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Re: Servo problems

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yeah we have placed a jumper on the two pins next to the pwm out
Apologies for asking the obvious question, but do you have a center wire in your PWM cable and 3 pins at each end?


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Re: Servo problems

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Apologies for asking the obvious question, but do you have a center wire in your PWM cable and 3 pins at each end?


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Re: Servo problems

Have you tried using test mode to identify whether it is a code or electrical issue?

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Re: Servo problems

servo.set(value), is value between 0 and 1?
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Re: Servo problems

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Have you tried using test mode to identify whether it is a code or electrical issue?

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No, to be honest I have never heard of test mode. I will try that tomorrow when I get my hands on the bot again.

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servo.set(value), is value between 0 and 1?
Yes, the way we have it set up right now we have a button, when the button is not pressed the servo is set to 0.0 and when it is pressed the servo gets set to 1.0
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Re: Servo problems

For any one curious it was a bad jumper... which was the one thing no one thought to check.
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