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Question [DIY arduino 2DOF] Issue: SimTools deadzone between 0 and -25

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by pog0, Aug 25, 2020.

  1. pog0

    pog0 New Member

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    Hello! Hope everyone's alright :)
    I'll be super quick.
    After a longish break from the sim I reinstalled everything and am presented with the current issue:

    - SMC3 control works flawlessly, meaning manual control from -limit to +limit is smooth.
    - Axis assignments are the same as they were before the reinstall. (regular [A<Axis1a>][B<Axis2a....)
    - GameEngine output testing does work BUT...

    - When output testing, both Axis1a and Axis2a don't respond to input from the values of -1 to -25.
    Beyond -25 the motor jumps to the correct position, while if i drag the slider above -25 it doesn't jump back until it hits +1. The rest of the range works with no problem.

    - If i limit the axis to 50% from within "Axis limiting", the deadzone increases from {0,-25} to {0,-50}, if i limit the axis to 25% the deadzone goes all the way from 0 to -100.

    What do i do? The arduino is working fine since SMC can control it with no issue.

    Thanks a lot!

    P

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    P.S.: Windows locale has already been set to US english, so I doubt that's what's causing the issue.
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    Update : rolling back to 2.4.0 fixed the issue!
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