New to VESC so excuse me if I just am dumb. I’m building my first VESC board. I’m using the Thor400, Superflux HS, Indy speed factory 30S1P pack with Xlite v4. Platypus v5 footpads
-Initially I was able to connect to the Thor400 through VESC Tool. On the CAN devices everything showed up. Now the Thor400 won’t show up at all in the CAN devices. Only VESC Express and the Enoid Xlite. I did change anything so not sure what’s going on.
-The board will not charge at all. The BMS sees the voltage from the charger but never goes into a charge state.
-Footpad sensor is unusable, most of the time it takes a lot of effort to get the board to engage.
That’s most of the major issues. What should be my next steps here?
Sorry for the late response. I’ve been slowly working through the problems. I solved the CAN bus issues with the Thor400. I incorrectly updated the firmware via Vesc Tool and it caused all sorts of issues. I was able to connect to the T400 via USB and install the correct firmware. Then I fixed all the CAN bus IDs and baud rate which fixed the comm issue. I confirmed the BMS is defective by reaching out to Kevin at Ennoid. Indy is sending me a new one. I stopped by Land Surf today (Matts shop is close to where I live) and he was able to make some adjustments to the foot sensor to make it more reliable, he basically just hit with a heat gun and flattened the grip tape.
If I recall correctly, all Landsurf pads have always needed more like a 2V threshold instead of the regular 3.3V. Heatgun and flattening grip tape won’t really help.
One of the great things about VESC is you can set the ADC voltage threshold to be whatever you need. You just need to watch what voltage it is going to when actuated. You can do that on the APP UI
Yeah I definitely noticed that with these sensors. I’ll mess around with the ADC voltage once I get the board reassembled. Just got my replacement Xlite BMS and it now charges so the one I received was defective. Indy was saying they’ve been having a bunch of issues with Ennoid BMSs lately which doesn’t really instill confidence.
Ennoid is the best out there. But welcome to VESC, things are always changing. Products get tested by Users. You are the beta tester, in most cases. The switch to GH connectors on the Xlites , just to fit Indy packs, was a major grief for a while. Me and several others blew up early Ennoid MK7 and MK8 controllers, well before the MK8 design was fully smoothed out and considered reliable. It’s just the way it is if you want to be on the bleeding edge.
Yeah agreed, I’ve been a beta tester on a lot of different things hahaha. All good. So I have the board reassembled. Footpad sensor is still an issue, probably only engages 50% of the time. I see on the appUI that both sides go to 3.2v but it takes some effort for sure, maybe if I was 20lbs heavier it would work (172lbs) so I want to mess with the ADC values to try and get it to engage easier. Where would I find those settings? Thanks
Both are already set to 2v. I replaced the grip tape with a set of thin Sticky Feet grip tape and it has definitely made an improvement. Still a little hit or miss