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Question SMC3 doesnt communicate with board

Discussion in 'DIY Motion Simulator Building Q&A / FAQ' started by Rodeo5150, Feb 28, 2022.

  1. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    20220226_133419.jpg 20220226_133344.jpg Yeah I plug everything in I get lights going get power supplies humming and all that done can I get no action out of the rig. when I when I turn it on it says can't connect to board retry abort or ignore that message.if I hit ignore it will open up the smc3 and let me to change stuff but I get no action out of the Board or Motors.

    I'm wondering if I got the wrong encoders cuz im using some cheap little crappy ones that I found around the house 10K ones that I took out of like a soldering station while I'm waiting on my hall effect sensor. Cuz I am confident overwhelmingly confident that I have everything wired and connected right I made sure of that I took a week designing building and plugging in wires and designing air flow. So I'm confident my motion boxes built right
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    Rodeo5150, Feb 28, 2022
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    If you wiggle the pots by hand does the line move in SMC3?
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    noorbeast, Mar 1, 2022
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  3. Rodeo5150

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    No absolutely nothing happens it's gets no no no communication whatsoever I'm wondering when I upload the smc-3 to my Arduino there on, comm 8 and 9 okay and even my device manager says they're on a eight and nine but when I look at the code in the Arduino it says is 0 and 1 or mayb another 0 i forget but def not 8 and 9. should I have changed ? that do I have to change the comm in the sketch in order for it to read right?
    Rodeo5150, Mar 3, 2022
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    Is your Arduino IDE set to the correct com port in its settings?
    noorbeast, Mar 3, 2022
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  5. Rodeo5150

    Rodeo5150 ROOKIE BUT LEARNING FAST Gold Contributor

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    Well that's what I'm asking you I don't know like I said, in the IDE sketch after compile and upload it says, 0 + 1 in the sketch but when I compiled and uploaded it the ide under com port it said comms 8 and 9
    Rodeo5150, Mar 4, 2022
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    See the Arduino guide re setting Board and port: https://docs.arduino.cc/learn/starting-guide/the-arduino-software-ide
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    noorbeast, Mar 4, 2022
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    Hey @noorbeast I only uploaded the SMC3.ino on my arduino but I noticed there is a SMC3Utilities.ino that was downloaded at the time I downloaded the SMC3. Was I suppose to upload that SMC3Utilities.ino to the Arduino also?
    Rodeo5150, Mar 4, 2022
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    SMC3 is the code for the Arduino, bottom of the first post: https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...3dof-motor-driver-and-windows-utilities.4957/

    SMC3 Ultilies is a handy Windows app to configure SMC3 settings for the Arduino, bottom of the second post: https://www.xsimulator.net/communit...driver-and-windows-utilities.4957/#post-48121
    noorbeast, Mar 4, 2022
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    I'm having this same problem. Did you ever get this resolved?
    WILLIAM DEITZ, Feb 25, 2024
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    Can you please post pictures of your SMC3 settings, hardware used and confirm the Com Port is correctly set in the Arduino IDE and SMC3.
    noorbeast, Feb 26, 2024
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