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Re: Wierd search behavior....

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Originally Posted by Salik Syed
okay when the camera is in search mode it usually tilts up goes through one left right cycle, goes to a middle point scans left and right, then pans down and scans left and right... now recently it just tilts up while facing towards the right, then tilts back down to middle and scans left/right ... effectively it never tilts except when at the far far right and even then only up not down...!

what can explain this wierd behavior? serial port stuff perhaps? i can't figure it out...
It might be that you camera is catching a glimpse of something within the color range, and then losing track, thus restarting the search cycle.

When this happens, watch if the red light on the camera turns on when at the upper right corner. If so, then what I said above is probably happening.

Try covering up everything that is either reflective, or can be within the allowed color range for tracking.

Hope this helps,
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