Tutorial SMC3 Arduino 3DOF Motor Driver and Windows Utilities

usb cable is good as windows SMC setup and monitor utility works

sir , problem is solved.
parity is not set to none in serial output setting.
thats why there was no output.

thanks for your precious Help and TIME

im saving images of my smc3 but not knowing where the saved images are being saved to? not in the smc3 file folder but where?

it starts up good. after a couple minutes i gets this. after a few minutes the motor runs off and stops and get whats in the 2nd picture. when i restart it starts good but then ..... rinse and repeat... any ideas?

That almost looks like a faulty pot.

Two questions regarding persistent Simtools values and the Arduiono that I could not find the answers to:
1 - When min/max for clip, pwm, smoothing are set, the settings are saved automatically to the Arduino and apply when using the Simtools/games, correct?

2 - I need a smaller clip range, so I set the value (Motor1_Clip=400) in the setting file and load it. The value is depicted on the graph, but the clipping trace always seems to remain at the 255 max value. Why?

3 - Is my clip=400 being saved to the Arduino OR does SMC3Utility block that clip value from being saved? Would this explain why when I close and re-open SMC3Utility the Clip 400 is replaced by the max clip of 255 or the last "good" clip value? I want to keep my 400 clip.

Thanks

R

1. Yes

2. & 3. You answered your own questions that max clip value is 255 so you can't set it higher than 255.

Sorry. I was trying to see if the limit was controlled by the code in the Arduino OR the .exe. It appears that it is in the .exe. It would be great if a future release allowed the larger clip to be saved...Thanks for the response.

Do you feel that the stoppage shown above is due to hardware or a software setting shown? No matter my settings, the movement will only resume if I move the manual line back to the green line then the motion tracks with the target until it moves too fast. Shouldn't the movement keep attempting to reach the target no matter how far away from the target the indicator shows? Of course the gold power bar shows power SHOULD be applied, but nothing happens until I move the manual target back to the green position. Does this just mean I am moving the target too fast?

Thanks

Any ideas why the tracking would be lost mid-movement? It seems that the tracking only gets picked up again if the position indicator lines up exactly where it did previously, but jumps off track again. I am picking up a replacement Arduino just in case. Maybe the clones done handle the comm speed well?

Thanks

Hello Guys...

My Motor monster + audrino combo I have built is giving me weird issue.
The motor mounted on it will only spin non-stop unless PWMmax is set above 200.
I have double checked all wiring and connection , it seems like it is correct and conducting signals..

Please help....

Heres a short video of it :

Hi, i am building my rig using MODE2.
I am totally new at this and am learning as i go.
I can make both motors run using SCM3 and everything seems to be OK but the feedback is on the bottom of the screen. I have replaced and re soldered the pots twice, tested continuity on all wires (All OK) but nothing changes.
I am using a B10K pot with a solid core wire. Is this the correct one?
I am using #define MODE2 and #define ENABLE_POT_SCALING (i dont know if i need this since i dont understand what "enable analogue input AN5" means).

Any help is deeply appreciated.

Adding the pic for SMC3.

Updates Version 0.7

• Added a POT scaling input that can be used to scale the motion output based on the POT position
• POT scaling can be setup as one of two modes - Linear or non-linear
• DO NOT ENABLE POT SCALING UNLESS POT ATTACHED TO ARDUINO
• AN5 used for POT scaling input
• The non linear scaling is designed to try and reduce the overall motion but maintain the "smaller" movements as best possible - ie road noise and stuff, but scale back on the huge side to side motion you get in higher power cars.

Thanks for the info, but i dont know what AN5 is.
Does it mean "Analog pin A5 in the Arduino board?

Hi there,

To my new project I want to use multi turn pots. I need 5 turns pots, but I only can find 10 turn pots on the market.
I think a 10K Ohm 10 turn pots should be OK, if I can modify the code to 5K pots - resulting like 5 turning pots.
Or as a second alternate - I buy 10 turn - 20 K Ohm pots, with the unmodified code, resulting 5 turn 10 K Ohm pots.

If I want to use the first alternate:
I've found a lot of lines in the code about scaling.
What is the most easiest way to set it to 5 K Ohm?
Which lines I have to modify?

Can anybody help???

Thanx,
George

[QUOTE = "Marcos Loeps, post: 163951, member: 31208"] Obrigado pela informação, mas eu não sei o que é AN5.
Significa "Pino analógico A5 na placa Arduino? [/ QUOTE]

That's right, a potentiometer on analogue door A5 will give you a regulation on the size of the motion rule.

Thank you Edson, Muito obrigado.
What about the Pot Feedback signal being on the bottom of the screen? Have you seen that?
E o sinal de retorno to potenciometro na parte de baixo da tela? Voce ja viu algo assim?

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   RufusDufus
3. my problem with smc3 code .Tôi use MODE1 you can help me 1 code complete?
4. please download code here
5. thank you RufusDufus

I want to use mode1.
edit as the correct or wrong file image?