The pullies are about 5-6 feet away from each other.
The motor is a micro DC gear motor I just happened to have on hand. It also has an encoder which I haven't checked out yet. It is a motor from http://www.faulhaber.com/uploadpk/EN_1624_S_DFF.pdf. I think I got it from BGMicro. Any gear motor...
I have a string on 2 pullies with a stop attached to it. There are 2 switches or some kind of sensors in the path. There is a gear motor attached to one pulley. I want to push the button and the stop will travel to one switch then stop. When the button is pressed again I want the stop to go to...