very weird camera movement!

[graphite]

Hello, to everybody here. I haven't found anything similar so i suppose that i am doing something very wrong. But i can't figure it out. So the thing is that i decided to install the CMUCam2 ver.7. All good, i read all documents included, about calibration, serial commands and mounting. Now my problem is that i managed to make it track but it tracks at the blistering speed of 2.5/4 fps and the servos move in small steps. It more like vibrating towards the target than servo-ing in that direction. I tried changing the step for the servos...but still nothing. Well if i am changing the step it's just going to vibrate at a lower frequency while is connected to the LabView's CMU GUI, and also with the java one. As i go back to the demo mode, it starts again with the movement in very violent and small steps. If anybody can help me, please do, because i am trying to fix this for 2 days, and i don't have anymore hair left. I tried using both color spaces, both line modes, different settings for color, gains and other controls, but still no difference in movement. I am thinking that it should go faster because i saw a video with the CMUCam2 v.1 and it was moving really fast and smooth. The camera in the video was on demo mode...and that is how i want to use it for the moment.

[Cuog]

i am assuming that the servos are being powered by the CMUcam? If so i have found that the built in tracking mode on there can be very choppy. try hooking it up to an RC and see how it works then.

[graphite]

OK...i put the camera in the controller. Actually now the tracking without the controller "demo mode" worked perfectly, and now the FRC code with the camera doesn't work. Actually i don't know where exactly the problem is. I calibrated the camera a thousand time, i tried different colors (green, red, pink, magenta, blue, yellow), different lighting conditions...but nothing. With the frc controller connected i only get "Scanning..." and the camera scans infinitely. I changed and tried with or without gain control, white balance, but still nothing. Any help please ?

[graphite]

I am writing the code for movement and positioning for the robot and i am also using some infrared sensors for distances and obstacles, but i can't do anything because the camera is not working. So...please tell me what should i do....It is calibrated, and in demo mode, or with the java/labview GUI works fine. I need it to work through the ttl, otherwise i would have left it in demo mode.