💪 TORQUE ESC V6.64 - High Mileage Immediate Testers

CiscoV · August 30, 2020, 2:24pm

Yeah!! Maybe I’ll try doing that today.

I’m not very good in the whole nerd department. I mean. I know how to work my way around vesc tool but never done the whole “bootloader” deal. Any help will be appreciated

Andy87 · August 30, 2020, 3:05pm

Just like FW loading just go into the bootloader tab and than hit upload.

CiscoV · August 30, 2020, 3:09pm

Awesome. Seen that but didn’t wanna do something that will compromise the vesc lol.
Thanks brother. I appreciate the info

Andy87 · August 30, 2020, 3:15pm

Can’t promise it will fix it, but worth a try in my humble opinion. You probably need to do that for each vesc separated if I remember right. Haven’t done that with the lates FW so maybe things changed a bit.

CiscoV · August 30, 2020, 3:17pm

Well give it a shot brother. Thank you.

Jujo · August 30, 2020, 6:20pm

This is why I should stick to Unity. I’m straight up dumb

frame · August 30, 2020, 6:26pm

this is also why im still stuck with unity, until the stormcore app has an android version

Jujo · August 30, 2020, 6:38pm

THERES NO ANDROID VERSION? So Android users aren’t able to use the StormCore at all or they’re stuck with vesc tool?

frame · August 30, 2020, 6:39pm

no android app yet for stormcore, either vesc tool app or get an iphone, and i choose none of that lol

Jujo · August 30, 2020, 6:43pm

I would rather die

Mainflow · August 30, 2020, 9:55pm

The good ol’ tcp bridge

Mainflow · August 30, 2020, 9:57pm

Or you can’t stop yet, you’re not done.

Jujo · August 30, 2020, 10:01pm

I’m beyond DONE. I am Mike

Too soon?

brooksie · August 31, 2020, 3:46am

UPDATE:

I had a friend walk me through the vesc tool, just a fun refresher. Always good to check yourself. Anyway.

I went through, wiped the esc’s to default, then re-installed the firmware on both without being connected over CANBUS. Then, instead of programming the motors over “other” motors, I ran the FOC detections despite not having FOC sensor wires. Why that actually worked? No freaking clue. Then we saw that when switching to BLDC in the General Tab under motor config, it inverted the wheel direction. Weird again. Input had to go through UART bc Flipsky VX2. So playing with the motor config more, we switched over from using the computer VESC tool to the mobile app. Ran through the wizard again FOC to get the motors to communicate over the CAN. Then, we switched to BLDC through the app, and the data is where it should be. Top speed, range, etc. are all solid now on the app, and I seriously love the ability to program it on the fly where or when I need to.

Thank you all again for the help and space to air frustrations, I’ll inevitably be here again at some point to ask some sort of question.

Would like an answer to this though…programming detection through FOC worked. The remote powered both motors, and it was quieter and seemed smoother than BLDC, but I don’t actually have sensor wires. Would that have been unsafe to ride?

Davewesh · August 31, 2020, 4:26am

Sensor Wires arent inherently for FOC or not. So this is irrelevant.

Likely this is HFI doing its thing, this would be expected in my opinion if you’re on V6 hardware (and using FOC).

Edit: clarifying statement

b264 · August 31, 2020, 4:27am

You can use metr and use TCP Bridge to allow the use of VESC Tool on a computer.

You can also do that with the VESC Tool Android application, but it’s less stable in my experience than the metr software.

Lunartic · August 31, 2020, 9:03pm

Battery-12S8P 40t
ESC- Dual TB6 VESC
Motor- TB6380 190k unsensored
Tires- 8inch Primo Stryker

What’s the best way to reduce ESC heat besides a heatsink? Since moving from 6374 sensored sealed Maytechs to TB6380 unsensored I have noticed a jump of up about average 10c degrees. Do sensored motors normally heat up the ESC less or is the extra heat coming from the higher rated motors?

b264 · August 31, 2020, 9:21pm

No

Maybe

What were your settings on the old motor?

Lunartic · August 31, 2020, 9:25pm

60/-40 motor
45/-12 battery

The temp stats from the metr log seem a little excessive, no?

rusins · August 31, 2020, 10:19pm

FOC just means it drives the motor by smoothly changing the direction of the force vector applied by the magnetic field. Once the board starts going, it can figure out the motor position without sensors fine. Without sensors you will just have a bit of a bumpy start, probably requiring you to push the board with your foot a bit to get you going. (Although I could swear that on some firmware versions I’ve had unsensored FOC start up smooth as butter, no HFI magic needed! )

It’s perfectly safe to run FOC unsensored, I always prefer it over BLDC