Fan Control in Assetto Corsa With GameDash and Pololu Maestro?

Hi,
I would like to control speed on a DC fan in Assetto Corsa if possible.

The DC Fan is being controlled by an RC motor controller and getting the control signals from the Pololu Maestro. I've been able to get the Pololu Maestro working with the Game Engine ok. I can move attached servos and control the DC fan speed with the test sliders.

Now I would like to start testing with GameDash so that I can have the fan speed matching car speed.
I think I have the Serial Output settings set right, but I do not know how or what to put in the popup Output Rules Box for Each Dash 1-20.

I've attached a screenshot of the Interface settings in Game Engine, as well as a screenshot of GameDash.

Are there documents available on the GameDash setup? I wasn't able to find any via search.

I'd appreciate any tips.

Thanks,

Paul.

Ok its a little involved to get running but once ya done it once its pretty easy.
First we need to make sure in the Game Manager the dash has been selected. Pic below.


Ok now DashOutput is enabled we can fire the game up and variables will appear in the GameDash.
You will notice that Dash 1 is Speed.
Ok script needed will depend on the figure you want to send to the ard.
Test the Game Dash and report back to me what the figure is pretty sure its the speed as is in KPH, don't worry this can be changed.
Then we can move on.

Thanks Eaorobbie,
Ok, Game Dash is connected now and is receiving data from the game. Speed data is shown in Dash 1.

What script do I need in the output box to get an 0 to 100% RC servo signal relative to 0-300KPH speed.

Ok looks like Speed is coming in as KPH so the script should look like this.

MATH * 0.85
ROUND 0

Now how did I work that out.
Well you want 300 to equal 255 so we simply divide 255 by 300 which gives us 0.85, meaning 1kph is equal to 0.85 for the servo.
Now the servo controller needs whole numbers and no decimals, so we need to round the figure to 0 decimals, Round 0.
Test that mate everything else looks cool.

This is an awesome idea. I will have to definitely incorporate this into my system if I intend to have a bike on it. Airflow would be an essential extra in that case.

Can be done with an ardunio uno too instead of an rc card and you can then use a mosfet and drive a much bigger fan too. Blow ya off the eat stuff.
Would suit a bike sim for sure.

I have 3 huge fans I use for my garage which I never use. I'll repurpose them I think and stick some smaller blades to them and a cowl to narrow the air channel.

mmm DC or AC , DC fans are far easier to control. To control AC is expensive. Best I have seen is RC plane motors, very strong breeze.

Good point. They plug straight into the wall. I didn't think of that.

Eaorobbie,
Thanks to your script I am now seeing the correct value (Speed*.85) in the Out value for Dash 1. But I still haven't been able to get any movement on a Servo, or Fan control.

If I setup GameEngine with the settings below I can control a servo or speed control with the manual slider:





Before I try to Test GameDash I change the Interface settings on Game Engine to Use COM1. There is nothing connected to COM1 but I will be using the Pololu Maestro on COM4 with GameDash and I don't think GameEngine and GameDash can have the same settings:



I set the Game Dash Output Settings to Use Com4:



I have tried getting Servo Movement without the game running and manually entering values in the test window. The Math part is working, but I cannot get any motion output:



I have also tried with the game running, Math still works right, but no motion output:



Sorry forthe Data dump of screenshots but I figured I would try to provide as many details as possible.

I am using a separate PC than the Gaming computer to run both GameEngine and GameDash.

Any ideas on where to go from here?

Thanks,

Paul.

Ok feel I might have missed something from the script looking at your game engine setting the output is required to be in binary.

Try adding to the script:

TOBIN

Which will change the output of the integer to binary.

The data in the output window shows up in Binary now, still no movement on the RC output unfortunately.

Hello Everbody,

I'm new to Simtools but a great little program, I am having exact same issues as above, I can get servo movement through Game Engine and the servo is kind of jittering as I pick up speed in game, but very very little movement.

Can anybody help me get over this last bit?

Thanks in advance



Paul B