Hoverfly HoverFly Gimbal Issues and questions.

[jbdww]

I have an issue, and some questions.

1. When I go to the Setup Servo page, sometime the numbers are completely random, so I have to exit the software on go back in. There almost needs to be a read button to read the data from the controller again.

2. When I turn on my rig, the gimbal will learn the current postion of my tilt lever, so if I have the tilt lever full down, then it learns that as center, and I can not get my full range. Right now I try to remember to put the lever back to center before powering up.

3. What does the PID Gain page do? Can I make changes, and learn something from the graph?

4. If I set my Acceleration Rate Gain to 0 vs 1000, I do not see any real difference in performance. I would of thought that 0 would cause the servos to not move.

 

[pmacafee]

jbdww;
It is my understanding that the acceleration rate gain controls the "attack" speed, or how quick the movement will happen. Sort of anticipating the movement via an accelerometer and then making the response even earlier, not necessarily more or less of a response.
Also the camera platform needs to be absolutely flat when the board is initialized. I use a bubble app for my IPhone to level the platform, then remove the IPhone so it does not interfere with the board as I power it up.