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Re: [FTC]: [FTC]: RobotC Template Problem (causing an FMS issue) and Potential Servo

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Could you go into more detail about that method? What I'm getting from the first and second positions is the starting point and the ending point, is that right? Also, where do the marks go and what purpose do they have?
You are correct. The marks are just on the sides of the servo holders so you know where the servos go to with the bucket off.

We find the even with two servos oriented the same, the number for a position may be up to 20 or so different for the two different servos.

Also you don't want to drive the servos clear to the limits (1 or 255) if the arm is mechanically stopped sooner. We were driving our servos to 255 but the bucket hit the goal at 220 and this was breaking the servos.
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