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Originally Posted by TierraDelDiablo
The red and black wires on the PWM cables are +7.2 volts and ground respectively. The white wire is what you use to vary the pulse length.
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So the yellow signal cable is unused? I suspected this.
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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
I would not do anything safety critical because I would guess it could freak out when the PC gets too busy or Windows gets flakey.
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Oh. I should have mention that this project is to show the power of Linux, so I SHOULD have little to worry about the OS being unstable. However the operating conditions could get kinda rough.
100 degree Virginia days are not exactly the best operating conditions for a PC, although the water cooling system should take care of this.
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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
If you REALLY want to control a Victor using a PC, I would recommend either THIS from Scott Edwards which uses an RS-232 port and controls up 16 servos (8 per board, 2 boards per USB) or even better THIS from Parrallax Inc. which uses USB to control 16 servos on one board.
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Due to the fact that I am using Linux I think it will be easier just to use a printer port to control the Victors, as the USB kits do not seem to offer Linux drivers(no surprise there). From what I have read a parrallel port should allow me to control 5-8 servos or Victors, is this correct?
-Scitobor