Hi.
I am a 3d modeller/animator and am trying to bring my creations to life using 3D printing, micro controllers, servos and this brilliant piece of Maestro hardware… 18 servo mini maestro. Just have a couple of queries.
For my initial assignment, I am trying to run a few different walk and turn sequences that contain only a few frames that need to repeat once called into action from the Arduino micro controller.
Firstly, I can run a single sequence script directly from the Maestro but when I “copy all sequences to script” I get error message “error has accured…program needs to be restarted” when I try to run script from the control centre? The script has all the sequences, i.e.: walk1, turn1… but has these extra “# subroutine” texts?
Secondly, if it is possible to load multiple sequences scripts directly onto the Maestro, can the script be modified to execute for example repeat walk1 sequence 5 times, then turn1 sequence 2 times etc? or does this need to be controlled from the micro controller which leads me to my final query.
Thirdly, I have read the documentation regarding connecting the Arduino board to the mini Maestro via software serial (Uno doesn’t seem to have hardware serial) but they just will not communicate? I connect TX to RX and RX to TX, GRD to GRD and 5V to VIN and power the servos with external power and tried to modify the sample script file that came with the Arduino Maestro library. Initially, I’m just trying to get the Arduino to “call” for a single sequence script to be executed, let alone executing a specific sequence from a multiple sequence script as I firstly described. I cannot seem to understand the correct syntax for the “restartscript” command regarding the hex naming of the sequence to execute.
Please help.