Thread: Jerky Tracking?
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Re: Jerky Tracking?

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Originally Posted by Matt Krass
Well we've set up the camera, and using LabVIEW it tracks beautifully, it's wonderful, but thats driving its own servo. Kevin's code does a great job of searching and finding the light...then goes haywire.

Once locked the camera starts violently pitching itself back and forth and up and down until one of the PWM cables pops.

We're using the code verbatim, so....I'm not sure...the mounts assembled right.

What else should we check?

Thanks.
How do you have the camera mounted? Did you look in the header files for a documented parameter that might explain this wacky behavior?

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