Joysticks

[sven]

I thought so, but he decided to do that. Maby I should take the time and learn alittle C

Thanks.

[Andy A.]

Sven-

The wonderful thing about victors is that they are just plain wonderful.

Calibrating a victor requires no programming at all. It's done in hardware. All you do is depress a switch built into the victor and run the joystick through its limits. The data is stored right on the victor, and the RC never knows any better.

Interestingly, I've used this feature a lot. A friend and I have used victors as speed controllers in some RC cars we've retrofit with updated components. Since R/C radio systems have a completely different range of PWM signal, the factory set calibration is way off (a neutral signal from the RC gear is about 1/3 reverse on the factory set calibration). With out the ability to calibrate the victor, they would be useless in any setting that was specifically designed for them (like FIRST).

-Andy A.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Originally Posted by sven

I thought so, but he decided to do that. Maby I should take the time and learn alittle C

Thanks.

Sven,
This is such a prevalent misconception, I included it in my mythbuster presentation on robot electrical. Everyone needs to understand that the speed controllers are not calibrated when you receive them. If they were you would get matched controllers and joysticks and would be instructed as to which controller you must use for each joystick axis.

ALWAYS CALIBRATE SPEED CONTROLLERS. RECALIBRATE ANYTIME YOU CHANGE CONTROLLERS OR JOYSTICKS.