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Sabertooth And Ezb V4

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(Newbie here)..... lol I have been fighting for the past two days now to get my robot to move with no luck. I have a sabertooth 2x25 that works fine if I hook it to a RC receiver but when I hook it to the ezb it will not control the motors. I have used the sabertooth plug in and it has no speed control. I have tried to use the servo control it filed under my newbieness to the ezb. Can someone make a plugin that will work like the sabertooth plugin but give the user speed control. but for now can someone take me step by step on how to set this up so I can use my ezb only and not have to continue to use a RC receiver. Thanks for any and all help... confused confused:(


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@robotking69 Bob Houston asked what version of sabretooth you have? R/C or Mirco controller version? FYI I have not been able to use the R/C version of the sabretooth with my ezb.... However, I have an inkling that it might be possible to drive the R/C version with servo commands... I haven't personally tested this however...

#10  

@Richard R How do i tell what version I have I didn't know there was a difference is there a marking to tell the difference in the two? if the rc version is with servo leads then no i have only thermal blocks.

#11  

If it has 2 or 3 servo wires soldered to it than it's the R/C version.... Those servo wires are meant to be plugged into a radio receiver... If there are no servo wires then it is the micro controller version... You can go on dimension engineering's web site to confirm which one you have...

#12  

@ Richard R I used the link that you gave me however i cant get my motors to change speed its jest all on or all off ? any ideas:)

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#13  

Post the code you are using so we can have a look at it. That will make it easier to help you.

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@ Bhouston the code can be found in the link in post nine I jest copied and pasted it in to the custom movement panel. It worked jest like the plug in for the hbridges plugin the hard and stoping is one of the worse parts and the no control or speed. I have tried the help tabs and still no luck I have google it and still no luck to see what I'm doing wrong with it.

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#15  

This what I use to speed up going forward. I have this in the Forward Command box in the Custom Movement Panel control. You will have to adjust the port and baud rate.


SendSerial(1.D0,9600,107) 
SendSerial(1.D0,9600,235) 
sleep(2000)
SendSerial(1.D0,9600,117) 
SendSerial(1.D0,9600,245) 
sleep(2000)
SendSerial(1.D0,9600,127) # motor 1 127 is full speed
SendSerial(1.D0,9600,255) # motor 2 255 is full speed
#16  

Will that control the turning as well as fwd and rev

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