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News FINALLY Getting ready to test

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Projects' started by Rodeo5150, Feb 28, 2022.

  1. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    My Motion Simulator:
    Arduino, 6DOF
    Pics are of my rig and my motion box that took me a week to complete..lol
    But im happy with it so far.. 2 fans on the sides blow in and the two in front suck hot air off of the heatsinks that go thru the tub and the 2 on top suck out

    IF I COULD JUST FIND 6 MOTORS I CAN AFFORD GŔRRŔRRRŔ
    Anyway here it is before testing 20220227_154446.jpg 20220227_154453.jpg 20220226_133524.jpg 20220226_133419.jpg 20220226_133344.jpg 20220226_133430.jpg 20220226_133404.jpg
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  2. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    I cannot for the life of me get SMC3 to get control of all three motors at the same time like I can get one to spin but the other two either they won't turn on the only way I can get all three to turn on at the same time as I had to reverse the polarity of one of my motors motor number 2 and then they still don't work. turn on and nothing happens and then open the program again another time and then a different motor will move and then if I press the reset on my Arduino with smc3 open motor 3 start spinning out of control even if I put the pwmMax all the way back down it just keeps spinning even when it's at 0 it keeps spinning after hitting reset on the Arduino I can't I I Im really really losing my patience with this I don't know why it's not controlling the motors like it does for everyone else.
    Rodeo5150, Mar 11, 2022
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  3. noorbeast

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    My Motion Simulator:
    3DOF, DC motor, JRK
    Is SMC3 set to Mode 2?

    Please post pictures of all of your settings.

    Are the motors being used ground isolated?
    noorbeast, Mar 12, 2022
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  4. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    Yes. Im going to go out and hook everything up and run the program again then I'll take some screenshots I do have continuity between the positive and negative but that's just because of where the brushes touch the motor shaft so but I don't have continuity between the ground in the in the case or any wire between the the wire in the case
    Rodeo5150, Mar 13, 2022
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  5. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    I figured it out!! the position of my hall effect pots was wrong. I give them a Twist and then the motor start turning on and moving I get movement and control over so yeah yeah I had the position of my pots wrong. I haven't hooked up all three together yet but I am getting movement one motor hooked up at a time so I'm almost positive that once I do I hook all three of them up that they will work once I move all three pots.
    Thank you so very much @noorbeast for answering all my questions and trying to get me thru it. Im not done yetIll probly need you some more for SIMTOOLS lol. I told you that I'm a hardware guy I knew the software part would be a little bit of a battle but I'm getting there thank you very much
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