wait a sec, re-read that, the robot spins in a circle at half speed? what, continuously? the above reply was based in it turning left before coming to a failsafed stop, this sounds like something else.
Were you told they failsafe?
It works now. lol. Moved some bits, did some stuff...seems to work 90% of the time now.
thats good dave, just give me a call if you have any problems.
james do the mtroniks have built in failsafes?
all current mtroniks controllers (well, certainly any of he ones you would have bought from JC) are marked as having built in failsafe.
The Viper series has a different type of failsafe, that is apparently far more effective than the non viper controllers, but at the end of the day, if they have or have not, it is only during tech check that you find out if they are suitable. So far, all mtroniks controlers I have seen that were manufactured in the last 2 years have passed tech check, older versions I have seen fail, but then it is unlikely you bought anything from JC over 2 years old.
Remember also, that if there is another transmitter on you frequency, or any background noise around your frequency, they may not failsafe anyway, but that is the same for most controllers.
scrach that, just found a whole range of new controllers that DO NOT failsafe.
id have to know which ones you have
Hi Josh.
you have the marine 25s. these perform exactly the same as the electronize. these speedos dont have a proper failsafe but should pass a tech check no problem. electronize and the mtoniks (not the viper range) both have a system where if they recive no signal from the tx they will shut down the robot. both manufacuers have agreed to me that this isnt a full failsafe as it cant detect the difference between interference and the tx signal. i would advise ALL speedos with a built in failsafe should be accompanied by plug in failsafes aswell. This is something i have brought up to the FRA, what is there thoughts?
i have to say that at aylesbury they wouldnt failsafe soooo...btw james u got some more of the 1s i got left cz ill have to buy another as the 1 from ian mcdonald doesnt work
ok soz ian talked to him on msn obviously it got damaged in the post
noooooo think i blown 1 of my speedos mornin before comp quote from josh in aylesbury thread.
was that a mtroniks marine 25?
thought they were unblowable?
So if all speedconrollers need additional external failsafes (except the Viper apparently,) where will we get these failsafes from? wonder who on this forum might be offering them for sale?
Quite simply, electronize units with the cpu failsafe, unless there are background noises to interfere. Electronize units without the cpu maintain the last position held if it looses signal, thus not failsafe.
This means that we need to define what failsafe means
1: upon loss of signal the robot ceases all movement and weapon activity.
2: upon loss of signal, or interferance, or weak signal, or any other type of signal condition resulting in any kind of glitch or twitch, or loss of any control even for a split second, the robot ceases all function immidiatly.
number 2 is obviously the desired version, number 1 the realistic one
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