I think I heard somewhere that the recent VESCs came preset with the enertion motor configurations? Is this correct? I just picked up my VESCs today ( was away for the holidays ) and was wondering if I still need to connect them to the PC to configure the Nyko Kama and CANBUS ?
Also noticed that the new VESCs don’t have the sockets for the motor to plug directly into, they instead need to be soldered to the wire now ( or maybe they were always like that and the pics I saw were just of ppl that soldered a connector to it )?
Yes you will still need to use your pc to configure the nunchuk and canbus.
Running a motor detection will give you the same results as the xml file for the R-SPEC motors. That file has since been deleted though because it was for an older version of the BLDC tool.
Read this thread here about how to properly complete the motor detection. It is very straight forward, and not difficult by any means:
Seeing as @onloop is busy I’ll repost this in all the threads that don’t follow the guidelines quoted by onloop here:
In order to make the “E-board Builds” category really easy to search & locate specific builds i am asking that you change your title to something descriptive that better expresses the makeup of your build.
Most of the new build threads tend to end up with a name such as
“new- noob - noobie - beginner - first - build - help - newb” this becomes hard to keep track of.
I would like to see each build thread with a descriptive title, such as;
Project Name | Deck Name | Trucks | Motor type | Mounting method | Voltage/Battery | ESC
Example
The Samurai | Custom Deck | Paris Trucks | R-SPEC | Custom Mount | 10S | VESC
Theres not. I can’t edit my first few posts either, perhaps the post/topic is too old. Should I make a new one?
Also sorry 3 more questions.
On the VESC, it comes with some kind of plastic wrap. Is this good for insulation ( like heatshrink? ), or is it just packaging and should be removed ?
When soldering the VESC wires to the female motor connector cups, should I strip the wires first, or is the surface area of the wires already good enough?
I remember seeing a thread before where people were talking about powering the vesc during detection, but I don’t remember where the thread is. However, it sounded like onloop thought it should be safe to use the Enertion Battery, but that it might be better to use a configurable power supply. I just wanted to confirm that it is safe to use the battery, or is there a small chance of something bad happening?
I think we had that problem a while back. @cmatson Do you remember that problem?
Pretty sure you’re supposed to keep the plastic on unless you have to solder/fix something on the board that you can’t access.
Question 2: Could you take a pic? Might help a bit.
I don’t think you’re supposed to power the vesc with your batteries while you program it. I haven’t got a VESC yet but don’t try until you have someone elses advice. If you look at vedders video or search “FAQ” there may be something you can reference to.
Thanks for the responses guys, that answers all my questions.
You can make this the new title:
Disastorm | Never Summer Commander Deck | Enertion Trucks | Dual Enertion R-Spec | Enertion Mount| Space Cell | Dual VESC
*Note that I have not put a motor set together, but I have watched the enertion motor mount, belt, & pulley instructional guide.
You’re correct that one of them goes in the wheel pulley part. My assumption would be that the second bolt is a spare part. Even functionally, I’m not sure what you’d get out of putting a bolt in there.
yes, the second one is for the set screw hole on the end of the aluminum mount.
You can use, or not use it- totally up to you. But if you use it with thread lock, there is a greater chance of your motor mount staying in place over a long amount of time. The only reason not to use it would be if you don’t want to damage the paint on the trucks.
@lox897 I found a black screw with some of my other stuff so not sure if its the correct one. I don’t see any other black screws though, is this the one?
