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Need help with old 2DOF simulator

Discussion in 'New users start here - FAQ' started by Haritosha, Feb 3, 2021.

  1. Haritosha

    Haritosha New Member

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    Hello, guys!

    Need help. I have by accident saved a couple of 2dof sims from being thrown away to the junkyard, and I want you to help me and give them a second life.

    The problem is, I'm completely incompetent in the subject. The local Russian forum on this is rather dead and doesn't even allow to register.

    My main question: is it even possible to launch this stuff with the simtools software, and if so, what am I doing wrong and what should I do to get the stuff work?

    I was also given the old computer (win7-64) that worked paired with the sim, and on its board I found the GTR2 game and E-Motion Control M utility which work properly.
    All my attempts to make the sim work under Win10 + Simtools failed.

    All the hardware is in the pictures bellow.
    There are 2 x stepper motor (pl86h113-4.2-4), 2 x stepper motor driver (Purelogic PLD880), 3 x Arduino Nano v.5 boards.

    Any help would be appreciated.

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    Haritosha, Feb 3, 2021
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  2. Haritosha

    Haritosha New Member

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    As I understood it, these steppers are analogs of NEMA 34, and on this forum there is not a single finished project that uses steppers, right?
    Haritosha, Feb 6, 2021
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  3. Gadget999

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    Stepper motors can only be used to step from one position to another

    whilst they have lots of a advantages ie they are high torque and do not need a positon feedback, what they can not do it be controlled using PID - ie you can not make them travel quickly to a destination and then slow down when they get there

    you will need to program an interface to move them - do your control boxes work on a voltage or on a data interface like serial ?
    Gadget999, Feb 6, 2021
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  4. Haritosha

    Haritosha New Member

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    Hello! Thanks for responding!
    That's sad. Thank you for the explanation. However, it seems to move quite realistically. I'm gonna take a video and show.

    How do I figure this out? There are no interfaces except the USB to PC.

    Perhaps the utility that went with it could help in some way?
    Haritosha, Feb 6, 2021
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    ok if its usb - its probably using a virtual serial port

    so is the sim working ?

    what do you want to do ?
    Gadget999, Feb 6, 2021
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  6. Haritosha

    Haritosha New Member

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    Yes, it is working, but only with its own little programm and GTR2 game under Win7

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    So, is there any chance to make it work with other games under simtools?
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    you need to find out the communication protocol

    i would do this by using a com port sniffer

    or you may be able to look at the way the software is configured to transmit data
    Gadget999, Feb 6, 2021
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  9. Haritosha

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    Thank you!

    I'm gonna try and go the first way, all the software configuration is in the picture.

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    Haritosha, Feb 6, 2021
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  10. Haritosha

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    Hello again!

    Is that what you meant?

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    Haritosha, Feb 8, 2021
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