DV6S Can-bus failure after inverting motors

[Gabe541]

sensored

[Shadowfax]

@Gabe541

alrighty, so i managed to get it working, but theres just a couple things id like to clear up. two things specifically. One of my motors apparently has a low resistance according to makerx support. that motor gets really hot compared to my other motor. is this a sign to get a new motor? the pully is kinda tight, the stock one has minimal range. I bought the motors used so chances are its shot. & two being the inital torque is incredible low, and it take a bit of time to build speed, is there a way to change that in settings? after a certain threshold it hauls ass though

If one of the pulleys is tight you should loosen it.

You don’t need to change firmware. Just raise the abs current to whatever the allowable max is. You can read the default is vesc tool, and then write that to each side. It’s probably in the range of 150-250a.

@YUTW123 are you guys aware that the vesc motor detection wizard sets bad abs max current values?

It sounds like you have one more settings that is not set well. I’d recommend screen shotting and sharing all your settings.

[Gabe541]

Ill definitely be sure too once i open it back up, im ordering a bt module so i dont have to unscrew everything a billion times, but I think this motors croaking somewhat, it always slows faster than the other side and when i bought it apparently it was used more than the other side. Now the one bad side motor twitches briefly when accelerating, then is okay, maybe I have the settings too high. I think im just going to buy a new motor to be honest from amazon for that side and see if it works. But overall both pulleys are pretty tight, i have them as loose as i can get em. I might have to dremel out some metal to make more space

[RichardSmichard]

I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM!!! It’s the power button, be sure to only enable the Power Off After 30 Min on the side the button is plugged into, changing that setting fixed it all for me. Also watch out for the new 6.02 firmware, mine had lots of bugs

[Gabe541]

did you have throttle issues? my inital torque is very slow for some reason, it picks up speed after it gets moving, but the torque is a bummer

[Evwan]

All of these threads make me wanna make a definitive guide to getting around ESC fuckery, in video form of course.

[RichardSmichard]

Please do so, we are lost

[RichardSmichard]

My issue was that the side the power button was not plugged into would completely shut off whenever i put on the throttle. Both would spin when it was low throttle, any higher than about 20% duty cycle and the non power button side of the esc would shutoff. Then only one motor would spin extremely slow.
MakerX uses a modded firmware for their Dv6, Dv6 pro, and Dv6s to accommodate their power button. If you don’t follow their steps for enabling it, it wont work

[me_ashman]

I wish they would set the switch to work from default and would probably fix issues some have.
Shits me having to manually set it and if the settings play up eg vesc id it defaults everything and you can’t switch the vesc off without opening everything up and unplugging it.

[RichardSmichard]

Yeaaaaaa it’s a total pain, I bought a whole new esc when the problem was just the glitchy new firmware and power sw

[SlickdogEsk8]

Also had i issue with the power button jst connector moving or coming loose and getting cut outs, It would only happen on full throttle and under load. glued it in place and been good since. Staked it at mid 30’s after full cut out …SUCKED .

[ShutterShock]

I covered most of the common issues (bootloader & switch) in my latest vesc video

Might make sense to make an ESC problems one

[PedroMcJimenez]

@ShutterShock

Might make sense to make an Makers problems one

Fixed that for ya

[Tender]

I think i have the button problem. Other side is not detected with can anymore. Is it boom boom