Resolved SMC3 Arduino and changing hall sensor direction?

Currently I am switching to bigger motors for my 2DOF and while doing so I noticed that one POT delivers quite noisy results so I want to switch to hall sensors and got two of these 6127V1A180L.5 from Farnell.
Ordered yesterday, got them today

Anyway, I just tried one and connected it to the Arduino. Works almost perfect with very exact output and it can turn 360° and doesn´t get killed. However how do I place it on the opposite side?

I have two ideas in mind and I don´t like one of them but since many of you already use hall sensors maybe I think too complicated.

My pots/now sensors are directly mounted to the motor shaft so I could either disassemble one of the sensors and turn the sensor in it around or change the code of SMC3 to recalc the values for the second sensor.

A different approach would be to directly put a SS495A
on the motor mount and a magnet on the lever. That way is nice since there wouldn´t be any mechanical connection between shaft and sensor and the motor could turn 360° but it also means more work and alignment and I already got the rotary sensors ;-)

I guess I just found out myself...
//#define REVERSE_MOTOR1

Yes that will work but only for one Motor - you will need to update code to do the other. This was really only testing code and isn't necessary.

If the POT is turning in the opposite direction to the Motor (ie the PID can't position motor - get runnaway) you are better off just reversing the wires to the motor.

If the POT AND Motor can be positioned OK with PID but move opposite to what you want then you can reverse them in Simtools with a checkbox in the Axis settings.

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For one motor ? ... Does that means if I removed the slashes and used MOTOR2 or 3 instead then uploaded it to Ard. >> will work ?

#define REVERSE_MOTOR2
or
#define REVERSE_MOTOR3

Sorry @speedy, no that won't work. The reverse motor was just added ages ago for me to do some experimenting, it was only for one motor I was playing with.

If you want to do the other motors you need to search through the code and everywhere there is a

#if def REVERSE_MOTOR1
....
code
...
#end if

you need to duplicate the block and amend for the other motors.

Can't you reverse the wires to the motor?

Switching the wires. Looks like my brain had the handbrake on yesterday.
I was so fixed on the sensors that the simplest thing didn´t came to my mind.

I suggest to read the following article:
https://randomnerdtutorials.com/electronics-basics-how-a-potentiometer-works/

Thread moved and prefix added.

Yes I can with normal pot and no with hall effect ...
Actually using a 1:1 gear would do the trick but less is more ... If I can do with the code

Q2: Can I make 3 copy of those blocks renameing them for each motor ... then use 3 of those define command at the start to activate/deactivate the required motor ?

I'm sorry it seems like a dum question that I have to try myself ... but I need to know the cons on the whole code performance if there is ?

Q3: if OK to Q2 ... then for reversing the motor pot ... can this be added to the Util. as a check box for each motor ?

Thanks
Greedy

Alright, just burned one of the IMS-1. Damn, not my day. Don´t even know why it burned but it obviously didn´t like the flipping of the motor cables :-/
Gotta order some new IMS-2B and be more careful then.

Oh no... the 2B is 12V only ... sh...

Why does it matter if you have a POT or Hall sensor to reverse the Motor wires?

It doesn´t matter, though I reversed the wires on the pot when I used pots because the graph in SMC3 remains visually logical. I guess that is where you get easily confused because the graph turns around when you reverse the wires on the motor. And since you cannot reverse the wires on a Hall sensor the reversed graph isn´t avoidable. It is silly but it was a trap for _my_ brain ;-)

It looks like a little older post but nevertheless, I hope somebody will write back.

Only to be certain about the different direction off pot and motor, is it possible to do so? I mean theoretically its doable with code but can it be done with the smc3.ino and the arduino and does it work in the end?

And yes, I am aware that I should have look on this before building my rig but from a perspective of code - I was certain that it would have this feature.


(;-D for all the builders that are getting nightmares from the screws - they are only temporally and will be replaced with a key that can handle the force )


Update: 23.06.2023
Found the solution in https://www.xsimulator.net/community/threads/motors-reversed.16898/