Rev.

11-1-2016

Mounting split bush/wheel rim to servo​ ​SimuCube

This guide will focus on ensuring you get your wheel rim mounted correctly to your servo motor
output shaft when used with the Simucu​be.​ First let’s talk about what “indexing” and “phasing”
are, there are two things which need to happen each time the wheel is powered up. The first is
called “phasing”, this happens each time you power your wheel up or reset the drive. The motor
shaft will rock CW/CCW several times about 20 deg, this is the servo drive figuring out where
the motor sits in it’s rotation and which way is CW vs CCW. The “index” point is the point in the
servo’s rotation where the encoder count hits zero, from this point any CW rotation will cause a
positive increase in feedback position and any rotation CCW from this point a negative feedback
position. It’s important Windows sees this index point each and every time your wheel is
powered up so that Windows knows how to apply the “offset value” from MMo’s and were
“centered” is on your wheel rim. When mounting your split hub/wheel rim it’s ideal to get this
“index” position as close to 12 O'clock as possible (anywhere between 11 O’clock - 1 O’clock is
acceptable).

To find your index position perform the following BEFORE mounting your split hub or wheel rim.
First clean your motor shaft with a high flash solvent (eg. Acetone, Rubbing alcohol, Electrical
contact cleaner, Brake cleaner etc.). Also clean the entire split hub assembly with the same.
Once your motor is mounted in the orientation you will be using it in (ie. get your cables pointed
out the motor in your chosen direction) you will need to verify MMo’s is set to “use encoder
index”.

Launch MMo’s, click “Setup” and verify these settings.

If changes need to be made click “Save” then click “NO” on the popup window. The “Device
Setup” window will close and you can save to the Default and save to the Eprom in the drop
down under “FFB Configuration”
Note: Once setting up MMo’s you need to make sure you are saving to the Default and Eprom,
whenever a change is made to the default profile you ALWAYS need to also save to the Eprom

You will likely need to remove the cover of your control enclosure (if you have the acrylic
enclosure you should be able to simply see through it) so you can get a view of the Simucube
board. In the lower left hand corner there are 4 led’s. Once you switch your build on the 4th led
should light up solid green (this is your power indicating led). What you are looking for is for the
3rd led to be flashing green. After applying power and allowing the servo to phase slowly turn
the motor shaft either direction (you may want to wear a glove, the keyway on the motor shaft is
sharp) until the green 3rd led goes out on the Simucube board. This is the index point of the
servo, use a marker and put a dot at the end of your motor shaft at the 12 O’clock position and
power your build off. When you mount your split hub/wheel rim you want to be sure this dot is at
that 12 O’clock position when the wheel rim is close to being straight. This doesn’t need to be
perfect and getting the rim mounted anywhere between 11 O’clock and 1 O’clock will be fine.

Once your wheel rim is bolted onto the motor start MMo’s up and while holding your wheel
PERFECTLY centered click the “Center steering and save offset” button in MMo’s. You will see
an offset value appear to the left of that line. The closer to zero that value is the closer you have
your wheel rim mounted to the “index” point. With the 10,000ppr encoders a value of +/- 2,000 is
good. You can see in my example pic the value is 355 so I am very close to perfect.

By following this guide when you power your build on for subsequent use the servo will “phase”
AND “index” all in one operation (as long as your rim is somewhat straight upon power up) and
will be ready for use as soon as phasing is finished. If the drive doesn’t see it’s index point
before use, Windows won’t know where the zero point on the encoder count is and
subsequently won’t know where “centered” is on the wheel rim.

Here are some good default settings to start with. These are .drc files and can be loaded into
the drive by doing the following.

Launch Granity and connect to your servo drive. On the Connect tab click the “Load settings
from file” button and select the .drc. Also the current drive settings can be saved for future use,
simply click the “Save settings to file” button, name the file and click save.
Once you load a new .drc click the “Restart drive” button on the Connect tab, you will get a
popup click “Apply settings”, then another popup click “Save to drive now”, the drive will restart
and phase with the newly applied/saved settings.

Simucube/Small MiGe 10,000ppr encoder:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4U1l4ZU-YBSNnM2YkVCWUVhRlk

Simucube/Large MiGe 10,000ppr encoder:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4U1l4ZU-YBSSmljSy1jT0pqUHM/view?usp=sharing

For more information about settings, shared settings, and tuning information visit this thread
from the iracing forums. Be sure to read through the first post.
http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3329897.page

Other useful links:

Granity: ​https://granitedevices.com/wiki/Granity

MMo’s: ​http://members.iracing.com/jforum/posts/list/3312320.page

Ioni FW: ​https://granitedevices.com/wiki/IONI_firmware_releases

Simucube WiKi: ​https://granitedevices.com/wiki/SimuCUBE_install_guide

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