Hello everyone! I am writing here, seeking help with Phoenix 3DOF Hexapod. I assembled the robot, following the wiki guide, and I reached the part where I needed to upload the Arduino code on the BotBoarduino. I took the code from GitHub, and uploaded it without issues. I manage…

I think I found it.. PS2 Controller Fix If you are using a newer PS2 controller and receiver and experiencing lag or the robot turning off by itself, there is a one line fix in the PS2 library. Find this file on your computer: Arduino/libraries/PS2X/PS2X_lib.h Open it with a…

The PS2 has two modes, have you pushed the Analog mode button ? Can you try that ? :slight_smile:

Hi, thank you for your reply. I tried pushing the mode button on the controller, but it does the same. Actually, after pressing it, it looks like it doesn’t even try to stand as before. And as previously, after standing once, if I try and press the start button again, the most I …

In your video we can hear the chime right before it stand up, and another just before going to the ground. Is that you pressing the button again ? The button functions are described HERE , here is the screenshot. [image]

The first chime is after I hold the start button on the controller, but the second chime is doing it by itself, without any input from me.

Ok maybe I don’t understand. Can you explain what you do in the video, even better take a video with the PS2 remote in the view as well. I hear a bunch of sounds which are Turning ON/OFF the robot so the behavior is normal since the robot actually turn off. The question is Why…

I’m sorry I couldn’t explain better before. What I do in the video is turn on the controller, turn on the hexapod, then press and hold the Start button for the robot to start. But then I do not press any other button. I tried to just push the Start button, but it doesn’t do anyth…

Thank you very much :saluting_face: . This solved the problem.

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Thank you very much . This solved the problem.