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Just Unpacked!

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!


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#1  

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

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#2  

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

#3  

You could be hearing a holding buzz , a servo can make noise while trying to hold position

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#4  

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.

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#5  

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.

#6  

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.

#7  

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.