Stop Motor and hold position

[venice]

Hey there.
I have build a simple robot-arm. When i stop motion (with a 90 Degree angle between upper and lower part), the arm does not hold its position. here is what i tested on NXJ ( not remote):

boolean isRunning = true;
while (isRunning){
if (InputManager.isJustReleased(InputManager.ESCAPE)){
isRunning = false;
}
Motor.A.stop();
}

Then i tried lock(100) instead of stop() and both together without any result. In further tries i initially set Motor.A.setPower(100) and Motor.A.setBrakePower(100), without any changes. I tested friction by rotating manually robot-arm but it seemed never to be harder or less hard ( even if NXJ is powered off.) I've read through forum, but i did not find a solution.
Has anyone an idea what is wrong? Did i miss something?

[ChrisB01]

Motor.lock() has always worked for me, could you try testing it with less stress on the motor (just to see if it has any affect at all).

Failing that, is motor A the correct motor? Could you swap the current motor for another motor? Is the lock command being overwritten later in your code by another motor command?

If your still stuck post you code, that might help.

Good luck,

Chris

[venice]

Hi Chriss,

thanks for your reply. I will give it a try asap, but it'll take until friday/saturday, because i don't have access all the time to mindstorm's hardware at moment.

venice

[venice]

ok, problem has been too heavy weight of robot arm and object i wanted to lift. everythings fine now.

[patchido]

even so, lock(); has to work, the difference is that lock actually uses power on the motor to stay in that position