Thanks I dont have one so it would be easier to use the hexapod calibration software but I’m really not sure what I doing wrong. I follow the procedure of connecting the botboarduino to the PC then holding down the a button while plugging both batteries in on the bot and then opening the programming but it always says not connected. The interesting thing though is that when I close the calibration programme the bot makes a sort of disconnecting sound so its like the bot has identified the software but not the other way around.
Using the same procedure, can you try to connect to LynxTerm?
Hold the A button, power the robot with the USB cable in place, then open LynxTerm and see if it detects an SSC-32.
So I’ve connected everything back up, changed baud rate back to 38.4 etc and connected the botboarduino back on the tx and RX pins and when I run lynxterm I get what looks like a bunch of gibberish. Does this indicate anything to you? Thanks!
Hi,
This seems to be a baud rate issue. The default baud rate in the BotBoarduino code is 57600. Click the SETUP button at the top left and change the baud rate.
Let us know if this work (include another screenshot if it doesn’t). You can also try other baud rates, such as 9600 and 115200.
Sincerely,
OK thanks, I’ll play around and get back to you. Should I match the baud rate I set in the program with the jumpers to set the baud rate on the servo controller? (ie always having the same baud rate in the program as I have on the ssc32) thanks very much for all your help guys!
Thanks guys, I changed the baud rate in the program and its now written in English and I can change the offsets and stuff. Thanks very much for your help once again!
Yesturday everything worked fine, I was able to centre the servos using ‘all=1500’ and then tweak each one but now everything has gone really wrong. If I click all=1500 two legs move to the right place, three don’t move at all, and one leg curls itsself up and tries to crush into the body of the bot. Weirdly I can go in Reg. and tweak each leg so its not like they’re not connected. I haven’t touched it from yesterday when it worked and now it’s not. Would anyone know what’s going on? Nothing should have changed over night but now it’s all gone really weird. I’ve spent a large part of today trying to make it work but I cant think of why it would stop working. The only thing that could have changed is the battery level, would that effect anything? Thanks so much for all your help guys!
I also have a weird thing were if I click all=1500 twice accidentally then some of the legs drive to really random positions. Thanks!
Also sometimes when I click 1500 then go into Reg. and clock on a leg which didn’t move into position it will sometimes quickly snap into the right position for some reason.
Hi,
The battery level could very much be the problem. Indeed, when motors that worked nicely suddenly start having intermittent reaction to commands it usually indicates a power issue (lack of power to servo motors / controller).
If you have a multimeter available, we recommend that you test any batteries connected. Also, you may want to replace any discharged batteries or recharge them as needed.
Sincerely,