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Boe Bot Servos Won't Move

My Boe Bot's servos won't move when I give them the command to. I checked that everything is connected. This unit has been in storage for a while. What can I do?

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2017-05-28 03:30
    Do you have fresh batteries in the BoeBot? How are you giving commands to the servos? They're usually controlled with a PULSOUT statement in a program which should not have changed while in storage. In any event, more information would be useful.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    Batteries are the #1 cause of robot problems. Try using fresh new alkaline cells. Also remember that it takes a steady string of servo pulses to move the servos. One pulsout does nothing.

    For example:

    bismillah-program-1-for-chapt4.jpg
  • Thanks. I got it sorted out
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    edited 2017-05-28 15:10
    Bravo!

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  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    @erco

    Citytv? What city?
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,257
    Dunno. Just a GIF I Googled.
  • kwinn wrote: »
    @erco

    Citytv? What city?


    erco wrote: »
    Dunno. Just a GIF I Googled.



    Second City?
  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    MikeDYur wrote: »
    kwinn wrote: »
    @erco

    Citytv? What city?


    erco wrote: »
    Dunno. Just a GIF I Googled.



    Second City?

    Could be, but it looked like Toronto's Citytv station and I was wondering how far that signal was reaching. Back in ...err... less liberal days that station had some late night programming that had some folks putting up tall antenna towers to pick up their signal.
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