Programming Questions / replacing a hbridge l298 with a roboclae

hi

io have this osoyoo code (below). i want to replace the std H bridge l298 motor driver with a much powerful roboclaw 30a. i have to change the way the Arduino mega communicates with the dirver. need help with amending the osoyoo code to accommodate the new serial communication used with roboclaw. is there a quck
code to replace in the osoyoo supplied code?

thanks

the osoyoo code:

/*  ___   ___  ___  _   _  ___   ___   ____ ___  ____  
 * / _ \ /___)/ _ \| | | |/ _ \ / _ \ / ___) _ \|    \ 
 *| |_| |___ | |_| | |_| | |_| | |_| ( (__| |_| | | | |
 * \___/(___/ \___/ \__  |\___/ \___(_)____)___/|_|_|_|
 *                  (____/ 
 * Arduino Mecanum Omni Direction Wheel Robot Car
 * Tutorial URL http://osoyoo.com/?p=30022
 * CopyRight www.osoyoo.com

 * After running the code, smart car will 
 * go forward and go backward for 2 seconds, 
 * left turn and right turn for 2 seconds, 
 * right shift and left shift for 2 seconds,
 * left diagonal back and right diagonal forward for 2 seconds,
 * left diagonal forward and right diagonal back for 2 seconds,
 * then stop. 
 * 
 */
#define SPEED 140    
#define TURN_SPEED 160    
#define speedPinR 9   //  Front Wheel PWM pin connect Right MODEL-X ENA 
#define RightMotorDirPin1  22    //Front Right Motor direction pin 1 to Right MODEL-X IN1  (K1)
#define RightMotorDirPin2  24   //Front Right Motor direction pin 2 to Right MODEL-X IN2   (K1)                                 
#define LeftMotorDirPin1  26    //Front Left Motor direction pin 1 to Right MODEL-X IN3 (K3)
#define LeftMotorDirPin2  28   //Front Left Motor direction pin 2 to Right MODEL-X IN4 (K3)
#define speedPinL 10   //  Front Wheel PWM pin connect Right MODEL-X ENB

#define speedPinRB 11   //  Rear Wheel PWM pin connect Left MODEL-X ENA 
#define RightMotorDirPin1B  5    //Rear Right Motor direction pin 1 to Left  MODEL-X IN1 ( K1)
#define RightMotorDirPin2B 6    //Rear Right Motor direction pin 2 to Left  MODEL-X IN2 ( K1) 
#define LeftMotorDirPin1B 7    //Rear Left Motor direction pin 1 to Left  MODEL-X IN3  (K3)
#define LeftMotorDirPin2B 8  //Rear Left Motor direction pin 2 to Left  MODEL-X IN4 (K3)
#define speedPinLB 12    //  Rear Wheel PWM pin connect Left MODEL-X ENB

/*motor control*/
void go_advance(int speed){
   RL_fwd(speed);
   RR_fwd(speed);
   FR_fwd(speed);
   FL_fwd(speed); 
}
void go_back(int speed){
   RL_bck(speed);
   RR_bck(speed);
   FR_bck(speed);
   FL_bck(speed); 
}
void right_shift(int speed_fl_fwd,int speed_rl_bck ,int speed_rr_fwd,int speed_fr_bck) {
  FL_fwd(speed_fl_fwd); 
  RL_bck(speed_rl_bck); 
  RR_fwd(speed_rr_fwd);
  FR_bck(speed_fr_bck);
}
void left_shift(int speed_fl_bck,int speed_rl_fwd ,int speed_rr_bck,int speed_fr_fwd){
   FL_bck(speed_fl_bck);
   RL_fwd(speed_rl_fwd);
   RR_bck(speed_rr_bck);
   FR_fwd(speed_fr_fwd);
}

void left_turn(int speed){
   RL_bck(0);
   RR_fwd(speed);
   FR_fwd(speed);
   FL_bck(0); 
}
void right_turn(int speed){
   RL_fwd(speed);
   RR_bck(0);
   FR_bck(0);
   FL_fwd(speed); 
}
void left_back(int speed){
   RL_fwd(0);
   RR_bck(speed);
   FR_bck(speed);
   FL_fwd(0); 
}
void right_back(int speed){
   RL_bck(speed);
   RR_fwd(0);
   FR_fwd(0);
   FL_bck(speed); 
}
void clockwise(int speed){
   RL_fwd(speed);
   RR_bck(speed);
   FR_bck(speed);
   FL_fwd(speed); 
}
void countclockwise(int speed){
   RL_bck(speed);
   RR_fwd(speed);
   FR_fwd(speed);
   FL_bck(speed); 
}


void FR_fwd(int speed)  //front-right wheel forward turn
{
  digitalWrite(RightMotorDirPin1,HIGH);
  digitalWrite(RightMotorDirPin2,LOW); 
  analogWrite(speedPinR,speed);
}
void FR_bck(int speed) // front-right wheel backward turn
{
  digitalWrite(RightMotorDirPin1,LOW);
  digitalWrite(RightMotorDirPin2,HIGH); 
  analogWrite(speedPinR,speed);
}
void FL_fwd(int speed) // front-left wheel forward turn
{
  digitalWrite(LeftMotorDirPin1,HIGH);
  digitalWrite(LeftMotorDirPin2,LOW);
  analogWrite(speedPinL,speed);
}
void FL_bck(int speed) // front-left wheel backward turn
{
  digitalWrite(LeftMotorDirPin1,LOW);
  digitalWrite(LeftMotorDirPin2,HIGH);
  analogWrite(speedPinL,speed);
}

void RR_fwd(int speed)  //rear-right wheel forward turn
{
  digitalWrite(RightMotorDirPin1B, HIGH);
  digitalWrite(RightMotorDirPin2B,LOW); 
  analogWrite(speedPinRB,speed);
}
void RR_bck(int speed)  //rear-right wheel backward turn
{
  digitalWrite(RightMotorDirPin1B, LOW);
  digitalWrite(RightMotorDirPin2B,HIGH); 
  analogWrite(speedPinRB,speed);
}
void RL_fwd(int speed)  //rear-left wheel forward turn
{
  digitalWrite(LeftMotorDirPin1B,HIGH);
  digitalWrite(LeftMotorDirPin2B,LOW);
  analogWrite(speedPinLB,speed);
}
void RL_bck(int speed)    //rear-left wheel backward turn
{
  digitalWrite(LeftMotorDirPin1B,LOW);
  digitalWrite(LeftMotorDirPin2B,HIGH);
  analogWrite(speedPinLB,speed);
}
 
void stop_Stop()    //Stop
{
  analogWrite(speedPinLB,0);
  analogWrite(speedPinRB,0);
  analogWrite(speedPinL,0);
  analogWrite(speedPinR,0);
}


//Pins initialize
void init_GPIO()
{
  pinMode(RightMotorDirPin1, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(RightMotorDirPin2, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(speedPinL, OUTPUT);  
 
  pinMode(LeftMotorDirPin1, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LeftMotorDirPin2, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(speedPinR, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(RightMotorDirPin1B, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(RightMotorDirPin2B, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(speedPinLB, OUTPUT);  
 
  pinMode(LeftMotorDirPin1B, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(LeftMotorDirPin2B, OUTPUT); 
  pinMode(speedPinRB, OUTPUT);
   
  stop_Stop();
}

void setup()
{
  init_GPIO();
 
go_advance(SPEED);
     delay(1000);
     stop_Stop();
     delay(1000);
  
go_back(SPEED);
      delay(1000);
      stop_Stop();
      delay(1000);
	  
left_turn(TURN_SPEED);
      delay(1000);
      stop_Stop();
      delay(1000);
	  
right_turn(TURN_SPEED);
     delay(1000);
     stop_Stop();
     delay(1000);
  
right_shift(200,200,200,200); //right shift
     delay(1000);
     stop_Stop();
     delay(1000);

left_shift(200,200,200,200); //left shift
     delay(1000);
     stop_Stop();
     delay(1000);
	 
left_shift(200,0,200,0); //left diagonal back
     delay(1000);
     stop_Stop();
	 delay(1000);
 
right_shift(200,0,200,0); //right diagonal ahead
     delay(1000);
     stop_Stop();
	 delay(1000);

left_shift(0,200,0,200); //left diagonal ahead
     delay(1000);
     stop_Stop();
     delay(1000);

right_shift(0,200,0,200); //right diagonal back
     delay(1000);
     stop_Stop();
	 delay(1000);
}

void loop(){
}

Since the serial communication of the RoboClaw is so different from the control interface on the L298, there is not very much of that code you would be able to reuse, so you will mostly need to recreate it.

I recommend reading through the “Packet Serial” section of the RoboClaw user’s manual to get a general idea of the available commands. You can also utilize their Arduino library and look at their examples to see how you can recreate your code using the serial communication. You can find both the RoboClaw user’s manual and the Arduino library on Basicmicro’s downloads page.

Brandon