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SimTools + Arduino 2DOF acting weird

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by nihkiruks, Jan 10, 2017.

  1. nihkiruks

    nihkiruks New Member Gold Contributor

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    Hey guys,

    Skipping the introduction, I'm trying to setup a 2DOF arduino sim here in Ukraine.

    The problem is: in SMC3 it works perfectly. All the tests for both motors are passing and I'm getting perfect sin on it.

    When I'm trying SimTools Output Testing (and Live for Speed as well) I'm getting extremely strange behavior from the sim. See pic 2 and 3. Basically, with the shift change it tries to make me hit the steering wheel with my head..

    Within the Output Testing I've tried to move slider all the way to the right and then to the left as smooth as possible.

    Any advise will be appreciated.

    Thanks in advance!
    Sergey.

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    Hi Nihkiruks, exit SMC Utility before using Simtools. The utility takes control of the motors causing errors in Simtools. Use the SMC3 utility only for adjusting your motors.
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  3. nihkiruks

    nihkiruks New Member Gold Contributor

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    SMC setup to pass the data it's getting from SimTools to the sim so I can see what is actually being sent there. Without SMC it acts exactly the same way but I just don't have graphs :)

    Any clues?
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  4. nihkiruks

    nihkiruks New Member Gold Contributor

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    Tried this, also downloaded recent version of SimTools. No luck. :(
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    Please post clear pictures of all your SMC3 and SimTools settings.
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  6. nihkiruks

    nihkiruks New Member Gold Contributor

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    Not sure what you mean by "clear" but here they are. Let me know if you need more info.

    Also, is there any debug mode in SimTools?

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    And two more pics where you can see the difference between 49% and 50% roll.

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    nihkiruks New Member Gold Contributor

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    And the 0 level is about 50% down...

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    nihkiruks New Member Gold Contributor

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    Negative. Using SimTools 2.0 PRO. The bug is still there. I've read it was fixed so didn't paid much attention to it but when I've changed time/date format to from English (United States) to English (Europe) it got my problem fixed.

    Btw, how to report it back to developers?
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    You can flag the developer like this @yobuddy, that way he will get an auto notification of the post.
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    Thanks! I assume you just got his attention :)
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    Indeed!
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    @nihkiruks
    But I use English (United States)?
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    Have no idea why. I can play with it tonight to find more symptoms. I'm running Windows 10 RUSSIAN with English MUI on top of it.
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    @yobuddy Here's what I got. Is there anything I can do to help you to troubleshoot this?

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    Good to know, i am on the way to installing sim tools 2 as well.
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