Open Panzer
Open Panzer Help & Info => Open Panzer Help => Topic started by: minimivic on January 16, 2022, 07:31:26 AM
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Fitting a TCB into our 1/6 king tiger which has an existing Sabertooth 60A ESC 2x60 v1.00.
We get no control via serial (well some eratic control). Sabertooth set as per TCB manual and connected correctly.
TCB set to sabertooth in config.
I have another T34 1/6 with very similar setup using a sabertooth 2x32 and TCB which works fine. I have swapped the TCB's over to eliminat that. The new TCB works fine in the T34 on the 2x32 with the same setting.
Any ideas?
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Did you set the baud rate on the 2x60 using the utility on the "Misc" tab of OP Config (https://openpanzer.org/wiki/doku.php?id=wiki:opconfig:tabs:misc#sabertooth_baud_rate_tool)? If so, you may want to try doing it again a lower baud rate, I believe the Wiki recommends 38400, but you can go all the way down to 9600. You change the baud rate for the Sabertooth by changing the value for "Serial 2" on the Misc tab, then use the "Sabertooth Baud Rate Tool" to write the setting to the Sabertooth.
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Luke,
Many thanks for the swift reply.
I set the baud rate to a different value 9600 then back to the recommended 38400 and now it seems happy.
To save a new thread can I use a linear servo for elevation and still use the pan effect in the same way as a regular servo?
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Great, I'm glad that fixed it.
...can I use a linear servo for elevation and still use the pan effect in the same way as a regular servo?
Yes, it will work the same!
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Luke the linear servo works perfectly apart from when initially powering up it returns to the middle position, not a huge deal.
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Yeah, that's normal, it doesn't remember the last position when rebooted. The recoil servo will remember, because there are only two positions for that one, but the elevation servo will always initialize at center.