2018-07-30, 05:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 2018-07-30, 06:04 PM by It Paradyske.)
Hi,
Last Saturday I did a first trial. Just a quick one, with a lot of tape and wires all through the boat.
And the first try:
The rudder went in the corner and stayed there.
Of course that was something we didn't expect, because I thought I connected it in the right way.
Well actually I was not surprised..
So I reversed polarity of the motor, and tried again.
And yes!!!!
It worked!!!
For a short while, than the motor controller stopped.
Don't know why so I resetted it and tried again, and it stayed working!!
It was only a very short test trip, but I am confident enough to continue now :-)
Two things that came up in my mind:
Wouldn't it be useful to have a polarity switch somewhere in the calibration window?
Perhaps a save button for different gain settings, so you can switch between different settings easily?
(Storm, no wind and something in between?)
So some things to sort out:
why my first two IMU's behave so badly
why the motor controller needed a reset
how do I get the GPS and wind options enabled, I can only use compass.
(The openplotter configuration had a GPS, and I had activated a waypoint)
Thank you Sean!
Last Saturday I did a first trial. Just a quick one, with a lot of tape and wires all through the boat.
(2018-07-30, 05:54 PM)It Paradyske Wrote: Hi,
Last Saturday I did a first trial. Just a quick one, with a lot of tape and wires all through the boat.
And the first try:
The rudder went in the corner and stayed there.
Of course that was something we didn't expect, because I thought I connected it in the right way.
Well actually I was not surprised..
So I reversed polarity of the motor, and tried again.
And yes!!!!
It worked!!!
For a short while, than the motor controller stopped.
Don't know why so I resetted it and tried again, and it stayed working!!
It was only a very short test trip, but I am confident enough to continue now :-)
Two things that came up in my mind:
Wouldn't it be useful to have a polarity switch somewhere in the calibration window?
Perhaps a save button for different gain settings, so you can switch between different settings easily?
(Storm, no wind and something in between?)
So some things to sort out:
why my first two IMU's behave so badly
why the motor controller needed a reset
how do I get the GPS and wind options enabled, I can only use compass.
(The openplotter configuration had a GPS, and I had activated a waypoint)
Thank you Sean!