So will the Giant be back on skates! LOL:)
:lol:
I think I should stick to saunas, icy lakes, beer and sim stuff!
Status report: At least the friction effect still does not work as it used to. It is probably a quick fixā¦
Can anyone help with this, itās the first time i have had it happen.
Go to advanced tab, click Enable IONI USB Configuration. Connect to IONI via Granity. Report the FOV (Over Voltage Fault Threshold) on the Fault Limits tab, and also the HV Bus Voltage on the Testing -tab.
You will need both USBās connected for this.
Just got this error - never seen anything like this?
A power cycle fixed it, but hoping to find out why it happened when Iāve been running same granity settings for months.
@GlobeSpy, that fault ID 10053 means that internal watchdog of IONI firmware has triggered. Basically it means that some function consumed more time than it should (i.e. drive CPU load too high to perform a task in real-time).
Let me know if you can reproduce the problem or if it happens again. It might be a firmware bug, or we may just have watchdog time limit set too tight for temporary CPU loads. In any case, itās an IONI FW issue and weāll catch it eventually 
Thanks Tero!
Yeah, itās the first time I have ever seen this since owning my current OSW in nearly 2 years.
Iām sure itās just a little gremlin that will be found eventually.
I donāt know how to reproduce, but will try to catch logs if it does.
I had the same error a few days ago.
Status update:
In light of new absolute encoders becoming popular, Iāve implemented a test interface for autosetup of commutation sensors. I need to test this once next week.
I also verified now that the Friction effect did indeed work in 0.9.5 version. It being completely missing was a simple fault (left one too many line commented out from code) in 0.9.7. Once I re-enabled that, the effect was also totally broken and almost shook my wheel apart 
Iāve yet to find the critical difference why the same code does not work now. Investigations continue.
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Ha, that was what I thought was a mini earthquake in Melbourne:slight_smile:
It was your wheel doing rock and roll
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Does someone have any tips on the centering spring issues? Even when I set the torque to 4 or 5 Nm, the centering spring effect is still way too forceful. The centering spring doesnāt even, at the least, feel like it decreases as the wheel gets closer to centre but rather it feels like itās a constant force always wanting to return the wheel to centre. Almost as if itās a constant force being applied regardless of speed or car.
Is this an issue with FFB technology in general? It happens in every sim.
Aside from videos where itās also quite clear, Iāve raced quite a few cars, race cars, and karts in real life and those real life vehicles require WAY more steering effort than some of the sims/settings I play with but at the same time have NOTHING like the centering spring force/characteristics of those same sims/settings.
Something isnāt rightā¦
I infer from your text, that you are just a simulator driver, and thus you are not using the DirectInput spring effect, or relying on it in any way as a developer?
I find it frustrating too - perhaps the simulators just work in that way. Assetto Corsa does a great job in mitigating it via friction effect. Iām hoping I will have time to fix the broken friction effect (0.9.8 issue) when get back to Finland.
As a driver, you could try to add just a bit of always-on friction and / or damping effect.
Having completed my review of the Sim Racing Bay OSW kit. It has re-spiked my interest in the OSW project. I will be following these updates closely from now on. And thanks to everyone involved here for working so hard to continue improving the OSW experience!
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Hi Barry,
I havenāt yet had time to see your review, but I still thank you for doing it. Honest reviews and informative videos are great for the sim racing community. 
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Great job as usual Barry.
In terms of bang for your buck, donāt you think a Simucube based OSW with Mige +Sincos (or even Biss encoder these days) blows away all the competition?
Can you see a real reason (I mean a real game changer reason) to invest anymore then this?
Glad to have you here Barry!
Let me know when you are ready to build one I usually have everything in stock now.
I hope the retirement life has been suiting you well! :)
Welcome Barry. I really liked the T-shirt you sent me.
Let me know if Barry Needs a Sincos Cover for the review, would be happy to print one for himā¦