Ok, with the 4 year old and 9 month old drooling over the new hex as I put it together today. Grabbing and poking everytime I turned around or runnin off with this piece or that, Im exhausted and a bit drained. So if this wall Im running into here is completely obvious, please forgive me. He’s all together offsets calibrated and I think I did the basic build correct in pod, but for the life of me Im having no luck finding it once I get the botboard and atom plugged in and micro studio opened. Any ideas? My ch is dying to terrorize the curious cat drooling all over him. heh
regards,
Well figured out the programming problem, the day had got to me a little I’m guessing. I’ll chalk it up as a rookie error, heh. On to the next concern, bot reacts as expected until I’m going for the finish line. Ps2 controller on power up hex, and it beeps at me. There’s no reaction from servos though(doesn’t engage the standard pose), the only reaction I’m getting is beeps from start and select buttons. Oh and reds only light on on the ps reciever. Any thoughts where I should begin to look? After some sleep that is.
Best regards,
Well this morning I ran through all the wiring and connections all look good. Im starting to wonder if it isnt a problem with the botboard, when removed and hooked up to pc through the ssc32 and in powerpod theres full response. All servos will react during power up and they’ll move when adjusting offsets. When I go through the process of building the bas it’ll debug in basic and program just fine, just when I try to go and power up after that I get no response from servos at all when power up. I have a green light on each board but get no response other than that. I think I’ll run to store and see if I cant find a corded ps2 controller and see if I get a response from it. Even without no communication with the controller it should still react on powerup correct? Atleast stand at attention for me. Any gurus up for shedding some light on where I might find a problem? Perhaps a way to test the botboard?
Maybe this is the problem. Debug mode won’t run standalone. You need to reprogram with the “Program” button instead of the “Debug” button for standalone functioning.
Nathan,
I’m pretty convinced that was part of the problem(ground on ps wiring frayed too). I did try diff approaches adding program to debugging happens to be on the build that finally brought life to the ps controller and the ch3. Very much appreciate the guidance helps answer why it finally worked. Thanks again!!
Best regards,
Darwin
