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3 axis dslr gimbal joystick
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One joystick or two?
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One or two
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What would you want to do with the second one?
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Dunno was wondering if it would provide better control or anything I'm new as heck to this built most of my rig in the dark until I found this site recently
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Start with one, and when you find use for second one think it again. Joystick + potentiometers are more useful, but you do not need the potentiometers either to start with.
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Potentiometer I'll have Google that lol
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You could use a potentiometer for adjusting joystick speed etc, but really that is advanced stuff. You can well start without even joystick and operate the gimbal in follow mode. Better get something working well first and then add features when you need them.
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Agreed I'm always over eager to jump head first lol.. so how is yaw operated....I'm waiting on my battery to arrive via shipment haven't even powered on yet so far updated my firmware but no calibration or anything yet
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Once you have the gimbal working, see the follow functionality, there is couple of parameters to adjust to make it to your liking.
But do not activate it or any of the other "advanced" functionalities before the gimbal is well setup and working :) -
Also what's the highest mAh the board can take?
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That depends of the board, you are getting see the board specifications.
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Should I have motors and battery connected when calibrating sensors
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Plugged up battery but got nothing
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Sensor you can calibrate without battery or motors, you just need the board and sensor connected to it and USB cable and computer with the GUI.
But really, you need to read carefully the users manual (see manuals at top of the page) and carefully following the instructions in details setup the gimbal. -
Didn't come with a manual lol
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Look at the manuals at the top of the page
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Using small generic joysticks that we find on ebay can be very painful. I suggest using something larger, that gives better precision. Something like this: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/frsky-replacement-gimbal-for-taranis-transmitter.html
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Even after changing pins it only controls pitch....I just want pitch and yaw anyway
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How can I lock the roll motor in position as well
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I'm not sure if I understood your question. You can only control pitch?
Can you make screenshot of RC Settings. -
Yea but on my phone it doesn't give me the option to post a picture on here....do I have to use computer for that? Lol
And yes it only allows my Joy stick to control my pitch no matter which direction I push the analog stick up down left right only controls pitch -
Either your configuration is wrong or joystick broken.
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I set RC to no input excluding pitch and yaw on pin a1 and a2 only get pitch
Set it with just yaw I get nothing I'll screen shot some photos today and try to upload -
how do i post a screenshot on here
Screen Shot 2017-02-19 at 7.17.29 AM -
I know it can't be the joystick or its connection pins because I've swapped both and still get the same results....
If I plug yaw onto the pitch pins of the board then the yaw works correctly but pitch does not -
Is it just a case of bad motor wires?
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You have sensor not connected. you must make the gimbal to work first before testing any joystick etc. stuff.
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Also, looking your last picture. it is all wrong. the axis must be 90 degrees to each other and the gimbal balanced.
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Sensor is connected and still the same problem
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Garug you're awesome I'll try the manual out and get back to you
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Still the same issues
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Do you have the gimbal now working well without the joystick? On above pictures the mechanical setup is not ok and the PID tuning is undone and probably the most important Basic setup. There is no point proceeding before the gimbal is working well and tuned.
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Explain by mechanical set up is not ok
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Even setting PID to 1-0.01-2 causes shaking so I set it at 0-0.01-2
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I wish auto tune worked but each time it says error disconnect board
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Your Roll is clearly and very badly out of balance, nothing can work before you balance the gimbal
See the two first videos here http://www.levitezer.com/blog/files/archive-may-2016.html
There is no shortcuts, you really need to set the gimbal up step by step and on correct order.
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I can't watch the video from my phone lol pretend I'm dumb and explain....Balance the roll axis physically or electronically
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It is about the physical balancing, it is all wrong. Your roll cage is like hanging... I can not really help you more before you read the users manual / see the videos, and make the gimbals basic functionality ok.
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I can't tighten it anymore for a better hold...glue it?
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It must be on same line with roll axis. It can not hang like that, that will not work.
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ok fixed it lol now to try tuning again
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watching your videos beautiful build whats that frame constructed of
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Thanks, it is handmade of aluminum.
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That's exactly how smoother I want mine to work lol made you look like a magician
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