victortorgrimson
New Member
Hi,
I've been installing crossing gates. I'm using the "WeHonest" system. The train sensors, the sound, and the lights all work well. It also can trigger a servo motor to rotate, so you can have the crossing gate arm go down. Attaching the servo to the crossing gate arm was quite a trick, but worked fine with one servo. However, the WeHonest board only has a single place (three pins for power and control) to plug a servo in. So to hook up the second servo initially I tried just splitting the wires, but when I did that the servos became very glitchy. They try to move a lot when they shouldn't, and even the rest of the board starts acting flaky. Then I discovered WeHonest sells a servo speed adjustor board that specifically supports sending the signal to up to 4 servos. But even with this custom component, connecting in two servos causes the same flaky behavior! When I go back to one servo everything returns to working properly.
I've bought two of each of their components, and swapping components does not solve it, so I know its not just one bad component. I've tried emailing them for assistance, but they didn't reply.
Does anybody have experience with their system or any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Victor
I've been installing crossing gates. I'm using the "WeHonest" system. The train sensors, the sound, and the lights all work well. It also can trigger a servo motor to rotate, so you can have the crossing gate arm go down. Attaching the servo to the crossing gate arm was quite a trick, but worked fine with one servo. However, the WeHonest board only has a single place (three pins for power and control) to plug a servo in. So to hook up the second servo initially I tried just splitting the wires, but when I did that the servos became very glitchy. They try to move a lot when they shouldn't, and even the rest of the board starts acting flaky. Then I discovered WeHonest sells a servo speed adjustor board that specifically supports sending the signal to up to 4 servos. But even with this custom component, connecting in two servos causes the same flaky behavior! When I go back to one servo everything returns to working properly.
I've bought two of each of their components, and swapping components does not solve it, so I know its not just one bad component. I've tried emailing them for assistance, but they didn't reply.
Does anybody have experience with their system or any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Victor