I have a mini-ssc II and a kronos servo control chip that I operate using batch files, which is pretty handy for my web control. I’m wondering if I can do the same with the ssc-32 servo controller. The below is an example batch file that will echo the commands to com 1 at the baude rate currently set in windows. This should should tell servo 0 to move to three different positions with an ~2 second delay in between. Not having an ssc-32, I can’t test the below to see if it works. Maybe some one else that has one can try it for me?
Thanks for actually testing it for me. I’ve looked at possibly using PHP to do web based serial port I/O, but haven’t found simple info on that yet. For simple web control of servos, I use the apache web server and simple barch files similar to the above. Being able to use a simple batch file to control the ssc-32 would allow for windows scheduler to automate control of things via the ssc-32.
I just did a search for “php serial” and found this PHP Classes site. There is a PHP Serial class on there, but you have to subscribe to the site to download it. I find the site difficult to get around though. I have not tried the serial class out yet.
The below page might be of interest to those who would want to use the ssc-32 to control a lot of things on/off. The page info is for use with the 8 data lines on the parallel port, but a single 8 pin bank on the ssc-32 in the byte mode should be able to do the same function. The 74HCT259 chips are about $.50 each, so it would be an inexpensive setup. I think I figured that ~120 individual on/off lines could be controlled via the 8 pins.
