AndyMark RAW Box and Potentiometer

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Originally Posted by Knufire

Since the AM RAW box already has the encoder mount for the E4T, you might be able to add a limit switch or hall effect sensor somewhere else on the mechanism to give the encoder a reference point. This way, you can use the encoder for absolute position. We used this approach on our 2015 elevator and it worked perfectly.

Another option is to use the AM String Potentiometer and attach it to the base of your robot and the string to the mechanism: http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2674built.htm

So would this be implemented by moving the mechanism towards the switch at the beginning of the match, and then resetting the position of the encoder to 0 when it reaches the switch (because as far as I understand the only information you can get from both limit switches and hall effect sensors is on/off)?