At least with regular servos, servo speed is weird. You need to set it after a movement, which of course, in a situation like this is not helpful.

I think the best solution is to do a small movement, set the speed, then do the larger movement.

Alan

Incorrect - you only need to set the servospeed AFTER initializing the port as documentation...

[feature] ServoSpeed (servoPort, speed) Set the speed of servo or PWM. This is the speed to move between positions. The servo speed is a number between 0 (fastest) and 10 (slowest) *Note: To initialize the ServoSpeed() at first use, set a Servo() position before using the ServoSpeed() command. If there is no previous position (such as during power-on), the software assumes the position is 0 and will cause issues with your robot. *Note: Once the ServoSpeed() has been initialized the first time, specify the ServoSpeed() before specifying the Servo() position. Example: ServoSpeed(D14, 25) [/feature]

You can set the servo speed for going down, but again as you mentioned, the weight of the arm may still force the gears.

So you could do this...

# Move servo up fast
ServoSpeed(v5, 0)
Servo(v5, 100)

# pause for 10 seconds
sleep(10 * 1000)

# Move servo down slow
ServoSpeed(v5, 5)
Servo(v5, 1)

Quote:

To initialize the ServoSpeed() at first use, set a Servo() position before using the ServoSpeed() command. If there is no previous position (such as during power-on), the software assumes the position is 0 and will cause issues with your robot.

This is what I was referring too, although I believe you may have updated this documentation since the last time I looked at it, since it is much clearer now and actually makes sense :)

Alan

DJ I swear that's what I tried, will try again.

 # Right elbow up/down

:right elbow
ServoSpeed( v5, 10 )
Servo( v5, 51 )       #Arm UP
sleep(3000)
ServoSpeed (v5, 4 )
Servo(v5, 0)          #Arm DOWN
Sleep(3000)

Goto (right elbow)

Start 3: :right elbow 4: ServoSpeed( v5, 10 ) 5: Servo( v5, 51 ) 6: sleep(3000) 7: ServoSpeed (v5, 4 ) > Error on line 7: Missing String Quotes or Invalid Expression at index 0: ServoSpeed (v Done (00:00:03.0110043)

Get rid of the space between ServoSpeed and the opening brace... so...

ServoSpeed(v5,4)
#not
ServoSpeed (v5,4)

WOW thanks again, that helps. Chris