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DE Sabertooth Controller Runs Motors On Its Own

Yes this a stange one.  So, I have the 2x15 Sabertooth controller in use with my Hemi robot (see other thread). Im using the custom movement panel, and thanks to help from everyone I learned how to create serial commands needed to operate the Sabertooth. I have it nicely working with voice commands.  

What I am having an issue with is that sometimes, while robot is idle,not moving,, out of the blue the robot will luinge forward on its own. This happens even when I have disabled the verbal commands, while i have to press the stop  button on the Movement Panel to make the bot stop.

Has anyone else ever had an issue like this? I waas thinking maybe a rogue serial command is being fed from the EZB to the controller, like some kind of glitch?



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EZ-B V4 by EZ-Robot
EZ-B v4 with Synthiam ARCx controls servos, sensors, camera and audio over Wi-Fi or USB serial, no firmware needed.
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Custom Movement Panel maps directional commands to scripts, adjusts per-wheel speed (0-255), and integrates with joysticks for unsupported motors

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So I have been playing around with the Sabertooth Movement Panel some,  I like how you can adjust motor speed with the sliders. One thing I have noticed is that whatever slider position I adjust to , doesn't seem to get saved. Each time I open the program, I see the sliders are back to the zero starting position. Would be nice to be able to set and forget. And each time I want to make an adjustment, it saves that too.