by PedroR » Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:22 pm
by PedroR
Thu Jul 04, 2013 6:22 pm
Hi
ttuz also sent us an email to
support@robosavvy.com and his question (and solution) is quite interesting.
Therefore we wanted to share it with everyone else:
RQ-HUNO works with ActionBuilder just like the other Robobuilder Robots. It comes equipped with a Distance sensor that connects to sensor port 1 on the controller.
The RQ-HUNO controller has a total of 4 generic Analog Sensor ports where you can connect Robobuilder sensor or any other generic sensor (you'll need to hack a cable though)
With RQ-HUNO if you want to build Actions that query the Distance Sensor you should use the "IR, Touch" button on the interface and not the "Distance Sensor" button - which is kind of counter intuitive....
Using the "Distance Sensor" button does not work with RQ-HUNO due to the changes in Sensor Ports; that Distance Sensor only works for 57xx robots.
Therefore to create a Motion that acts based on the input of the Distance Sensor in RQ-HUNO:
- Click the "IR, Button" condition
- Select Port 2 (or whichever port the sensor is connected to)
- It's not possible to set a threshold (like you would be able to do using "Distance Sensor" option) in the current version.
What will happen is that at a certain distance (I believe about 3 inches but this varies on reflectance of the target object as you know) it will trigger the event and execute the programmed action.
This information was provided by Robobuilder; we've already passed them the suggestion to improve the UI and Manual to make this a LOT more clear.
Below is some more information from Robobuilder about this (a picture's worth a thousand words as they say

)
You can download a sample ActionBuilder program (using the Distance Sensor) here
http://robosavvy.com/RoboSavvyPages/Rob ... sensor.rba
Regards
Pedro.
Hi
ttuz also sent us an email to
support@robosavvy.com and his question (and solution) is quite interesting.
Therefore we wanted to share it with everyone else:
RQ-HUNO works with ActionBuilder just like the other Robobuilder Robots. It comes equipped with a Distance sensor that connects to sensor port 1 on the controller.
The RQ-HUNO controller has a total of 4 generic Analog Sensor ports where you can connect Robobuilder sensor or any other generic sensor (you'll need to hack a cable though)
With RQ-HUNO if you want to build Actions that query the Distance Sensor you should use the "IR, Touch" button on the interface and not the "Distance Sensor" button - which is kind of counter intuitive....
Using the "Distance Sensor" button does not work with RQ-HUNO due to the changes in Sensor Ports; that Distance Sensor only works for 57xx robots.
Therefore to create a Motion that acts based on the input of the Distance Sensor in RQ-HUNO:
- Click the "IR, Button" condition
- Select Port 2 (or whichever port the sensor is connected to)
- It's not possible to set a threshold (like you would be able to do using "Distance Sensor" option) in the current version.
What will happen is that at a certain distance (I believe about 3 inches but this varies on reflectance of the target object as you know) it will trigger the event and execute the programmed action.
This information was provided by Robobuilder; we've already passed them the suggestion to improve the UI and Manual to make this a LOT more clear.
Below is some more information from Robobuilder about this (a picture's worth a thousand words as they say

)
You can download a sample ActionBuilder program (using the Distance Sensor) here
http://robosavvy.com/RoboSavvyPages/Rob ... sensor.rba
Regards
Pedro.