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Resolved CANNOT get simtools to move motors

Discussion in 'SimTools DIY Version' started by Rodeo5150, Mar 24, 2022.

  1. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    I test in SMC3, everything works. I leave SMC3 running, open game engine and game manager and try output testing, absolutely nothing happens. Not so much as a noise or a twitch....NOTHING. I've bought lifetime subscriptions, registered it, patched games and synced the engine and manager. I cant for the life of me figure out what I'm doing wrong. PLEEEEEEAASE HELP.

    Here are screen shots of my settings and hardware. motion box shows 2 arduino's and 6 Ibt2's and 2 psu's. Thats because this is my 6 dof motion box Im only using one side of it for the 3 dof rig.

    1 Arduino uno R3>3 Ibt2's 43A>1 5ooW 42A 12V psu>3 12-24V wheelchair motors (complete specs are unclear)
    AMD RYZEN 9 5900XT>Nvidia 1080>16G 3600MHz ram>650W psu>Cooler Master AIO cooled PC Screenshot 2022-03-24 032631.png Screenshot 2022-03-24 032706.png Screenshot 2022-03-24 032649.png Screenshot 2022-03-24 033251.png 20220226_133344.jpg 20220323_042519.jpg 20220323_042630.jpg 20220323_042640.jpg
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    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Ok. Why does the literature say to run them both at same time... grrrr ok so cool Im gonna try thast now. I had the baud a 500000 but changed it to try new things.. lol... ok thank you @noorbeast. Im off to try it
  4. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    I have to check the opposite direction for pitch tho because my motors face different directions because they are both left hand drive. lol
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    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    with your help @noorbeast I got it working.. ran as admin and turned off firewall.
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    The indicator being blue means a patched game has been detected as running, you should not be messing with any game until you know everything is working as expected in Output testing.

    You need to be systematic, do one thing at a time, not mess with a bunch of stuff all at once.

    Reboot the computer and try Output Testing.

    Screenshot 2022-03-24 044853.png
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    I did the game thing because I was just following the manual lol and youtube
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  10. Daguru

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    do you have any videos of it working
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    I'm in the middle of testing right now I can get motion in simtools manually but I just haven't gotten any motion out of a game yet. I think maybe it's because of the profile editor. I have dirt rally 2 out put down to about 40 at something. so I'm getting ready to try it with a higher setting right now I will post it soon as I have it
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    Make sure that you have axis assignments for the specific game, and not just the default profile configured buddy.
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