It seems like every time I go to program an ESC, about 50% of the time I can’t get Smart Reverse to work. Quite often, I can’t get it to work initially but somehow later I’m able to get it to work, usually by running through the setup input wizard again and doing nothing different to what I had done previously.
Right now I have a board I just put together for someone else and it has a 60D+ in it and I can’t get Smart Reverse to work. Yet one of my boards has the same ESCs in it (same firmware, and same type of remote) and no problem (that one also didn’t work initially). I’ve also had this happen recently with Solos too where I couldn’t get it work and then at some point later I managed to get it work.
It’s a damn mystery to me. Is there something I’m missing?
Recently just had this issue, spent an hour just trying to make smart reverse work. Then it hit me that I can use metr to program vesc, so I did, and it works right off the bat without any issue.
Ran through these issues with a DV6 on another board. Could never figure it out. Sometimes it would stick, sometimes it would forget after going back into VESC again. I’ve learned to fully embrace hyst reverse
Well at least it’s not just me. And sure enough, after I posted this yesterday, I went back to the latest board and went through the setup input wizard again and this time I was able to get the smart reverse to work. So strange. The good thing at least for me is I’ve never had it stop working. It just seems to be something with getting it initially going.
I find that just simply not using Smart Reverse and using Hyst Reverse mode works every time, perfectly, on the first try, and behaves better as well for me.
If it’s available, why not use it? Some people use bindings where it’s not as easy to jump off and adjust. I know for me personally there is one path I ride where there’s a sharp S-bend that you have to basically stop to make. I can make it by going forward and backing up once to make the turn. Much easier than hopping off and adjusting etc
I just stick my foot under the deck to aim my board any direction with very little effort. Years of kicking longboards around has made it quite a reliable reflex to just let my feet do the work. Just trying to understand why some would choose to use reverse
Never said people don’t need reverse Brian… I asked why you prefer to have it. No need to call out my question as ridiculous. I’ve personally never thought to myself, ‘man reverse sure would be handy right about now’ but also don’t think any less of you for not agreeing with me
How about for when you are patiently waiting at an intersection amd someone cuts the corner and runs you over? Its pretty handy when your staring at a bull bar
Smart you hold brake to come to a stop, then short delay and backing up begins (usually at low speed). Hyst is brake like normal, release and press brake again and it goes in reverse (full speed available). Hyst is quicker for me to reverse and do what I need to do
