motor shield servo not working

[berko]

Hello,
I just finished getting the motor shield soldered up and just trying to get a servo running (starting simple, i thought).
i am powering my UNO via usb, the sketch is uploading without error (tried both example > servo > sweep and knob).
i have the power jumper in place (as i thought the tutorial said that was fine for using a servo) and the power light lights up on both the UNO and the shield.
When i first plug the UNO in via USB the servo makes a little movement that lasts a few microseconds as if to BANNED me and say, i am getting power, but ha ha you can't control me.
it is taunting me.
any ideas on where to start trying to figure out what is happening.
i am using the smaller servo that came with the motor party pack (tower pro SG92R).
thanks for any help you can give.
-jon

[adafruit_support_bill]

First thing to try - move the servo connector to the other servo header on the shield.
If that doesn't work, post photos of the front & back of the board and we'll check your assembly.

[berko]

And to make that work I just change the pin from pin9to pin10?

[adafruit_support_bill]

Just move the connector without changing the code. There was an error in one of the examples that mislabeled the pins. Let's rule that out before looking further.

[berko]

ok, that did the trick.
its works while connected to servo2 (as labelled on the board) and in the sketch:

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myservo.attach(9);

connected to "servo1" and pin10 also works.
isn't that backwards?

[adafruit_support_bill]

Yes that is backwards. We need to fix the docs. Sorry for the confusion.

[berko]

no problem. thanks for the help.
next up...getting a battery pack for the other motors and getting those working.

more questions to come i am sure.
happy holidays.
-jon

[robnapier]

I'm using MotorParty and Sweep, which both indicate that they use pin 9. Looking at the board, it indicates that pin 9 is "S1". But I have to connect to Servo 2 to work. Does this mean the silkscreen on the board is incorrect?

[adafruit_support_bill]

Yes. Servo 2 is pin 9 and Servo 1 is pin 10.