Hi there.
I am using an SSC-32 with an EZ-Robot EZ-B v4 robot controller using the UART connection, and the servos and servo speeds are working great. But something I would like to know is can the SSC perform a servo release, where a servo is released from its holding position?
The EZ-B v4 controller has this fiction when cornering servos directly to the board, but I have not found a way to do this with servos connected to the SSC-32. Is this possible?
Many thanks.
Hi Steve,
There is no command currently to release a servo from holding a position (basically, to stop sending the pulse output). We will look into this for a possible update to the SSC-32U firmware.
We are not sure that we understand your questions properly. Could you please elaborate?
Sincerely,
Thank you for your reply.
Sorry, my predictive spellcheck had a day off when I wrote the second paragraph which actually wasn’t really a question. I was just saying that the EZ-B v4 what’s the ability to release a servos holding position (movement from 1 to 180, with 0 being servo release), and I was hoping the same could be done with the SSC-32.
It would be great if you could look in to this, as I find it useful to release a servo to stop any irritating buzzing noises, and saves on battery power.
Anyway, thanks again for getting back to me.
Steve.
Hi Steve,
Thank you for clearing up the question.
We will investigate this possibility with the current firmware. It is possible there is a debug feature or an undocumented command that could be activated to permit this option.
If we come up with any new information on this situation we will post here again.
Sincerely,
Hi again,
Sending position 0 to your SSC-32U for any channel will cancel movement for that channel and also stop sending a signal (i.e.: releasing that servo motor).
For example, to stop/release a servo motor on channel #5, you would send: #5P0.
Please try it out and see if it works for you.
Sincerely,
