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Motor won't stop rotating

Discussion in 'Commercial Simulators and Peripherie' started by Clayton2318, Nov 10, 2018.

  1. Clayton2318

    Clayton2318 New Member

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    Hi guys,

    Super new to motion sims. I bought the 3DOF kit from DOFREALITY.COM several months ago and have actually yet to use the rig.

    The latest issue is when I turn it on the front left motor just keeps spinning. This made the rig do a nose dive to the front left corner. It was stuck so I took off the arm and recorded a video, as you'll see the arm just keeps spinning. Also the traction loss is stuck to one side.

    I thought maybe I mixed up the axis, but I checked and it's just as the same as the forum here suggests for iracing.

    Can someone please advise? At the very least is like to get the motors back to zero so I can use it as a chair ... Which I've been doing for months now :',(
    Clayton2318, Nov 10, 2018
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  2. Clayton2318

    Clayton2318 New Member

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    Sorry, trying to figure out how to upload a video that isn't too large. I'll have one soon.
    Clayton2318, Nov 10, 2018
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  3. Clayton2318

    Clayton2318 New Member

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    It seems I can't upload MP4's, so to explain the motion, ... if I were tied to the arm of the motor I would be doing front flips. It's trying to pull the rig down. The problem is, it never stops. So it just rotates at a constant speed, "front flipping"
    Clayton2318, Nov 10, 2018
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  5. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    noorbeast, Nov 10, 2018
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    Radioproffi Active Member Gold Contributor

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  7. Clayton2318

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    I'll contact DOF sales team - hopefully they can provide some support. Not exagerating when I say I've not even used this rig for a total of 2 hours yet. It's been nothing but problems since I got it.

    Video below

    Clayton2318, Nov 11, 2018
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  8. Vince Emmery

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    Hi Clayton,

    I have a H2 model and mine is doing exactly the same
    Did you manage to identify the problem and get a remedy ?

    thank you
    Vince Emmery, Oct 4, 2020
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  9. noorbeast

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    Have you contacted DOFreality:
    noorbeast, Oct 5, 2020
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  10. Vince Emmery

    Vince Emmery New Member

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    Hi Yes,

    They advised me to see if the green line is moving in smc3 ,
    I installed the software and changed the com port to 5 but get a message stating it could not connnect.
    It was getting late so i stopped and will have a try today.
    They mentioned not having srs running.
    Vince Emmery, Oct 5, 2020
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  11. noorbeast

    noorbeast VR Tassie Devil Staff Member Moderator Race Director

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    Everything else should be closed and SMC3 run alone, otherwise you can have a port conflict.

    I am presuming you checked for the correct port in Device Manager.
    noorbeast, Oct 5, 2020
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