I’d like to use Matlab to do some simple control of a single servo via a Maestro Micro 6 Servo controller, but I’m having trouble getting started, and I’d be very grateful for some help.
I have a Power HB 3001HB servo connected to port 0 of a Maestro Micro 6 Servo Controller, which is connected to a USB port on a PC running Windows XP (SP3).
In device manager I can see the controller command port is COM4, and the controller TTL port is COM3.
If I use the Pololu Maestro Control Center GUI I can control the servo fine, and it responds to changes in target, speed and acceleration exactly as I’d expect. (mode = USB Dual Port mode, device number = 12, mini ssc offset = 0, timeout = 0)
If I change to Matlab though, I can’t get the servo to move at all. I’ve read about the three different serial modes, and different command protocols, and tried some of the sample code from the forum, but not had any luck getting it going.
Would you be able to suggest the simplest combination of serial mode and command protocol I should be using please? I just need to control the one servo, and be able to set the position, speed and acceleration.
This is some code I copied from a forum post, but couldn’t get to work. Perhaps, if you are able to suggest the best serial mode and command protocol to use, you could suggest how I might modify this code to get it going please?
function moveServo(s,x)
port = 'COM4';
ser1 = serial(port);
set(ser1, 'InputBufferSize', 2048);
set(ser1, 'BaudRate', 9600);
set(ser1, 'DataBits', 8);
set(ser1, 'Parity', 'none');
set(ser1, 'StopBits', 1);
fopen(ser1);
fwrite(ser1, [128, 1, 4, s, binvec2dec(bitget(x,8:13)), binvec2dec(bitget(x,1:7))]);
fclose(ser1);
delete(ser1);
end
Any help would be very gratefully received!!