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5 5  **Table of Contents**
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8 8  
9 9  = Description =
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11 -The LSS Configuration software ("LSS Config" for short) is intended to provide easy access to the main features and functionality of the [[Lynxmotion Smart Servo Motors>>doc:lynxmotion-smart-servo.WebHome]], as well as providing access to firmware updates.
11 +The LSS Configuration software ("LSS Config" for short) is intended to provide easy access to the main features and functionality of the [[Lynxmotion Smart Servo Motors>>doc:ses-v2.lynxmotion-smart-servo.WebHome]], as well as providing access to firmware updates.
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13 13  NOTE: The software can be connected to multiple servos, but the interface can only control one at any time. The servo(s) must be powered correctly and in serial mode. Should your servo(s) NOT be in serial mode, please refer to the [[button menu>>doc:lynxmotion-smart-servo.lss-button-menu.WebHome]].
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16 16  
17 17  == Connection ==
18 18  
19 -{{lightbox image="lynxmotion-smart-servo.lss-configuration-software.WebHome@lss-config-20.7.14.2-header-controls-not-connected.png" title="LSS Config - 20.7.14.2 - Header controls (not connected)" width="552" group="header"/}} {{lightbox image="lynxmotion-smart-servo.lss-configuration-software.WebHome@lss-config-20.7.14.2-header-controls-connected.png" title="LSS Config - 20.7.14.2 - Header controls (connected, before scan)" width="552" group="header"/}} {{lightbox image="lynxmotion-smart-servo.lss-configuration-software.WebHome@lss-config-20.7.14.2-header-controls-lss-selected.png" title="LSS Config - 20.7.14.2 - Header controls (LSS selected, after scan)" width="552" group="header"/}}
19 +{{lightbox image="lynxmotion-smart-servo.lss-configuration-software.WebHome@lss-config-20.7.14.2-header-controls-not-connected.png" title="LSS Config - 20.7.14.2 - Header controls (not connected)" width="552" group="header"/}}
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21 +{{lightbox image="lynxmotion-smart-servo.lss-configuration-software.WebHome@lss-config-20.7.14.2-header-controls-connected.png" title="LSS Config - 20.7.14.2 - Header controls (connected, before scan)" width="552" group="header"/}}
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23 +{{lightbox image="lynxmotion-smart-servo.lss-configuration-software.WebHome@lss-config-20.7.14.2-header-controls-lss-selected.png" title="LSS Config - 20.7.14.2 - Header controls (LSS selected, after scan)" width="552" group="header"/}}
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21 21  The headers above show the three main states (from top to bottom):
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23 23  * Before a connection is made
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68 68  **LSS-All (254; ~-~--k)**
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70 -This option allows actions that affect all detected servos in the list after a successful scan. Since there is no particular servo being monitored, the telemetry graph and configurations are all greyed out. This is used to send the same firmware update to all detected servos on the bus or to send the same action command via the terminal interface described below.
75 +This option allows actions that affect all detected servos in the list after a successful scan. Since there is no particular servo being monitored, the telemetry graph and configurations are all greyed out. This is used to send the same firmware update to all detected servos on the bus or to send the same action command via the command line interface described below.
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72 72  The drop-down list will be populated with all servos which the software has found on the bus, indicating their servo model, ID and firmware version. Each servo will then be listed in the following format:
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101 101  The servo control section allows you to visually move the servo and change a variety of parameters, including:
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103 -* Position: pale blue caret
104 -* Origin offset: magenta caret
105 -* Angular range: magenta square carets
106 -* RPM: green arrow / indicator
107 -* Initial position: dark blue caret
108 +* [[image:lss-config-20.7.14.2-carets-position-64 .png]]Position: pale blue caret
109 +* [[image:lss-config-20.7.14.2-carets-offset-64.png]]Origin offset: magenta caret
110 +* [[image:lss-config-20.7.14.2-carets-angular-range-64.png]]Angular range: magenta square carets
111 +* [[image:lss-config-20.7.14.2-carets-speed-64.png]]RPM: green arrow / indicator
112 +* [[image:lss-config-20.7.14.2-carets-first-position-64.png]]Initial position: dark blue caret
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109 -At the lower left the servo model and the LED color are shown.
114 +At the lower left the servo model and the LED color (session value) are shown.
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116 +To change a value, simple use the left mouse button to hold and drag the relevant caret around its ring. Letting go of the left mouse button will update the value right away. While holding the left mouse button you can also press the right mouse button to cancel the current change to that caret (happens after right mouse click and then letting go of the left mouse button).
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118 +If the caret moved is position, this will send a position command in tenths of degrees right away to the servo (#[id]D[pos]\r).
119 +If the caret moved is first position, offset or angular range then it will update the appropiate configuration (see below for details), pending an update confirmation.
120 +The speed caret cannot be moved directly; it only serves only as a display of the current speed.
121 +
111 111  == Configurations ==
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113 113  {{lightbox image="lss-config-configurations.jpg" width="350"/}}
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177 177  (% class="wikigeneratedid" %)
178 178  Occasionally the telemetry values may all simultaneously drop to zero for one reading, or skip a point due to other processes taking priority.
179 179  
180 -== Command Line ==
191 +== Command line ==
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182 182  {{lightbox image="lss-config-terminal-0001" width="521"/}}
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184 -The custom command line interface both allows you to communicate directly with an individual servo, send commands to it (and view replies), as well as get responses to queries from the software. When "LSS-All (254; ~-~--k)" is selected in the list of servos, the Command Line is used to send the same action or configuration command to all servos on the bus. For example, typing D1800 and pressing enter will send that same position command to each of the servos on the bus.
195 +The command line interface both allows you to communicate directly with an individual servo, send commands to it and view replies to queries. When "LSS-All (254; ~-~--k)" is selected in the list of servos, the command line is used to send the same action or configuration command to all detected servos. For example, typing D1800 and pressing enter will send that same position command to each of the detected servos.
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186 186  Within the command interface, you might see the following:
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188 188  |(% style="width:114px" %)**>>**|(% style="width:1364px" %)Command sent to the servo
189 189  |(% style="width:114px" %)**<<**|(% style="width:1364px" %)Reply from the servo
190 190  |(% style="width:114px" %)**INF ::**|(% style="width:1364px" %)Information
191 -|(% style="width:114px" %)**[bootloader]**|(% style="width:1364px" %)Information specific to bootloader
202 +|(% style="width:114px" %)**[bootloader]**|(% style="width:1364px" %)Information specific to bootloader mode & firmware updates
192 192  |(% style="width:114px" %)**]]**|(% style="width:1364px" %)Failure
204 +|(% style="width:114px" %)[[image:lss-config-20.7.14.2-terminal-doublestar-bold.png]]|(% style="width:1364px" %)Configuration command redirected to config interface (left hand side)
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194 -The command line also auto-completes each command by automatically inserting "#[ID] before each command. For example, rather than typing #4D230<cr>, you need only type D230 and the software will automatically add #4
206 +The command line also auto-completes each command by automatically inserting "#[id]" before each command for you. Therefore, you only need to type the command itself, such as "D1000" and press [enter]. For example, rather than typing #4D230<cr>, you need only type D230 and the software will automatically add #4 & \r.
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196 -Left clicking a line within the command prompt, then right clicking using your mouse highlights that line in a green border and allows it to be copied to the clipboard and pasted into another document. Scrolling is opposite that to browser navigation.
208 +Left clicking a line within the command prompt and then right clicking using your mouse highlights that line in a green border and allows it to be copied to the clipboard and pasted into another document. Scrolling is opposite that to browser navigation.
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198 -The mouse wheel can be used to scroll and the holding the middle mouse button down allows for panning over the terminal area (useful if text extends to the right).
210 +The mouse wheel can be used to scroll and the holding the middle mouse button down allows for panning over the command line area (useful if text extends to the right). There are also two scrolling bars that can be used with the left mouse button as normal for panning the command line view.
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200 200  = Tutorials =
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