Sooo I want to set up my vesc for the first time. Trying to find some videos on youtube about it and someone said using your batterypack wouldn’t be good when starting programming your vesc. Would it be problematic? or can i just use my batterypack, unfortunaltely I do not own a lab power supply…
I’m not sure the reasoning behind not using a battery pack. As long as the battery voltage is less than the max voltage the controller can handle, you should be fine.
For a basic setup:
Run the motor detection wizard
Setup battery series number, pole count, gear ratio and tire size.
Run the input wizard
Ensure the motor spins the correct direction with your controller. If not swap phase wires & run detection again
Adjust the motor current (you can start with mfg specs or leave the default from the detection)
Adjust the motor negative current to something like -50A. This number is more or less low speed braking. Fine tune as you ride.
Adjust the battery current (cell discharge rating x p group / number of motors. 12s3p P42A would be 3x30A = 90A / 2 motors = 45A)
Adjust the battery regen current (cell fast charge rating x p group / number of motors). You may need to increase this 1.5x if your braking at high speed is poor, but it may impact battery life.
Im tighting the bolts from the motorshaft tot the motor. But when i tight it a bit tighter the motor is getting a lot of resistance. Is this normal or not?
I am the same, could be something simple lile not recieving / giving enough likes in the past few weeks / months on posts. I haven’t been very actively posting recently so I imagine in my case, it’s that!
Or i think if you get a certain number of flags you can be demoted too.
Based on this link you can automatically lose the “Regular” status if certain conditions aren’t met.
Trust Level 3 – Regular
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All of the above criteria must be true to achieve trust level 3. Furthermore, unlike other trust levels, you can lose trust level 3 status. If you dip below these requirements in the last 100 days, you will be demoted back to Member. However, in order to avoid constant promotion/demotion situations, there is a 2-week grace period immediately after gaining Trust Level 3 during which you will not be demoted.
If its a torque boards motor, its dead. Had the same problem that using the proper length (8mm) M4 bolts would cause the motor to lock up even after moving wires and sealing with epoxy. Depending on how much sanity you have in stock, you can try getting a replacement from TB.
Thanks, wasn’t sure if there were any important stability improvements since then that would make it more reliable. It didn’t sound like there was much aside from defaulting duty cycle limit start in 5.2, so I’ll leave it alone.