
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!
Hi Toothsmith,
It should work out of the box. Make sure you have the horizontal or vertical servo control selected and when configured you have max range 1 to 100 (default). Try selecting the Utilities/Release all servos (or F10) to see if the sound goes away and try again to control it.
v/r
Kevin
Thank you Kevin I tried them on Vertical and Horizontal in the 1 to 100 range last night. If you release the sound of the motor do stop. If i hear the motor then the white "gear" should move right? I can hear the motor running inside as I control it as a vertical/horizontal but the white gear that should drive whatever you attach to it does not turn.
JP
You could be hearing a holding buzz , a servo can make noise while trying to hold position
Thanks for that JS I will disassemble my remote control car and check it on those servos I am beginning to suspect the servos might be faulty.
Ok now I am stumped. I tried the controller on my rc car servos (normal) and they work fine, but none of the servos in the box work like they should except the continious (modified) servos.
I looked at the AX-12 servos. They were over $50 each and up. I said to myself, I can get the specs from them and order a no name cheaper. So that is what I did. When I tested the hitech servos and the parallax servos, everthing worked fine. But, when I put the high powered servos, it blew the fuze on the EZ-B. :-(
I bought another fuse. But, I haven't had the courage to fire up the new servos again.
I read somewhere that SOME servos require their own separte power supply.
I don't know much more about the subject.
I had the same problem when I first hooked mine up. I was using a 6V bench supply, when I switched to the power supply that came with EZ-B they worked.
Thanks!