Toothsmith
South Africa
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Hi there I just unpacked my EZ-Robot kit and I am very excited.
I got everything going except the normal servos. I can hear the sound of them turning but the servo is not actually turning. Yes I know I am doing stupid but please guide me. My continious servos are working fine.
I am in my infant stage but I can see I will have lots of fun!
For the board and software excelent and my creation is taking shape.
I would submit another request now that the guys are back.
Thanks for your vote of confidence. But I am not sure if I'd be much help right now. The only thing I can think of is for them to replace the ones you have.
I used to run a customer service department for a ticketing company and I taught it at Bank of the West.
I have volunteered to help out but so far no takers. I have a broad skill set so I tend to be great for start ups. In a normal job where I only have one job I get too bored. :o) Never works out.
I am sure they'll take care of you.
Don't know how it happened, but I guess there's a first time for everything!
Sorry about that!
Futabu is warrantying the servos... So that's a good thing. It's costing us a fortune in shipping though
Not all of the servos were damaged in the batch, only a few. And they seem to be grouped together - so that's a positive!
still not getting connected tryed all sugested fixese
and diagnostic *mad* *stress* *tired* *confused*
If your EZ-B was working, and stopped working - then something shorted or damaged it. It couldn't be the servos. But, don't worry because if your ez-b is damaged then it may only need a chip replacement.
You can send it to us and i'll look at it for you
It is bizarre yes. I shipped the servos back to you guys 2 weeks ago from SA so it will arrive in the next week or so. I bought other servos in the meantime so I would rather buy something else if possible. I must say I was busy with work the past few weeks but had a good robotics session last night. I have some questions but will fist look through the tutorials because I am sure my questions are not unique.
Thanks
Question on the bad servos?
I too received 4 of the bad servos, what are we supposed to do to get replacements?
I can't wait to get my Wall-E, (which I picked up at a flea market for $20.00, remote and all :), started and impress the world.
I'm sure you guys will see lots of questions from me in here so put your thinking caps on!
Thanks
@Toothsmith.... all the tutorials are one of my favorite things about EZ-B and the community is really helpful.
1. Remove the 4 screws. make sure the gear meshed up right.
2. Push the motor up all the way.
3. Use double side servo tape to secure motor in place so it won't move down again.
4. Close up and tada! Working servos!
I hope this will get everyone back on building robots and DJ can focus on new releases
I hope your fix work for the rest of the servos but with mine it seemed the problem was not that simple.
I opened one of my servos and pushed the motor back up again. When I powered it up the motor ran for about .5 of a rotation and the gearbox ceased up. Then you need to release the servo because you can here the motor trying to turn but is restricted. If you do not put something below the motor to keep it in place the motor drops as soon as the gearbox ceases and run free.
Well servos asside I enjoy my EZ-B kit tremendously I just wish I had more time to play.
This batch of bad servos had me a little stressed! But anyone who has received bad servos let us know. We don't even need them sent back, we'll send replacements. We know the dates of shippments within the timeframe of the bad servos. Just Contact Us and we'll take care of it.