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Re: Jerky Tracking?

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Originally Posted by Matt Krass
We're using the kit mount, we tried inverting the camera and that seemed to improve it somewhat but it still jitters way too much to be useful, I've fiddled with the settings but I can't find any noticeable effect. I've managed to slow down the scan speed while searching, is there a parameter I might have missed that controls how fast the servos try to error correct/center when it see's something? It looks like a constant overshoot kind of problem..

EDIT: Looking again after a good break I found some gain parameters to adjust, I'll see if those help.
You can also tweak the gain values via the tracking parameters menu. Just remember to save it to EEPROM once you're happy with the value(s).

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