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Control Panel Safety Switch
Returning to the safety control switch we installed in the control console.
With the system turned on make sure that when the switch is closed (in the off
position) that it breaks the signal from the steering wheel using a voltmeter
or just letting the platform tilt. Either way the entire point of this addition
is safety. The large red cover gives a large surface area and makes it hard to
miss if the need ever arose that you would need to trip it. Like running out of
Mountain Dew (you're right we shouldn't even joke about this. We apologize). Or
side effects of drinking too much and sitting to long. Although its also a good
practice to leave it in the off position when not in use.
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Tilting Platform
With the system fully powered up and safety switch in the on position use the
software based testing, configuration and settings to test the left / right
axis to verify the appropriate motion occurs. You want no more than 15 degrees
of motion. If you exceed this there are a couple options, use a couple pressure
switches to stop the motion on the down stroke, or adjust the output if
possible on the power supply you are using. Fortunately we were able to just
drop the amp output of the power supply to achieve our needs in this respect.
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Software Overdrive
to make up for the extra current draw from the motor in the controller by
adding the relay set for the motion platform, were fortunate if you used the
recommended controller to just be able to increase the output of the power
("force") via the software included, or downloaded from the Logitech site if
you ordered a used one from somewhere like eBay. This is a really painless
process. Just edit the settings with the slide bars and boost it from the
default 80% to 110%. Doing this will help keep the effects in the steering
wheel strong and noticeable, while providing ample power to the relays.
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The full Test
Before I make one statement here. I want to be very clear here that I
personally played test pilot with this project. So don't go off calling child
services here. I just had to use this picture of my daughter playing with this
because it was so cute.
So testing on this project really came down to what was the level of intensity I
wanted to enjoy/endure. Tweaking the amperage of the power supply to the
platform was the only way I could adjust this realistically while keeping the
steering wheel responsive. As we stated before the force is created by pulsing
power to the motor, not increasing voltage or amperage. If we adjust the
intensity in the software we in effect make the pulses further apart
(microseconds) but in doing so due to the mods in the controller we really
impact the controllers feedback power. So use the power supply for the platform
we recommended because of the variable nature of it.
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