Question doubbling Surge Channel ?

is there a possibility to add a 7th channel to a 6 DOF configuration with an additional "surge"

i plan to use the additional channel as a seatbelt tensioner channel - so for braking it should tighten the belt.

Very best

yes. own controller and everything completely independent to the rest of the 6 motors.... i will check the A and B axis thing. many thanks

additional question... if i want to use b axis for traction loss as well i have to add the B axis also to the A Axis motors ? how i have to change the value ?

add [A<Axis1b>][B<Axis2b>] ???!


i testet it with [A<Axis1a>][B<Axis2a>][A<Axis1b>][B<Axis2b>] and so on ...but it doesnt work ....seems thet the a and b axis interferes with each other and the sim makes terrible noises and shackes like hell ...

yes, got it but doesnt semm to work .... i have 3 interfaces in use now, for the 6DOF, each channel 2 motors .... for the planned belt tensioner i want to use channel 4 ..so that is no problem ....

what i wanna do in addition is to use Extra1 (for traktion oss) so i have to configure a "7th DOF" with a similar yaw setting for the traktion loss- but therefore i have also to use axis b, right because i have only 6 DOFs in the configuration screen for axis "a" .... soo how can i achieve that ? i have to add configurations for axis"b" for the motors which already use axis a. and if i do that as mentioned above the sim goes nuts :/

is it explained good or should i add some screenshots ?

ok thanks i have to do it later because all the stuff is on my simrig PC

here we go:
interface 1 to 3 settings here i would add [A<Axis1b>][B<Axis2b>] ?!?!?!?! or is it C...D.... ?



and here we got the DOF Settings for Axis A:

DOF1 to 3

Dof 4 to 6:


(Axis 6a for yaw should also be 30 ;D)

and Axis B for the Extra 1 which is Yaw (Copy of Dof 4 in my case, right ? )

So i can add the 4th channel to the same com port as another channel?

Oh I think we got something wrong.... To yaw the rig for traction loss I need All 6 Motors so I have to add channel 4, 5 and 6 with axis b, right? It's so confusing

Ok. I know that, but I thought that traction loss can be "simulated" with a similar setting like yaw and add this as extra1 or do I dont need it, because the sim uses already yaw for this movement?

So Back to Main topic. Traction loss is another one I take care later.

So i doubbled the surge channel with an additional arduino on channel 4. everything works well. But it there a way to cut off All positive movement on the second surge axis but not on the regular?

I use this channel for the belt tentioner. But I dont want to loosen the belt while accelerating above the neutral position.

it seems there is no Software solution for this so I so it in a mechanical way. I have to redo it in a prettier way
So this is my belt tentioner Motor : linked with surge of the 6dof rig.

You are correct that with your 6 DOF setup, you can have a traction loss effect by moving the rear 2 actuators causing the back to 'slide' side to side. Most plugins use Extra 1 as the channel to setup this effect.

The easiest way to configure the belt tensioner for surge on deceleration only is to alter the arduino code to output the data accordingly using a map function. It will depend on the code you are using, but something like:


servoData[0] = map(rawServoData[0], 128, 255, 0, 180); // Map the data to servo i.e. 0, 255, 0, 180 is from bytes 0 to 255 mapped to 0 to 180 degrees

This works on the assumption that the surge data is from 0 to 255 and that the neutral position is 127 to 128. It ignores anything below this and maps positive surge data to a 180 degree servo so that it will only move with surge one way.