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2007-03-17T19:52:54+01:00

Hi guy's I've got the new spectrum Tx Rx for my rockcrawler the rf section does not allow any interference. I got a new notebook and bluetooth running for RN-! the B/T seems to work as well as the spectrum for control without interference and the codes from PEV, with a little tweaking for the individual robots, runs great. i've tried to use puppeteer but couldn't get connectivity. I have stuck some other routines into the mix and RN-! does fine except for left cartwheel but I think that RN's suffering from a weak servo. can't wait for the 5498's to start shipping. Welcome and good luck.

Statistics: Posted by engineer — Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:52 pm

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2007-03-15T21:56:52+01:00

DSC stands for "direct servo control". Its a way of running your gear without transmitting. You plug your Tx into your Rx with a lead so you can run your gear at a field but the Rf side is disabled so you dont shoot anyone else down.

Question #x-1
Has anyone thought of using the new DSM systems for control? ie the Spektrum DX6 or 7? Should be zero noise. (2.4Ghz)

Statistics: Posted by toast — Thu Mar 15, 2007 9:56 pm

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2006-04-02T04:50:20+01:00

Here's the HFS-03MM installed. It fits just right in between the shoulder servos (barely... like it was desidned aroind it ). I placed some heavy duty felt in the mix to keep it from getting bumped around during an impact. I threw Tacoman's code in, and works pretty well. Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by bauermech — Sun Apr 02, 2006 4:50 am

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2006-04-01T23:27:13+01:00

on the HFS-03MM, what is DSC used for? Disconnect ?

- + DSC?

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:27 pm

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2006-04-01T20:01:17+01:00

RC Control Code:

Code:: '================================================ rc_handle: RCX = RCIN(3) RCY = RCIN(4) 'RC Walk IF RCX >= 125 THEN ' RIGHT TURN GOSUB right_turn GOSUB standard_pose ENDIF IF RCX <= 75 AND RCX > 10 THEN 'LEFT TURN GOSUB left_turn GOSUB standard_pose ENDIF IF RCY >= 125 THEN ' BACKWARD GOSUB backward_walk GOSUB standard_pose ENDIF IF RCY <= 75 AND RCY > 10 THEN ' FORWARD GOSUB forward_walk GOSUB standard_pose ENDIF RETURN '================================================

Modified Forward Walk:

Code:: '================================================ forward_walk: SPEED 5 MOVE24 85, 71, 152, 91, 112, 60, 100, 40, 80, , , , 100, 40, 80, , , , 112, 76, 145, 93, 92, 60, fwd_walk_main: SPEED 14 'left up MOVE24 90, 107, 105, 105, 114, 60, 90, 40, 80, , , , 100, 40, 80, , , , 114, 76, 145, 93, 90, 60, '--------------------------------------- 'left down MOVE24 90, 56, 143, 122, 114, 60, 80, 40, 80, , , , 105, 40, 80, , , , 113, 80, 145, 90, 90, 60, MOVE24 90, 46, 163, 112, 114, 60, 80, 40, 80, , , , 105, 40, 80, , , , 112, 80, 145, 90, 90, 60, SPEED 10 'left center MOVE24 100, 66, 141, 113, 100, 100, 90, 40, 80, , , , 100, 40, 80, , , , 100, 83, 156, 80, 100, 100, MOVE24 113, 78, 142, 105, 90, 60, 100, 40, 80, , , , 100, 40, 80, , , , 90, 102, 136, 85, 114, 60, SPEED 14 'right up MOVE24 113, 76, 145, 93, 90, 60, 100, 40, 80, , , , 90, 40, 80, , , , 90, 107, 105, 105, 114, 60, 'right down MOVE24 113, 80, 145, 90, 90, 60, 105, 40, 80, , , , 80, 40, 80, , , , 90, 56, 143, 122, 114, 60, SPEED 10 'right center MOVE24 100, 83, 156, 80, 100, 100, 100, 40, 80, , , , 90, 40, 80, , , , 100, 66, 141, 113, 100, 100, MOVE24 90, 102, 136, 85, 114, 60, 100, 40, 80, , , , 100, 40, 80, , , , 113, 78, 142, 105, 90, 60, RCX = RCIN(3) RCY = RCIN(4) IF RCX >= 75 AND RCX <= 125 THEN IF RCY <= 75 THEN GOTO fwd_walk_main ENDIF SPEED 5 MOVE24 85, 71, 152, 91, 112, 60, 100, 40, 80, , , , 100, 40, 80, , , , 112, 76, 145, 93, 92, 60, RETURN

Statistics: Posted by Tacoman — Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:01 pm

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2006-03-29T21:01:33+01:00

Oh cool! My HFS-03MM just showed up at the door! Gotta' get going so probably won't be able to screw around with it much today... but soon.

Statistics: Posted by bauermech — Wed Mar 29, 2006 9:01 pm

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2006-03-29T19:13:00+01:00

I'm also worried about the interference, I have a futaba 6 channel PCM receiver, and 9 channel radio, I might try. It should minimized the intereference I hope, if not I might try one of the new spectrum radios/recievers. Do you mind sharing your .bas

Statistics: Posted by Morbeious — Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:13 pm

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2006-03-29T19:02:11+01:00

I set up my RN-1 with a Futaba 4-channel set. It wasn't very difficult, just had to make some cables for power and signal couplings between the reciever an the control board. I used a couple of the A/D channels and added a subroutine to main to watch for signals. I also modded the walking routines to check for RC signals so that he will walk continuously and not pause every 2 steps. However, my reciever introduces alot of electrical noise to the system, and RN-1 behaves strangely, jittering sometimes, pausing in the middle of a routine, etc. I haven't hooked him up to a 'scope yet, but an appropriate capacitor across the power pins will probably fix this.

Statistics: Posted by Tacoman — Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:02 pm

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2006-03-29T18:38:52+01:00

I ordered mine and should be here somtime this week. I'm diving right into this one, and wil probably need some advice as well. I'll let you know when it arives.

Statistics: Posted by bauermech — Wed Mar 29, 2006 6:38 pm

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2006-03-29T13:30:14+01:00

Yeah, RoboBasic is pretty simple.. I'm just so use to structure/moduler programming.. lol. It took me years to get Apple, Commodore, and GWBasic programming techniques out of my head.. lol..

Question #5.

Found the Hitec 3-Channel 75Mhz Reciever thats shown in the robobasic manual, at a local hobby store. The manual didnt say much, was wonder if anyone tried hooking this up, and how much coding did it take to really get it working. Also are we trapped to 3 channels, or can we use like up to 9 channels.

Statistics: Posted by Morbeious — Wed Mar 29, 2006 1:30 pm

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2006-03-29T02:24:31+01:00

Question #4:

Nothing as fancy as that. You can only compile the single active file and can't add calls to any additional modules. To me Robobasic has just enough functionality to get it out the door and no more. Maybe we'll see improvements as time goes by.

Statistics: Posted by subpilot — Wed Mar 29, 2006 2:24 am

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2006-03-29T00:09:00+01:00

Good to know I just knew I was looking in a haystack for a needle that wasn't really there.

Question #4: RoboBasic
I see hitec took the time to break out several moves into seperate .Bas file. I'm wondering if these .bas file can be called like external function call modules like in C++, or did they just break them into seperate files to make them easier to chain together into one big program. with labels for each function call?

thx,

Statistics: Posted by Morbeious — Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:09 am

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2006-03-28T06:10:42+01:00

A3. Actually, there isn't a k35 - k40 on the IR remote. Only the MECH Pupeteer application supports them as of now. In Puppeteer, they're the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, colored robonova buttons. You may also notice (when using the IR remote) buttons 10 and 13 (as displayed in RoboRemocon) make the robonova play tones. This is because I set up Puppeteer initially for use with the BlueSMiRF bluetooth module (found at http://www.sparkfun.com). The module would send out some 'funny code' upon initialization, and this prevents it (thanks to subpilot for helping narrow it down).

Statistics: Posted by bauermech — Tue Mar 28, 2006 6:10 am

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2006-03-28T05:00:54+01:00

Yeap, helps a bunch..

3rd question in programming moves for the Remote, i notice K35 - K40 was blank, I attempted to add the the code for a push up moves, but can't seem to figure out which key on the remote K35 is for? I see k1- k32 on the remocon software, so where is k35 - k40?

BTW, your Puppet software is Sweet..

Statistics: Posted by Guest — Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:00 am

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2006-03-28T04:36:17+01:00

1. No, the charger's output is too great to use as a power source while operating the robonova. It is possible, and will work, but not for too long before burning out your expensive components.

2. Anytime you send a .bas file to the robonova, it overwrites the previous one. You can combine routines and other such sections from a number of .bas files, conglomerate it into one file, and then send it.

Hope this helps.

Statistics: Posted by bauermech — Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:36 am