I finally received my space cell, so time to move forward. I soldered wires between the vesc’s as specified by @onloop. my setting changes are as follows:
master: id 0 slave: id: 1, enable multi esc over can, enable send status over can
only master vescs motor spins…
This could be related to the masters servo outputting 3.2 volts instead of 5, but I want to see if there’s anything else I could be doing wrong. Thank you.
The issue may be more discrete than something we can infer from your given information.
May I suggest you post a picture of your VESC’s, and maybe even a couple screenshots of the BLDC tool?
This should help us to get to the bottom of this faster.
You need to enable multiple vesc over can in the master, not in the slave. The master needs to know it has to control a slave.
multiple esc over can is already setup as default in firmware, all you should do is change the master ID to 1. (do nothing else) then it will work.
But if you already changed slave to 1 its now backwards.
@onloop @trbt555 switching id’s and enabling multiple vescs over can on master worked.
However, now I have weird behavior from your remote @onloop
When I press forward nothing happens, when I pull back to brake, it goes to full speed and stays there.
I have ppm setup on the master and no app setup on the slave vesc.
Here’s my settings for master:
show me your “GENERAL” tab
did you click “read configuration”
is this your master? you should select “Send status over CAN”
yes, clicked read config on the master and took that screen shot.
On the slave, I have no app selected and send status over CAN. other wise, is the same.
It also stopped working with my FS-GT2, which was working before I setup the dual motors.
Maybe try selecting PPM on slave too. I can remember if it’s required or not… but that’s how mine are normally setup.
My advice with Dual VESC, set the BLDC tool up identical on both VESC. all settings the same. Then simply enable send status over can & multiple ESC over CAN & make sure they have different ID’s
I double checked all settings, changed the no app to ppm, and they are now the same seting wise besides the sends status over can and enable ESC of can. Same behavior.
do both VESC work independently?
What are the pulsewidths you’re getting when you click “display” and go to full throttle and full brake ? You can read them in the display box next to the moving blue bar. And what is the blue bar doing ?
One works fine, the other has an issue with the servo power pin supplying 3.2 volts instead of 5. I bought both of them from you and this is my first time using them. Powering them with a regulated power supply.
@trbt555 Its hard to check them because it goes straight to full speed when I hit the brakes. Looking at the bar, I need to adjust the values a bit, as it goes full blue before I hit full throttle, but goes less then half way when I hit the brakes. So it need to adjust them, but I can’t imagine that causing any problems. My other controller was working with the one vesc that was working, but is now not working at all. (pulse bar does not move, despite receiver lighting up)
So the problem with the remote only occurs when you connect the slave which had the 5v problem. Is that correct ?
it seems that everything had to do with the pulsewidth settings. editing the start to 1.20 and stop to 2.00 makes the controller work as it should.
Thanks for the help guys. Now, I need to find the right pulsewidth settings… 1.2 to 2 is too quick of an acceleration.
