controlling more than one servo with the AdvancedServo board

[jojoba]

Greetings!

I love Phidgets!

I am attempting to control more than one servo via the AdvancedServoControl 8-motor board and am close, but coming up short. I've pasted my code below. Do you happen to have any guesses as to why I can't control more than one servo? Thank you kindly.

Best,
matthew

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        var phidget22 = require('phidget22');
        var serverConnection = new phidget22.Connection(
            this.SERVER_PORT,
            this.PHIDGETS_SERVER_HOSTNAME,
            {
                name: 'Server Connection',
                passwd: '' 
            }
        );


        serverConnection.connect().then(() => {
            console.log('connected to phidgets server');


            this.rcServo_0 = new phidget22.RCServo();

            this.rcServo_0.onAttach = ch => {
                console.log(ch + ' attached');
                this.rcServo_0.setChannel(0);
                this.rcServo_0.setTargetPosition(90);
                this.rcServo_0.setEngaged(1);
            };
        
            this.rcServo_0.open().then((ch) => {
                console.log('channel open');
                //console.log(this.rcServo_0);
            }).catch(function (err) {
                console.log('failed to open the channel:' + err);
            });


            this.rcServo_1 = new phidget22.RCServo();

            this.rcServo_1.onAttach = ch => {
                console.log(ch + ' attached');
                this.rcServo_1.setChannel(1);
                this.rcServo_1.setTargetPosition(90);
                this.rcServo_1.setEngaged(1);
            };
        
            this.rcServo_1.open().then((ch) => {
                console.log('channel open');
                //console.log(this.rcServo_0);
            }).catch(function (err) {
                console.log('failed to open the channel:' + err);
            });


        });

[jdecoux]

You're close, but you need to move the addressing of your channels from your attach handlers to instead happen before opening them. It is needed to decide which channels to attach.

In this case, that means moving setChannel() before the open() call for each.

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var phidget22 = require('phidget22');
var serverConnection = new phidget22.Connection(
	this.SERVER_PORT,
	this.PHIDGETS_SERVER_HOSTNAME,
	{
		name: 'Server Connection',
		passwd: '' 
	}
);


serverConnection.connect().then(() => {
	console.log('connected to phidgets server');


	this.rcServo_0 = new phidget22.RCServo();

	this.rcServo_0.setChannel(0);
	
	this.rcServo_0.onAttach = ch => {
		console.log(ch + ' ' + ch.getChannel() + ' attached');
		
		this.rcServo_0.setTargetPosition(90);
		this.rcServo_0.setEngaged(1);
	};

	this.rcServo_0.open().then((ch) => {
		console.log('channel open');
		//console.log(this.rcServo_0);
	}).catch(function (err) {
		console.log('failed to open the channel:' + err);
	});


	this.rcServo_1 = new phidget22.RCServo();

	this.rcServo_1.setChannel(1);
	
	this.rcServo_1.onAttach = ch => {
		console.log(ch + ' ' + ch.getChannel() + ' attached');
		
		this.rcServo_1.setTargetPosition(90);
		this.rcServo_1.setEngaged(1);
	};

	this.rcServo_1.open().then((ch) => {
		console.log('channel open');
		//console.log(this.rcServo_0);
	}).catch(function (err) {
		console.log('failed to open the channel:' + err);
	});


});