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Old 09-30-2014, 12:47 AM   #1150 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by thingstodo View Post
The controller can reverse by changing the phase, forward is for example A,B,C and reverse can exchange any two, say A,C,B

Not sure about Paul's code - may require a small tweak to allow either direction to be default?
Shouldn't be a problem, i will just check the wheel direction while it is up on stands and swap 2 connections if it is going the wrong way.
Hopefully Paul's code is direction independent. So can work with the encoder spinning either direction.
What i mean is that say the controller tries to turn the motor clockwise, and the motor (and encoder) turn clockwise. Then i find that is the wrong direction for the gearbox and so swap a couple of phases. Then when the controller tries to turn the motor clockwise it actually rotates counter-clockwise and obviously the encoder does as well.
Will this upset the software or is it just looking for a degree of movement and it is not concerned if that degree is a positive or negative change.
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