SCN5 / SCN6 Hardware Thread

[sirnoname]

I get not behind your issues.
You say you have issues? Issues are i.e. communication loss to your SCN5. (Thats the point where you go to the device manager)
On the other side you have problems with the smoothness which can be a missing smoothness filter like the mean value plugin of the math section or a hardware failure.
Which problem do you have?

[museumsteve]

Sometimes it felt the motion wasn't very smooth and after reading around the forums I see that it said in device manager set the latency to 1m/s. I assumed this would speed up the communications and maybe result in more accurate motion and hopefully be smoother.
I went to device manager and see it has defaulted to 16m/s. When I change to 1m/s the X-Sim converter didn't start, instead just the spinning logo.

I really want to see if changing the latency to 1m/s makes a difference to motion.

[bberger]

Can anyone recommend me a power supply? Preferrably available in Europe. Thanks in advance!

[museumsteve]

I've nearly given up with my 'crackling' noise issue so I have contacted a local engineering company who said they will take in my actuators and test them and carry out any service or repair if needed. At least I'll know if I should be looking at software, if it is not the actual hardware. I will drop one off in the morning first and see what they say.
Once I hear from them I will post back here with an update anyway

[museumsteve]

Update..
The firm who took my actuator in to look at were not great. After having the info for a few days before I took it into them, they then called me today to say they did not know how to power it so couldn't test it :/

Later today I emailed Mirai to see if they could assist and within maybe 10 minutes they replied about someone else who seemed to have the same noise problem (crackling) and it was power supply related. In their case they simply changed the power cord and it resolved it. It didn't help me but it made me look at other possible power issues.

One thing that did show was the power supply is giving a solid 24.1v. Where the power meets the resistors (by kill switch) it drops to 19.1v. Is this normal, I honestly wouldn't * Should I be looking to replace the resistors?

[museumsteve]

Still here

I'm sure no one cares anymore lol but I'll keep * until I finally find the issue.
More contact with Mirai and came to the conclusion that it's related to the USB/programme side of things because as soon as I unplug the serial connector from SCN5 the noise stops.
I assume that means it is either related to the USB or the RS485 adapters. Can they fail? I guess the only way to know is to order new ones and try them,.

[sirnoname]

You have not clarified the noise.
If you run the software the noise out of your video is normal because there is new motion from the game.
If you do not run the software and the noise is present this is uncommon.
The adapter will not send anything itself, so perhaps a ground problem because you have a connection between 24V power ground and adapter ground?
Don't know, too less informations.

[museumsteve]

(When I say no one cares, I am of course joking )
I will get to the bottom of this, I have realised it may be a long trip but worth it in the end

If I start to drive the normal actuator chirp/squeak is there which I expect. I also have the 'extra' noise which I can only say is like crackling although it is actually tiny fast actuator movements (you can feel it on the shaft). If I stop driving but don't pause the game so software is still open, the 'extra' noise continues as though it is still getting info from the game. It is related to the software somehow as if I press the throttle the 'extra' noise increases.
I bought my equipment from the marketplace forums so it was already built so maybe there's a problem with the way the rs485 to usb is configured.
The grounds are all connected well that I can see. The noise does stop if I unplug the serial connector to the actuators.

This is just the 'extra' noise after I have stopped driving and left car on track in neutral, if I pause the game the noise stops, if I unplug the serial cable to actuators the noise stops

[sirnoname]

And where is your problem?
If you do not pause or leave the game the car engine is on and makes some vibrations.
There is a mean value filter or spike filter to remove the vibrations if needed but why then buy scn5?
Goto the input setup and look if the values are not moving in the neutral position, I think they move as your actuator moves.

[museumsteve]

I don't think you understand the noise I have. It is not the normal noise of the actuator. EDIT - Or I may be completely wrong and it is normal but I did not notice it for the last 8 months when I started this
Surely there should be no output for engine if I have not chosen the effect in maths