Thread: IR PMW Help
View Single Post
  #4   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 11-02-2004, 17:12
Kevin Watson's Avatar
Kevin Watson Kevin Watson is offline
La Caņada High School
FRC #2429
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Rookie Year: 2001
Location: La Caņada, California
Posts: 1,335
Kevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond reputeKevin Watson has a reputation beyond repute
Re: IR PMW Help

Quote:
Originally Posted by thoughtful
Hello,

We are using 2 EDU RCs one has the edu_tracker.zip and the other one has Beacon.zip from Mr.Watson's site. Our sensors are working fine, but the beacons we can'i see any lights when they are plugged on either PMW 1 or 2. Yes, we are looking through a camera. But when we put them on Digital O/I 1 we see the lights, but they are solid. I have checked the diagram more than 10 times and our beacons are fine. The servos keep searching but ofcourse they wont find anything because the sensor is not working. We have checked the programs in the EDU RC's and redownlaoded them like 5 times.

Is anyone having a simmilar problem? Or is the camera not supposed to show any lights when connected to PMW 1 or 2 , because my understanding was that we see flickering lights or something to that aspect.

Thankyou in advance.
As painful as it might be ( ), make sure you read the FAQ. Are you plugging in the sensors to the correct interrupt inputs (not digital inputs)? Did you wire the sensors correctly (see the FAQ). If you don't have a switch on digital I/O 7, make sure your beacon is plugged into PWM 2. Did you place the eye of newt under your pillow last night and then sleep with your feet on the pillow for at least 2*Pi hours (this is important)?

-Kevin
__________________
Kevin Watson
Engineer at stealth-mode startup
http://kevin.org