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USB2AX: Getting started
This document explains how to connect the USB2AX and make a Dynamixel servo move using RoboPlus Dynamixel Manager, on Windows.
For Linux or MacOS users: no driver needed, just plug the USB2AX and the Status LED should light up very briefly in red then in solid green. You're good to go!
1) Gather the needed parts
- USB2AX
- a compatible Dynamixel servo (AX-12A for example)
- Dynamixel cable(s)
- a way to power the servo (see How to power the servos)
- a computer running Windows with RoboPlus installed
2) Install the driver
3)
Windows:
- get the driver and install it.
- plug the 3-wire dynamixel cable between the USB2AX and the first servo, and wire-up all other servos
- plug the USB2AX in the USB port, it should appear as a Virtual COM port.
- apply power to the servos
- run RoboPlus Dynamixel Wizard, open the corresponding COM port and run Search
- You should be able to make the servos move by changing the “Target Position” value.
Linux:
- plug the 3-wire dynamixel cable between the USB2AX and the first servo, and wire-up all other servos
- plug the USB2AX in the USB port, it should appear as /dev/ttyACMx.
- apply power to the servos
- run your application…
To go further...
More information for everyone:
Some more stuff for power-users:
product/usb2ax/quickstart.1364923721.txt.gz · Last modified: 2013/04/02 19:28 by xevel
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