VESC-Tool 2.0 and Firmware 4.0 - The beginning of a new era - (SERIOUS)

ahrav · February 9, 2020, 9:45am

never been so happy to see this message.

xsynatic · February 9, 2020, 9:46am

Perfect, glad it worked!

ahrav · February 9, 2020, 10:27am

With the new tool how do we send can to the slave. I don’t see the option any longer in the App settings?

Trampa · February 9, 2020, 11:25am

You can download the FW here: https://github.com/vedderb/vesc_tool/tree/master/res/firmwares
Either you use the Ackmaniac Tool to upload it, or you use the VESC-Tool.
Go to Firmware menu and select custom file tab, choose downloaded file, hit upload.
Worst case: use SWD Prog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFFiVxFHDM4
Minute 5:30 onwards…

Trampa · February 9, 2020, 11:30am

In that case it is not smart reverse. I haven’t tried braking on a hill to a full stop in this mode.
HFI might be strong enough to hold you on a slight hill.

Murloc992 · February 9, 2020, 11:57am

Kiss Ben and Jeff for me, okay?

PixelatedPolyeurthan · February 9, 2020, 12:32pm

not with those eye brows

Resonant · February 9, 2020, 12:38pm

I like this. Opens the possibility of using unsensored motors in “FOC” without the need for sensors. If I’m not mistaken sk3s are unsensored and really reliable, this basically allows unsensored motors that were strictly used as BLDC like the sk3 to run “FOC” if wanted, and as a backup for broken sensors and not needing to buy completely new motors (if the sensors couldn’t be fixed).

That is actually useful, possibly in longterm it will end up being even more useful.

Make a seperate variation of the vesc without sensor ports and same some space, cost, etc. For those who know that they won’t need it.

Trampa · February 9, 2020, 12:56pm

The sensor port doesn’t add any relevant cost.

Andy87 · February 9, 2020, 1:13pm

Why you can’t run unsensored motors in FOC?

xsynatic · February 9, 2020, 1:30pm

@Resonant

works like a charm unsensored FOC

Resonant · February 9, 2020, 2:46pm

My B was mistaken

xsynatic · February 13, 2020, 5:10pm

I’m at that point again. Currently trying (yet again) to set HFI up

Clicking on Brake just clicks the Motor, no continous sound.
Tool 2.02 and FW 4.1
4.12HW

foc_plot_hfi_en 1
measure_ind 0.2
sensor mode HFI
channel 3456 disabled
changed to dots instead of lines
RT data and Heart are on.

Nothing

itsrow · February 13, 2020, 6:41pm

I went back to sensored, at high duty cycle my motors made awful noises and I don’t want people to think I’m using squirrels as slaves to pull my longboard.

bevilacqua · February 13, 2020, 6:42pm

Are you doing it via metr TCP?

xsynatic · February 13, 2020, 6:44pm

nope, hfi was via usb

bevilacqua · February 13, 2020, 6:50pm

Master vesc or slave?

xsynatic · February 13, 2020, 6:52pm

Master (Single drive)

bevilacqua · February 13, 2020, 6:59pm

Strange… I could make it work only on my master vesc, enabling the HFI plot every time I connected. (Via tcp bridge)

Maybe try reflashing the SW

xsynatic · February 13, 2020, 8:46pm

did that too. It was a fresh install.

Fresh motor setup, everything fresh.