No backwards driving!

Posted by Arthur Guy on May 18, 2013 at 12:39pm

This time my rover is refusing to go backwards!

I have a skid steering output and a normal steering input and the rover is refusing to go backwards.

If I adjust the steering, the outputs alternate power as expected and if I give it power both outputs increase in power but if I move the throttle input back below centre nothing happens, the outputs stay in the middle.

Unless I ask missing a configuration option it appears to be an odd bug.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

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  • Arthur Guy May 29, 2013 at 5:55am

    Should I create new issues on github for these bugs or have they been passed on?

  • Arthur Guy May 19, 2013 at 12:38pm

    Another bug spotted.

    In the same configuration as above if I try and use the slew rate any setting above 0 screws up the driving. The behaviour is very wired, throttle doesn't work and it continually moves backward at a slow rate.

    Additionally if I try and turn left or right with no forward or backward throttle the maximum output from the motors is only 50% power despite having the turn gain set to 100.

    Any thought greatly received.

  • Josef Míka May 19, 2013 at 12:34pm
    In my rover its same
    Josef
  • Admin
    Thomas J Coyle III May 18, 2013 at 3:14pm

    @Arthur,

    What joystick are you using for the throttle? You cannot use the "throttle" joystick on the left hand side of a Mode 2 R/C transmitter because it has no neutral. You must use the elevator joystick for the throttle input as it has a neutral position.

    I have sent Tridge, our firmware developer for the ArduRover2 code, an email asking him to look into the issue that you are having with the throttle.

    Regards,

    TCIII

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