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by willishf
Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Packer Serial Board Identification
Replies: 0
Views: 7215

Packer Serial Board Identification

Wanted to report that in packet serial mode where I have used Motion Control to set the serial board address the board won't respond to asking getConfig/99 unless you are using the correct serial address for that board. Not unreasonable behavior. In my use case I have 5 roboclaw boards each on a sep...
by willishf
Thu Dec 02, 2021 8:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Auto Home Features and other little items
Replies: 1
Views: 4988

Auto Home Features and other little items

Looking for clarification in that for commands 105 and 106 parameters for auto homing which implies functionality exists to auto home. I have looked through the docs and searching on auto home in the forum the word home is taken out of the search because it is a common word. Assuming that in non-ser...
by willishf
Wed Dec 01, 2021 11:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heart Beat/Motor Stop
Replies: 1
Views: 4850

Heart Beat/Motor Stop

Looking for a feature that if the host sending commands to the roboclaw in the form of a heartbeat. If the heartbeat stops after X amount of time then the roboclaw will stop all motor movement. Had a case that stopped a program from running and didn't catch that the last command sent was a low-speed...
by willishf
Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: AutoTune Position
Replies: 1
Views: 1914

AutoTune Position

I have an XYZ table use case and not clear if you should autotune the motor/encoder under load or as a free spinning motor.

If under load then have a complexity in that the X axis has two motors(one for each side) so how to autotune both at the same time.
by willishf
Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PWM Feature request
Replies: 1
Views: 1796

PWM Feature request

Wanted to see if it was possible to add support for the "limit switches" could be used for PWM output to control servo. Assuming the input pins are on microprocessor and if those pins can be either input/output configured then a cheap software feature for future firmware release. The three...
by willishf
Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Packet Serial Address
Replies: 1
Views: 1846

Packet Serial Address

I have multiple roboclaw 7A boards on a USB hub and trying to deal with the "randomness" of Com port assignment upon bootup. Would like to use the Packet Serial Address feature to set the address for each board via Basic Micro Studio 128-135. Then read each com port for the assigned ID and...