
MechWarrior
USA
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Hi All,
Can the EZ-B v4 be used with the Vex jaguar Motor Controller ?
I think maybe yes but would like some feedback about it.
Thanks
http://www.vexrobotics.com/217-3367.html
It also has a serial mode that supports all features that may be accessible with scripting and either send serial commands on any digital port, or if it is two-way, through one of the uarts. That would take more research. It is rs-232 and the EZ-B is TTL. In some cases they are interchangeable, in others, not.
Alan
Steve G I will try and give you the PDF Datasheet link
Vex Motor Controller
I hope this works
DJ and Alan thanks for the quick responses. I am still
waiting for my EZB 4 so I will read up on scripting and the Sabertooth/HB25
controllers.
Any usefull links or information to help spearhead my progress would be very much appreciated.
I am a Newbie so theres a good chance I will be asking more questions down the line
This is a really cool community
Sabertooth has built in control in ARC, but there are also a lot of threads about scripting the commands in a custom Movement Panel to give more control (like ramping hte speed up and down, which the Jaguar appears to provide natively even in R/C mode).
Looks like a good unit, and I see why you want to get one now since they are selling off the backstock before a replacement unit comes out, and $79 for a 40 amp controller is a really good price (although I didn't look to see if that is 40 amp per channel, or just 20 amp per channel, in which case the price is just good, not great....)
Alan
Alan
I spent a lot of time searching the forums and tutorials.
So far I have been able to run the vex forward and backwards but have not been
able to get speed control worked out.
There is also a ramping feature on the controller but it looks like it
needs some scripting to initiate it even though it says its an auto feature.
I have not found a good step by step walkthrough for scripting servo continuous controls other than super simple controls.
I am trying hard to learn but in this case I think I need to ask for help...Help!
Thanks for reply.
You are going to need 2 ports if you are using two channels/motors (not sure if the Jaguar supports two channels for this method)
Below is just an example of what you might put in the "forward" and "stop" scripts of the custom movement panel... You would use variations of it for left, right and reverse portions of the control this is if you are using an ezb4. It may work with the ezb3 as well
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I am now looking at the Custom Movement Panel and that looks like the way to go with scripts. I will muck through it till I somewhat understand it then post questions from there.
I will play with the joystick and see if that helps.
I am using the ezb4 and two Jaguars.
Thanks Richard
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