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michmg
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wand brake to reverse

Hi all.

I just got my first Trampa-Board today and within the package i also got the brand new wand remote controller. Btw. a really nice piece of kit.

In Benjamin's introduction video he showed a (imo. nice) feature: when braking fully, after a moment, the board will switch into a slow reserve so the board will stop or back up even when going down hill.

Mine doesn't do this. So i am wondering if maybe I have to update either the remote controller's or the vesc's firmware or both or if this may be just a setting somewhere which is turned off.

Is there a way to output the firmware version of the wand? (Guess I will find the vesc's firmware version in the vesc-tool)

I don't want to rush into a unnecessary firmware update since i am not yet familiar with the vesc-tool. The board came pre-configured and i don't know whether i will loose my settings when updating nor do i know yet how to backup and restore the settings.

Thanks,

Michael

 

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The VESC firmware needs to be at least version 3.60, as that is where the feature is implemented. Upgrading the VESC should do the trick.

michmg
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Thanks, that will be my mission for tomorrow. Just one more question: will the upgrade overwrite the current settings and if so is there a way to backup before and restore after?

EDIT: ok, i found the "Save Motor Configuration as XML" in the "File" menu...

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Upgraded from 3.59 to 3.61 and brake to reverse works now. Thanks. :-)

Another improvement: going downhill very slowly (walking pace) is much smoother now.