My simracingbay SimuCUBE stopped working today

Simucube 1 Simucube 1 Questions
1

FFB doesn’t work at all.
It does read the position.

Here is the device state.

[ ] Initialized !
[ ] Error recovering
[ ] Tracking error warn
[ ] Target reached
[ ] Enabled !
[ ] Run (drive active)
[ ] Homing active
[X] Braking
[ ] Permanent stop
[X] Voltages good
[X] Fault stopped !
[ ] Ready for use
[X] STO active !

[ ] Tracking error
[ ] Over velocity
[ ] Hardware
[ ] Over temperature
[ ] Feedback
[ ] Over current
[ ] Internal comm error
[X] Power stage forced off !
[ ] Under voltage
[ ] Over voltage
[ ] Motion range
[ ] Firmware error
[ ] Init
[ ] Motion
[ ] SimpleMotion

What caused this fault?

Fault location ID1 440205 (info)
Fault location ID2 0 (info)

! = reasons for inactivity[X] GPI 1
[X] GPI 2
[X] GPI 3
[ ] GPI 4
[X] GPI 5
[ ] GPI 6
[ ] HSIN 1
[ ] HSIN 2
[ ] ANA1 as digital
[ ] ANA2 as digital
[ ] ENC A
[ ] ENC B
[ ] ENC C
[ ] ENC D
[X] Hall U
[X] Hall V
[X] Hall W

[X] Soft enable
[ ] Phys enable !
[ ] Pos feed enable
[ ] Neg feed enable
[X] Home switch
[ ] Clear faults

Analog in 1 0.00 V
Analog in 2 0.00 V
Analog Enc A -1.03 V
Analog Enc B -0.13 V

HV bus voltage 48.2 VDC
Device temperature 24 °C
Actual current limit ±19.0 A
Last limit reason None
Output current 0.27 A
Velocity feedback 0 r/s
Velocity feedback (raw) 0
Position feedback -0.0491848 r
Position feedback (raw) -103148
Setpoint value (raw) 0

Debug 1 -1
Debug 2 -1
Debug 3 -1
Debug 4 -1
Debug 5 -1
Debug 6 -1

Parameters

| GCFWVER=10700 | HWTYPE=11201 | HWSERIAL=112012416 | BUILDREVISION=4897cde
| CEI=2 | UID=2f673d1f | SMO=0 | TRF1=0
| TRF2=0 | TRA1=0 | TRA2=0 | MPP=0
| NOTCHFILT=655616 | TED=0 | TEF=0 | TEI=0
| SERIALENCBITS=6 | COMMUTATIONCFG=0 | HAO=0 | FBR=524288
| FBD=8 | FB2D=0 | TBW=11 | KVP=300
| KVI=30 | KPP=50 | VFF=0 | AFF=0
| PFF=85 | CM=2 | MT=3 | AD=0
| FLAGS=131092 | MMC=19 | MCC=12 | FOC=6
| FOV=50 | FUV=30 | FPT=1000 | FVT=100
| FEV=30000 | FMO=0 | LSF=0 | AXS=1
| AXT=3 | FFT=0.1 | TSR=0 | TCH=0
| TTR=1 | TBT=0 | CRI=3 | DIV=50
| PIF=2500 | MUL=50 | CAL=10 | CSD=10
| CVL=1000 | CRV=100 | MR=1.234 | ML=4.2
| MTC=1500 | MPC=8 | MMS=1500 | CAO=0
| HOMING=0 | HMV=100 | HMA=10 | HMH=500
| HMT=1 | HHL=0 | HLL=0 | HMF=0
| HSA=0 | HSS=0 | overrideAddr1=0 | overrideAddr2=0
| overrideAddr3=0 | overrideVal1=0 | overrideVal2=0 | overrideVal3=0
| BED=1.5 | BER=0 | BDD=1 | CAPS1=4.19405e+06
| CAPS2=16287

Does anyone know what has happened?

2

Your E-Stop has gone open-circuit (broken) or is activated. Physical Enable is missing, hence the missing torque at the wheel.

Cheers,
Beano

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3

Thanks Beano.

I just pushed the E-stop a few times now and then it worked again!? I’ve tried a few times before but when I tried several times in row it worked.

I opened the E-stop button and everything looks rock solid in there.

So is my E-stop button broken or something in the SimuCUBE!?

4

You can monitor the STO signal in Granity. Wiggle wires, etc, and see if you can make that change even momentarily.

5

Yes, I suspect something like a loose connection in the e-stop switch, or where the e-stop wires are connected to the terminal at the back of the simucube. Or the switch might be dodgy, I had seen those in the past too.

Easy to check.

Cheers
Beano

6

A few years ago the cheap Chinese e-stops that we all used worked flawlessly, but I have seen several fail over the last year.

7

I can’t reproduce the error.

I’ll just continue using it and come back to this thread if the problem comes back.

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