Thread: Getting the Camera and Default Code to Work
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Re: Getting the Camera and Default Code to Work
I'm no expert on this subject since a I myself am learning about this technology just like the rest of you.

As I recall reading from the specs, if you are using the default camera code loaded on the RC, then the servos for pan and tilt, do need to be connected to PWM 1,2 on the RC for it to work and power for the camera can come from any available PWM.

Connecting pan and tilt to the camera board itself only works when using Labview on a PC connected to the serial interface on the camera.

I'll now have to revisit connecting the camera to a PWM port instead of a digitial port for power. We are using last years RC with whatever code we used last year (No camera code) so we may not have power on some of the PWM ports based on the code, I'll try a few different ones and see.
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