Tronbike Meter (TBM) 4.0.0 Test Ride

Monday, November 5, 2007

Its Alive!

I logged into the controller using a USB to 9 pin over Win XP on VMWARE sitting on my Linux Laptop.

A bit of hackery was required, but once logged in I needed to reset the undervoltage (was 60 volts) to 16 so that my 24 volt pack could drive the motor. I touched the throttle and got a whirling motor and chain and rear wheel!

Backwards, of course, so I reversed the wires and started reving away.

The small cog and huge chain made quite a bit of noise, I might need to raise the motor an inch
in its mount to gain some clearance over the swingarm bolt, but once one the ground I am hoping
everything will be sane.

The monitoring mode of the "ControllerPro" Alltrax software is pretty cool, allowing me to view the voltages and amp flows - I could generate load by applying the rear brake (ie resulting in amps showing up).

From here on out, its lots of buttoning up the loose ends. Maybe I'll be riding by the weekend.

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