After you see lights and the lights are steady, click the Connect button again.
Click the Connect button then click the Update Firmware button, now wait.Īfter you click update you will see this warning:Īfter a minute or so, the VESC will reboot with the new firmware loaded. Now, power on your VESC and connect the USB cable to the VESC and then to the PC. I will include instructions on updating VESC 6 variants if there is sufficient interest, but for now, this is for 4.12 & 4.20 VESC variants. If you have a FocBox, Maytech 4.12 or FlipSky 4.12/4.20 ESC (VESC) you will want to use the Hardware Version 410 & 411 & 412. Let’s begin with the Firmware Update by clicking the Firmware link on the right/top of the ESC-Tool window. This is where you setup input values such as PPM type and values, Bluetooth, throttle curve, current vs. This is where you configure the options for your specific motor or motors, including battery specifics, BLDC & FOC modes, etc. This is the firmware you load on the VESC\ESC that enables you to use the Ackmaniac app to configure the VESC\ESC as well as use the Ackmaniac android app (discussed later on). This is what you should see, this is the opening window of the ACKMANIAC ESC-Toolįrom here there are 3 major tasks you can do. Start with downloading the Ackmaniac ESC-Tool.ĭownload file name: ACKMANIAC_ESC_TOOL_3_103.zipĭouble click the extracted folder named ACKMANIAC_ESC_TOOL_3_103ĭouble click the executable named ACKMANIAC-ESC-Tool.exe If User Account Control (UAC, a protection schema in Windows 7, 8 & 10) prompts you to allow this program to run, click Run. If you see a mistake, please let me know and I will evaluate the requested change and commit it if needed.
If we can assume you have no pre-existing hardware issues and the install has been done correctly this WILL work, you will be riding in minutes. I have been running this firmware for almost 2 years and have used this method dozens, likely hundreds, of times. With that being the case I figured I’d write a tutorial, or “How-To”, for the Ackmaniac ESC-Tool so you guys have options for a safe & reliable reverse and a wizard that give accurate values.
More about the TMCL-IDE If you like to see a step by step guide on driving a linear stage with the TMC4671, please visit the blog post where one of Trinamic's Engineers explains in 3 posts how to set up your linear stage, how to tune the controller using the TMCL-IDE, and how to adapt the firmware to your own project.It seems there are some issues with the newest VESC Tool (as of ) including the absence of an ERPM limit for direction change (reverse) and unusable values applied with the motor setup wizard.Īfter a recent discussion with Trampa, it appears that feature requests are equal to “ You are all very good at complaining instead of actually be thankful“. All settings can simply be exported for your own firmware project. This graphical user interface allows quick setup and supports the use of commands in direct mode, monitors real-time behavior visualized in graphs, and logs and stores data. All you need to get started is a power supply and Trinamic's free and easy to use TMCL-IDE. To simplify the transfer to your own processor platform the MCU board can be disconnected. For diagnosis, all signals between MCU and TMC4671 are accessible with probes on the Eselsbrücke bridge board. The complete set allows for a quick and simple start within only minutes to make your motor turning, while still providing full access to all registers and full functionality and diagnostics. In addition we recommend to use the USB adapter for real-time-monitoring interface (RTMI): USB-2-RTMI.
The EVAL-KITs TMC4671-10A70V-EV-KIT / TMC4671-2A24V-EV-KIT are a set of one MCU board Landungsbrücke, two Eselsbrücke bridge boards and a TMC-UPS-10A70V-A-EVAL / TMC-UPS-2A24V-A-EVAL power stage as well as one TMC4671-EVAL driver board.
The TMC4671-EVAL allows you to explore all functions of the TMC4671-LA.