Pheonix hexapod question

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1

Howdy,

Here is my situation:

I bought this

  1. battery pack
    /Product.aspx?productID=426&CategoryID=48

and

  1. this charger
    /Product.aspx?productID=547&CategoryID=48

following the instruction here:
/images/html/build131.htm
and
/images/html/build136.htm
and
/images/html/build139.htm

After charging the battery overnight, I connect the battery to the SSC-32
board.

The problem I am having right now is the board l.e.d won’t light up. My question at this point is:

  1. Is the battery the problem?
  2. Is the controller (SSC-32) the problem?
  3. Is the wire connecting the controller the problem?

Can anyone guide me through the trouble shooting process?

Thank in advance.

2

The problem could be any number of things.

One possibility as you identified is that the battery isn’t charged. The LED on the charger should have been green when you disconnected the battery. If it was red then it was still charging. Though it’s not likely that it would have still be charging seeing as how you let it charge overnight. Over course if you forgot to plug in the charger then it wouldn’t have actually been charging (I know how silly this sounds but we all make mistakes). You can check the battery voltage with a multimeter.

I suppose it’s possible that the SSC-32 is bad though I don’t know how likely that is… probably not very likely. Problems like this are more often related to the battery not being connected correctly. Double check your connections and check out the following thread for details on various power configurations: lynxmotion.net/viewtopic.php?t=2401

It seems unlikely that the wire connecting the controller is the problem but I have no experience here.

We really need more information to help out but this should give you a few things to check to start. Also, this forum is awash with information. Sometimes to much. Odds are the information you are asking for already exists you just need to search for it.

HTH,
Dustin

3

Thank for the link.

I plugged back in VL=VS jumper and the board light up!

I am wondering why.

4

By replacing that jumper you permit the logic circuit to be powered from the servo circuit power source. It sounds like you were supplying power to the servo circuits and not the logic circuit.