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by Joe
Mon Jan 02, 2017 2:50 pm
Forum: Velocity and Position Control
Topic: Home/Limit switches
Replies: 22
Views: 37247

Home/Limit switches

As I mentioned in an another thread I want to control a linear slide with one motor of RC. With another brand controller I was used to have one home/limit switch at the min position and another limit switch at the end of the slide for security reasons. In the RC wiring diagram I can only find a wiri...
by Joe
Mon Jan 02, 2017 4:16 am
Forum: Velocity and Position Control
Topic: Tuning and position
Replies: 1
Views: 5174

Tuning and position

Finally I received my RC 2x45ST and I was trying to configure it with some problems. I'm using quadrature encoders (AMT-102, which work very well) to controll two DC 24V motors. One motor should control a linear slide the other motor is to move the whole device forward and backward to prdefined posi...
by Joe
Wed Dec 28, 2016 12:34 pm
Forum: Velocity and Position Control
Topic: Soft start/stop and position control
Replies: 3
Views: 6458

Re: Soft start/stop and position control

Hi, I will have two encoders and work with position commands.
I think I will come back to the forum and discuss this when I received the roboclaw :-)
by Joe
Mon Dec 26, 2016 10:47 am
Forum: Velocity and Position Control
Topic: Soft start/stop and position control
Replies: 3
Views: 6458

Soft start/stop and position control

Hi I just have ordered a roboclaw 2x42ST but delivery is delayed. So I'm reading the manual and the forum threads. It's very confusing for me as a novice without ever having used the device and the software ;) One thing I want to do is to move a 100lbs device to certain positions. To do this in a pr...