Moving the XY Plotter


#1

Hi,
I’m in a bit of a time crunch and am very new at the whole robotics scene. I’m currently trying control the movements of the XY Plotter, like moving it forward and to the right, or back, or to the left… I’m using mBlock as it is the only way I can use the ports that are on the Me Orion board which is on the plotter. I have the following code …

Orion Program
set step motor Port1 speed 3000 distance 1000

I think this code should get the two step motors to run in a controlled manner, but when I upload it to the plotter it just makes a noise. Should this work, if not what should I do to get it to work?


#2

Try dropping the speed to a value of 0-255 with a higher value making the motor turn faster.


#3

That works!!! Thanks so much!!!


#4

No worries, we’re all here to help each other. :slight_smile: