Working on a solution for bringing a handicapped stair glide up/down

[JDRoberts]

@Chas_Mac

@JD – ah, re the manual button on the Microbot – a question on how it works – is it “press button” = Microbot engages, “release button” = Microbot disengages

Or is it “press” and it engages, “press again” and it disengages.

I’m asking, because the mechanics of this solution would require “momentary” override presses (eg, the former of the above) – eg, override would be “press and hold as long as it takes to raise the stair up, then release”

Finally got someone to check this for me.

The manual “button” is actually just a sensor on top of the microbot.

If you just tap the button, then the microbot performs one iteration of whatever you have it programmed to do. The default is extend the presser and then retract it immediately.

However, in the default mode if you leave your finger on the button then it extends to the full length of the presser and stays pressed until you take your finger off again and then it retracts. . So it works just like the original control worked.