiting to hear from you guys or servocity about other digital servos.
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