Mixcell

This program is used to identify dynamixels on your network and configure dynamixel parameters

Features

• NETWORK SEARCH - Search through the selected baudrates and IDs, identifying the connected servos parameters and models.
• FACTORY RESET -Resets an specified servo to the factory config
• PARAMETERS CONFIG -Configures the following parameters:

- ID
- Baudrate
- Torque Max
- Mode 	(Wheel/Joint/Multi Turn)
- CW angle limit / CCW angle limit
- P/I/D Gains
- Drive mode (Reverse/Slave)

Getting Started

If you have already installed in your system the dynamixel sdk.

Clone the repository

$ git clone https://github.com/clebercoutof/mixcell

$ cd ~/foo/mixcell/QTCode

$ python mixcell_qt.py

Prerequisites

It's necessary to install the linux64 C library of Dynamixel SDK.

You can find the complete installation guide here

Clone the dynamixel sdk

$ git clone https://github.com/ROBOTIS-GIT/DynamixelSDK

$ cd ~/foo/DynamixelSDK/c/build/linux64

• Build the library

$ make

Case there is an error

$ make clean

And

$ make

• Install the library

$ sudo make install

Case there is an error

$ sudo make reinstall

Your user has to have permissions to access the USB port, so:

sudo usermod -a -G dialout $USER 

And restart your computer

Code documentation

You can find the complete code documentation at http://mixcell.bitballoon.com

Built With

• Wing - The python IDE
• QT Designer - QT IDE
• Sphinx - Used to generate the documentation

Authors

• Cleber Couto Filho - Initial work - clebercoutof

See also the list of contributors who participated in this project.

References

• Dynamixel SDK Code examples
• Python Programming QT tutorials.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Pedro Xavier for full time support and Henrique Poleselo for the documentation support.