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I finished the tracks on my wall-e. I configured the Movement Panel to run him. I hav 2 arm servos(pluged in but not moving) and the 2 track-driving servos. I pressed forward and it didn't work. the servos weren't making any noise and the tracks weren't moving. I looked in to check that they were plugged in right(they were) and something smelt hot. I accidentally touched the heat sink and was surprised by how hot it was! the battery was wired right and the adapter that plugs in was hot too! The blue LED was pulsing but not all the way off like normal. it was going full brightness, half brightness, full brightness, ect.
Can I get any help?
Something is weird with my project file.
I pressed forward and it went backward. I ticked the use box and it still went backwards. I pressed stop and they kept going but very slow. the left track went slow forwards and the right track went slow backwards. I really want to know whats happening!
What have other people configured the Movement Panel values as?
How many servos are you working with here. I've not looked at what it thake to make the Wall-e's tracks move. If more then one then you may have the wrong pin assignes to the wrong direction in the movement panel. I dont use the movement panel, my servo uses a script but I do know there are settings for speed.
The track movement with movement panel.
Movement panel------left track-------Right track forward========backwards====backwards left===========forwards=====backwards------turns right Right=========backwards=====Forwards-------turns right Backwards======forwards======forwards
if I check the use box it doesn't change. D13=left track D14= Right track
ping distance is reversed too. nothing in front =255 hand right in front= 7
Ping distance is the correct way around in that case. It measures distance, so if you hand was 7" infront of it then it would report 7, if it was 200" it would report 200 (assuming it's a 1" resolution). IR work the other way around, proximity, the closer you are the higher the value.
I don't use the modified servo panel for my testbot, I used the custom one and set the servos to suit since I had 4 servos. If you struggle with the modified servo panel just use custom and set the scripts to move the servos in the correct directions.
ok thanks rich. I think ill do that instead.