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Showroom Bolt-on 2DOF project with 12V600W motors

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by SoftKitty, Nov 13, 2019.

  1. SoftKitty

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    Thanks, noorbeast, I see, very practical methond.

    A further question:
    Is this only because we want to keep the effort balance for pitch forward and backward?
    If the motor power is redundant enough, does it still have to be the COG?
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    A pivoting rig should be balanced or slightly bias to pre-load wormdrive gearboxes, to minimise backlash effects. Being balance minimises the load on the motors for pitch, roll, sway and simulated heave.
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  3. SoftKitty

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    Today I soldered connectors on the boards, to make rewiring and parts exchange easier.
    and bought a blue case for boards.
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    Update: wiring and added cooling for driver boards.
    The green driver board can handle 2 motors
    but still I added a MM on the third channel, just in case.
    It also can be useful if I add traction loss some day.
    微信图片_20191229181525.jpg 微信图片_20191229181519.jpg

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  5. SoftKitty

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    ready to move, everything is pluged now it's time to test and tune.
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    Very nice and compact build. I have the same motors as you, but I never put real load on them. Looking foward to see how they perform in action!
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    I'm having trouble with GameEngine
    in "axis assignments"page ,"the gamelist" is grey so I can't choose any game.


    Some background information:
    ・the software version I installed was simtools v2.4 ;
    ・I installed as one PC option.
    ・Today, I registered with my free DIY licence got on Dec 25th,2019;
    ・Even before I install any plugin, the LFS is not available to choose on axis assignments page(grey)
    ・Then I installed two plugins by pluginUpdater(drag&drop, unzipped files) :
     ("AssettoCorsa_GamePlugin.2.0.7.1."&"DirtRally2_GamePlugin.2.0.3.0")
     and right after both can be seen on GameManager, and AssettoCorsa patched successfully.
    ・I tried restart my pc but nothing changed.

    here is a picture of current status, Game Engine and Game manager are connected but Game List is still grey.
    微信截图_20200208155750.png
    In this subdirectory we can see the plugins exist.
    微信截图_20200208160008.png

    wish to get help, thanks!
  8. noorbeast

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  9. SoftKitty

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    It looks like you need to choose the Axis Type first, from the dropdown menu near Game list.

    Also, have you created your Axis's in Interface Settings tab?
    You must first create Axis before you can make changes in Assigment Tab.
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  11. SoftKitty

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    Thank you very much!
    yes, the problem is I didn't choose a Axis type first

    Sorry everyone, I will read manual more carefully next.:roll
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    I'm having a simtools center position problem:

    I have horizoned the rig lever to the mid point of POTs,
    so every time I plug the arduino USB cable in, it will return to flat.
    and I double checked the POTs with multimeter, both read 2.5v.

    but every time as soon as I "turn on" in Output Testing of GameEngine, the rig will incline sideways,
    to the point where both Pots voltage reading is 1.57V, but at that time all the drag bars are in 0%, what could be the cause of this problem?

    ※the two motors work well in SMC3 utils, sine/triangle or any movement is ok, so I think no wiring issues.
    Here is my game engine settings:
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    I have done a test drive, with little adjustment on the axis assignments(add sway and surge), now the movement is logically correct.
    But still, the center position is wrong, as the game starts or the car stay still on a flat surface, the rig rolls to the right(where both POT voltage readings are about 1.57V~1.59V).

    all other movements are based on this wrong initial position.o_O
    why it would align on this POT reading(1.57V )...?

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    Have you checked your Tuning Center tool, once you have start driving in the game?

    If the positive value and negative value for one force is different (for example for Surge), your starting position (center) could be changed.
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    I checked as you mentioned, but they were all close to zero.
    I also checked in the virtual axis, Axis1a and 2a showed in their center position, but in real both axis is in position where POT voltage is about 1.6V.
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    I will try a method to cover this offset,
    now the two axes are wired identical and placed mirror to each other,
    so when they went for the 1.57v positon one went down and the other rose up, make the rig in a rolled start positon.
    I will try invert the wiring of one axis, so both would sink or rise when they go to the wrong 1.57v start point,
    the rig will start with wrong pitch angle but stay upright on left and right side. I will see how it goes.:confused:
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    Good luck with your adjustments ! Anyway you make a clean work, it's a very nice ring . i'm jealous :o:
  18. noorbeast

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    I suspect the issue is on your hardware or SMC3 side.

    What are the CTC distance on the levers and can you please post pictures of your SMC3 settings. You may need to refine your SMC3 settings further, like PID. If it is hardware swapping things like pots or motors from one side to the other will identify what hardware it is.
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    The CTC on levers is 10cm.
    and SMC3 settings are like this:
    微信截图_20200210122140.png

    I tried swapping the two motors and pots connection on the driver board, the result is the same: both side will go from 2.5V to 1.57V point when simtools take the command
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    @noorbease, I made a video to demostrate this problem.
    sorry for my bad English, I wish you and other experts can take a look at this.
    Thanks!