LICHY
Hi Folks, I am new to the ez-robot. I am a senior citizen, retired and live in Las Vegas. I need a little assistance with programming the ARC. When I program from ARC, lets say I use the ping and fill in all the info, do I just save the program as is and this creates the program or is there one other step needed that I am missing. When I program in spin I write in the result I want, so when I reach a predetermined point I know what to expect and what should happen. This is what I cannot figure out in ARC. One other item, when I tell the ping to warn me at say one foot. When the ping detects the distance of one foot, what happens. When a condition is achieved what response is actuated to control or alert the robot of what is going on. I greatly appreciate any and all help that I receive.
Welcome, Lichy!
Since you program in SPIN , you must be coming over from the BasicStamp or Propellar background. I've been there, done that. Then I moved to the Arduino. It was like going to Heaven. Real Easy to program. But, now, I have moved to a much more superb platform. The EZ-B is the EZ-st. Are you working with an actual 3 wire PING from parralax? or Are you using the 4Pin sonar from the EZ-Board kit? This place has wonderful Tutorials. I suggest you go there. Also, you can visit the EZmanuel on line. And last, don't forget to see all of the many videos. After that, if you still have a question, let us know. You will find that it is much more simpler than you imagine.
Mel
Hello Lichy, Welcome :)
ARC is a graphical control environment - which differs from writing code. You can write code within ARC, but it isn't always necessary at first. You can achieve a lot by configuring graphical controls for your robot's behaviour.
I would suggest following the tutorial section of this website. On the top meny of the website, press the Tutorials button. It would be best to start at the beginning and work your way through each tutorial video. However, the tutorial you are looking for specifically would be found here: https://synthiam.com/Tutorials/Default.aspx?id=10
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Thanks for the help. I am using the 3 wire ping from parralax. I have hooked up the ping according to the tutorial and the servo rotates and does what it is supposed to do. Okay, now that I have that working where does the reaction from the ping alarm take place. What I am trying to ask is if the ping alerts that the robot is closer than 12 inches, where does the alert take place. What action happens to alert me or the robot that it is closer than 12 inches. In answer to your question, I did come over from propeller using spin which I have still not mastered. I guess that once the cobweb between my ears clears than I will be able to understand how easy this is. Waiting to hear from you guys. Again thank you in advance for any help that I receive.
Go to where you add control and select Ping Radar. It will start a Radar up and the objects in front of the Radar scan will show up as red dots in the vista. PS, find the tutorials and save some time.