Hi
Thanx for the quick reply
I started by building a small Tracked rover controlled by an Arduino Mini (picture attached below)
along with a Remote control powered by an Arduino UNO R3 and a Joystick shield, the 433MHz RC link that i used had only 1 data channed so Virtual wire & EasyTransferVirtualWire was the best suited for my needs, it worked perfectly.
After i had this working for a while i decided to add an LCD screen, since i had an LCD shield already i used that
i connected the remote control to the LCD shield+Arduino using Easy Transfer for starters over Serial port, and it worked nicely
so after that was all working (seperately) i decided to stick it all together with the Monster truck, added the motor shield, receiver and Arduino and uploaded VirtualWire and EasyTransferVirtualWire and Viola, it worked as well 
so far so good...
and then i wanted to add a Servo... and everything started going wrong
so this is my most basic problem/question:
"how do i talk to a servo over RC control?"
See because with my first RF link with only one data line i could only use Virtual wire so that the information is wrapped up and sent at once.
Now i have an long range RF link with 4Channels so i was wondering if there might be a direct and dirty approach like such: Arduino-->4 TX pins-->Transmitter------------>>--------Receiver-->4RX pins-->Arduino
so that i whatever is written onto the TX pins is just spat out the other end without any delays, then the receiver can figure out the data...
i tried the following:
TX Code
char Sw1=8, Sw2=7, Sw3=A7, Sw4=A5, Sw5=12, Sw6=10;
int X2; //Right Joystick
int Y1; //Left Joystick
int S1; //Switch 1
int S5; //Switch 5
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(A0, INPUT); //X1
pinMode(A1, INPUT); //X2
pinMode(A2, INPUT); //Y1
pinMode(A3, INPUT); //Y2
pinMode(3, OUTPUT); //Set the Long Range TX Pin 3 as an output
digitalWrite(3, HIGH);
pinMode(5, OUTPUT); //Set the Long Range TX Pin 2 as an output
digitalWrite(5, HIGH);
pinMode(6, OUTPUT); //Set the Long Range TX Pin 1 as an output
digitalWrite(6, HIGH);
pinMode(9, OUTPUT); //Set the Long Range TX Pin 0 as an output
digitalWrite(9, HIGH);
pinMode(Sw1, INPUT); //Switch 1
digitalWrite(8, HIGH);
pinMode(Sw2, INPUT); //Switch 2
digitalWrite(7, HIGH);
pinMode(Sw3, INPUT); //Switch 3
digitalWrite(A7, HIGH);
pinMode(Sw4, INPUT); //Switch 4
digitalWrite(A5, HIGH);
pinMode(Sw5, INPUT); //Switch 5
digitalWrite(12, HIGH);
pinMode(Sw6, INPUT); //Switch 6
digitalWrite(10, HIGH);
pinMode(4, OUTPUT); //LED TX1
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
pinMode(2, OUTPUT); //LED TX2
digitalWrite(2, LOW);
pinMode(13, OUTPUT); //LED TX3
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
}
void loop()
{
X2 = analogRead(A1);
Y1 = analogRead(A3);
S1 = digitalRead(Sw1);
S5 = digitalRead(Sw5);
Serial.print(X2);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(Y1);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(S1);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(S5);
Serial.print(" ");
analogWrite(3, X2); //D3 Transmitter pin
analogWrite(5, Y1); //D2 Transmitter pin
digitalWrite(6, S1); //D1 Transmitter pin
digitalWrite(9, S5); //D0 Transmitter pin
digitalWrite(4, HIGH);
digitalWrite(2, LOW);
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
delay(60);
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
digitalWrite(2, HIGH);
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
delay(60);
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
digitalWrite(2, LOW);
digitalWrite(13, HIGH);
delay(60);
digitalWrite(4, LOW);
digitalWrite(2, LOW);
digitalWrite(13, LOW);
delay(100);
}
RX Code
int X2; //Right Joystick
int Y1; //Left Joystick
int S1; //Switch 1
int S5; //Switch 5
int direction= 397;
int steering= 361;
int val = 0;
int lights = 0;
int drive = 0;
void setup()
{
Serial.begin(9600);
pinMode(2, OUTPUT); //Lights
pinMode(3, OUTPUT); //Lights
pinMode(10, OUTPUT); //Lights
pinMode(13, OUTPUT); //Lights
pinMode(1, INPUT); //Lights D0
pinMode(0, INPUT); //Drive D1
pinMode(A4, INPUT); //D2
pinMode(A5, INPUT); //D3
}
void loop()
{
X2 = analogRead(A5); //D3
Y1 = analogRead(A4); //D2
S1 = digitalRead(0); //D1
S5 = digitalRead(1); //D0
direction = Y1; // FWD/REV
steering = X2; //CW/CCW
lights = S1;
drive = S5;
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(X2);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(Y1);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(S1);
Serial.print(" ");
Serial.print(S5);
Serial.print(" ");
if (lights == 1){
Serial.println("On");
digitalWrite(2, HIGH); //Lights
digitalWrite(3, HIGH); //Lights
digitalWrite(10, HIGH); //Lights
digitalWrite(13, HIGH); //Lights
}
if (lights == 0){
Serial.println("Off");
digitalWrite(2, LOW); //Lights
digitalWrite(3, LOW); //Lights
digitalWrite(10, LOW); //Lights
digitalWrite(13, LOW); //Lights
}
}
Nice try but it doesn't work.
So having had so much success untill now and facing this small but significant problem with RF and a servo, any advice on what approach to take further?
Thanking you in advance for the help
Best Regards
Renier
