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Hi Guys,

I'm new here and new to the robot building hobby.

I have a RoboClaw 2 x 25A motor controller with 2 motors connected , a AR6115 receiver and a Dx5E transmitter.

Everything appears to be working fine with respect to the throttle for the motors. When I move the right controller on the transmitter all the way to the right, both motors turn on all the way and the opposite for the other direction.

However, the steering is another story. I was assuming when I selected switch 4 on the RoboClaw DIP switch it would do mixing and I would be able to steer my robot. However, when I use the steering controller on the transmitter, it does affect the speed of the motors but it is not working. I would like to the right motor to turn off (left motor to stay on) when I turn right and the left motor to turn off (right motor to stay on) when I turn left. This is not happening. The motors do not appear to be independent.

I have the Throttle on the receiver going to S1, Airleon going to S2, DIP switch 1 and 4 are on. Others are off. I tried it with DIP switch 4 off and it was worse...

Please point me in the right direction. I have written no code for this. I assumed it would work out of the box. Do I have to write code for this? I don't really want to. I would like the hardware to take care of this mixing.

Hi Guys,

My mistake.

I went downstairs this morning and noticed I had the wiring for the motors crossed.

I fixed that and it is working fine. I did change switch 4 on the DIP switch to off so it runs like a tank.

I may put it back to see how it works there too.

thanks

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