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Controlling an LED via VSA on a Prop-SX

Started by HauntedWolf, October 25, 2009, 05:47:11 PM

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HauntedWolf

OK...LED is working!   Thanks!.

Any chance you could save the .vsa in VSA 3 format?  I don't have VSA 4 yet.

I am finding that my mouth servos are no longer responding.  I'm sure that it is just a setting I need to tweak, but since I can't open the .vsa I can't see what it should be.  :)  The other servos appear to be working fine.

Thanks again!!!
Robert

Haunted Wolf Hollow - http://www.hauntedwolfhollow.com

HauntedWolf

I forgot to mention that I currently have the jaw servos set to a max of 108 and min of 0 because of the way they are mounted.  I was able to open the .sxbin a text editor (duh!) and I could see that you are expecting a range of 60 to 240 which will not work in my current setup...at least without having to take skull apart which I just don't have time to do.  Is there something else I can do?

Thanks!
Robert

Haunted Wolf Hollow - http://www.hauntedwolfhollow.com

JonnyMac

Zero is a bad value with our servo driver -- it equates to no pulse to the servo.  What you need to do is test the servo within VSA to find out what the limits are within the range that our program uses -- and this rannge (60 to 240) is the full 180-degree range for Hitec servos. This means you servo will fit in there somewhere, you just have to find it.
Jon McPhalen
EFX-TEK Hollywood Office

HauntedWolf

OK...I'll play with it...

I did play with the values in VSA last year...that's how I came up with the 0 to 108 range...hopefully this won't be a huge time eater.  ;)

Thanks again for all the great help!
Robert

Haunted Wolf Hollow - http://www.hauntedwolfhollow.com

JonnyMac

You've got three days... no problem!  ;D
Jon McPhalen
EFX-TEK Hollywood Office

HauntedWolf

Quote from: JonnyMac on October 27, 2009, 09:19:41 AM
You've got three days... no problem!  ;D

:P

Everything is working now.  I have to recapture the mouth movements to get them to work, but that is doable.  I also had to rewire one of the jaws...not sure why, but it wouldn't work other wise....does now!

I'll be taking video on Halloween and will post sometime after.

Thanks again for all the help!
Robert

Haunted Wolf Hollow - http://www.hauntedwolfhollow.com