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Tutorial SMC3 Arduino 3DOF Motor Driver and Windows Utilities

Discussion in 'SimTools compatible interfaces' started by RufusDufus, Dec 1, 2013.

  1. wustamariana

    wustamariana New Member Gold Contributor

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    Hello
    I have a problem after changing sys to win 10 (clean, change due to change to z370)
    SMC3 Windows Utilities works correctly (I had to change the region) while simtools 2.2 turns off the left engine for just 1-2 seconds. I would like to say again that SMC3 Windows Utilities works all the time correctly, so it's not the fault of either the arduino engine or the MonsterMoto shield.
    I'm sorry for my English
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    Can you please post pictures of all of your settings.
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  5. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    He already changed the region. The settings in the interface are wrong the bitrate doesnt match and the startup/shutdown is not needed with smc3.
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  6. wustamariana

    wustamariana New Member Gold Contributor

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    can you specify what does not fit ???
  7. bruce stephen

    bruce stephen Hammer doesnt fix it, must be electrical

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    bits per sec on pc is 115200. In the interface you have it set to 500000.
    Also remove the commands in the startup output and the shutdown output. These should be left empty. did you alter the smc3 sketch, even just for modes?
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    Olá amigos [USER = 8539] @RufusDufus [/ USER]
    Eu tenho um problema com o SMC3
    Quando eu abro o programa com a fonte de energia desligada tudo funciona bem!
    But when I turn on the power supply it stops working!O que poderia estar acontecendo?
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    Hello community I'm new on simulators I'm trying to connect 2 spy01 boards to 2 motors for each board. I'm struggling with SMC3 as i always get this error. I tried to change several times the COM port, but nothing. I tried the trick of the language, but nothing. Please help because I'm stuck. Thamk you very much.

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    did you program the arduino ? what port is it in device manager ?
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    topgearfan New Member Gold Contributor

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    The board has a built in sketch written by the creator of the boards which has been tested and proven, so it works (of course I can't show it to because I'm not the owner of the sketch).
    In device manager I get this
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    In device manager I get this

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    built in sketch? that app is made for SMC3 sketch. if your using a different sketch it probably wont work. try using arduino to uplaod the proper sketch. or contact the manufacturer of the hardware your using. the smc3 works for ibt-2, monstermoto and sabertooth.
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    I contacted the producer of the boards he said that the sketch is the smc3 sketch with small modifies that don't conflict with the comunication. I've got an other simulator with his boards that are smaller and there it works. I think it' sa problem of PC.
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    Also when we started the other simulator we had the same problem but at the end it comunicated and its still working fine but I didn't do that so I don't know how we resolved that time
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    Hello friends !
    I am using the SMC3 code with arduino one R3.
    with 12v power supply.
    but when I'm setting up the SMC3 with the power supply turned off everything works perfectly.
    But as soon as I turn on the power source of the motors the program SMC3 hangs and the adnino continues with the tx and Rx blinking, as if it were working but without any movement ..
    This also happens with Sim tools, everything works perfectly in the game, in a few seconds of the game the arduino stops responding and the Tx Rx goes out and the error in the Sim tools.
    all this happens after I turn on the source of the motors.
    Please, can anyone help me?
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    how did you program the board ?
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    I use the same system of topgearfan and I have no problems with win 7 made the test with different pc all win 7 and ok, I think there is some problem with the blocking of the operating system that blocks udp communication is possible the firewall which settings you have to use ?
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    hug:Merci pour tout ce travail d'information et génial tu á travail Dure.
    Je me sere de ton résumé pour faire les tests avec mon simulateur.
    Déjolé m'est. Mon anglais pas bon.
    :Oops: