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ClubSportWheel Bluetooth Controller
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Formula rim has an issue with new beta firmware. #7

Open jamesdio opened 6 years ago

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Describe the bug A clear and concise description of what the bug is.

Configuration (please complete the following information):

Additional context Keep disconnecting issue occurs. LEDs and 7-Seg. displays are stuttering.

It worked well before these updates.

please refer to the videos below.

https://youtu.be/SHrc0STXTC8

https://youtu.be/yca_6G5BIXQ

BTW, Thank you very much for this superb firmware!

darknao commented 6 years ago

Hi jamesdio.

I can't see the second video, therefore, I'll need a few more information : Is this happening as soon as you plug the wheel ? Beside the leds & screen, does the buttons work correctly ? Does this issue occur on both stable and beta firmware ? Are you able to revert back to a working firmware ? Does this stuttering stop after a few seconds/minutes, or stay like this indefinitely ?

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Hi darkano.

Thanks for the reply.

Is this happening as soon as you plug the wheel ? = YES

Beside the leds & screen, does the buttons work correctly ? = I haven't tested if buttons work or not. I'll check them ASA I get home and let you know. 

[Added]
All buttons and HAT switches are also stuttering as LEDs.
I also tested with my BMW GT2 rim.
Both of my rims have the same issues.

Does this issue occur on both stable and beta firmware ? = v1.2beta_1 : stuttering v1.1 : stuttering

v1.0(attached on firmware folder@GitHub) : working properly

and I tried some other firmware from simracingmachines(https://www.simracingmachines.com/WebShop/software-and-firmware-downloads)

16 JUNE 2018 : stuttering 8 JUNE 2018 : stuttering 4 MAY 2018 : works okay 1 FEB 2018 : works okay

Are you able to revert back to a working firmware ?

YES

Does this stuttering stop after a few seconds/minutes, or stay like this indefinitely ?

It loops keeping disconnected and connected continuously.

Anyway, I've fixed the link above.You can watch now. so sorry for the inconvenience.

If you need further information, Please ask me.

Thank you.

darknao commented 6 years ago

Can you try this firmware and tell me if it's any better ?

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

I've tried the new firmware.

Here are the results.

[Updated] When there is a stuttering issue, The wheel status on FanaLEDs keeps changing Clubsports Formula to no Rim.

https://youtu.be/WU_zroOQO0o

Thank you very much for following up my issue.

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

I'd looked over for a long time without touching anything at all.

Just staring it. ;)

The issue occurs only with my Formula rim. and there is another strange symptom such as 7-Segs and LEDs are suddenly displaying unrecognizable words and vibrating for a short momoent without my operation.

This weird phenomenon occurs periodically.

Thanks for your help.

darknao commented 6 years ago

Ok this may require some in-depth debugging, and since I can't reproduce this issue with my wheels, I'll have to ask you to run some tests for me if you're comfortable with this. Let me prepare some guide to run the debug firmware and extract data out from it.

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Of course, I can test and bring you results.

When it's ready, Please let me know.

darknao commented 6 years ago

see here to get the debug firmware and how to extract traces from it.
You can post the capture file in this issue.

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

@darknao Here are my logs.

CSW_FORMULA.txt F1.txt F1_2.txt F1_3.txt

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Here is my log file for BMW which works properly. I have no idea but this file might be useful for you to debug.

BMW.txt

darknao commented 6 years ago

Nice! Thanks! About F1 files, is that the same wheel? The _2 & _3 looks similar but the first 2 behave very differently

darknao commented 6 years ago

The F1.txt show some serious communication error, like nothing came from your wheel. You may have some faulty wiring, or, your wheel start to act strangely.

Anyway, please try this firmware and tell me if its any better. Post a new capture file if its still misbehaving.

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Thank you for the quick reply!

Here are my new logs extracted from the latest debugging firmware, rev.1.

F1_v1.txt F1_v1_1.txt

darknao commented 6 years ago

Try this one
I'm afraid there is not much I can do to solve your issue as your multiple capture files prove this is hardware related.

I highly recommend you to double check your wiring for bad connection, or redo all the soldering and start fresh.
If there is no improvement after that, I guess you'll have to stick with the old firmware. New firmware only add new wheels support anyway, so you'll not miss anything on your formula.

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Thank you for all the help.

I see, I'll solder all of the points from the basis. and then I'll test it again,

What makes me confuse is the old version works fine but new ones don't. Don't get me wrong I didn't mean to blame you and your great firmware. That was just my complaint to myself :(

I'll also check whether there is cold solder connection on my formula rim.

By the way, Here are my new logs.

F1_v2.txt F1_v2_1.txt

darknao commented 6 years ago

The old firmware is less picky to malformed communication as it supposed to work with only one wheel type. So it doesn't care about how bad the communication is as long as it can read buttons states.
With the new CSL wheels, the protocol used is a little bit different, and I now need to rely on proper communication to know what kind of wheel is plugged so I can talk is own language.

A software bug is still possible, but since I wasn't able to reproduce it with my wheels, I have to be sure your hardware is not the real issue here.

Last firmware.
This is the last modification I can think of that can maybe help :crossed_fingers:

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Here is my log for the last one. I saw the crc error still exists.

F1_v3.txt

I think I have to look over the entire circuit including both teensy and fanatec formula rim. Thank you for your big help.

I'll let you know as soon as I'll finish the inspection of the circuit connection.

darknao commented 6 years ago

Did you check if you still have the initial stuttering with this last firmware ?

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

OMG! I thought the debug revisions were only for debugging. It's my fault that I'd even tried to test it. :( So sorry for this.

Because when I flashed the debug firmware FANALEDS doesn't recognize teensy like below. But It shows on device manager. All of the debug revisions like the same.

So I can't test display stuttering on FanaLEDs. But buttons and HAT switches stutters very rapidly.

image image

[Updates] So sad news here. I'd redone solder every single point for all connections on both teensy and the 8-pin connector inside Formula rim, but no success. :(

darknao commented 6 years ago

So buttons are still not working correctly with the last firmware...
I'm afraid I've no more idea on how to fix your issue.

The only suggestion I have is to stick with the old working firmware for now. As I said, there is nothing new for your wheel in this release, so you don't really miss anything.

There is a last thing you can do : make another capture, but play with the buttons while it's running.

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Yes, you are right! I think I'd better stick to the old firmware for now. Eventually, I'm planning to purchase a CSL Mclaren GT3 rim not right now but near future :)

Anyway I played with the buttons but the logs look the same as before. Here are my logs for both BMW and Formula rims I have.

BMW DEBUG3 playing with buttons.txt F1 debug3 playing with buttons.txt

BTW I have an idea for my issue. If it's possible, Can you add an exception code for Formula rim. The exception code is that It skips CRC error as long as it's formula rim.

That idea was from my imagination from lack of knowledge. So, you can judge me whether it's bullshit or not ;)

Thank you very much for every single feedback from you!

darknao commented 6 years ago

Someone else is having the same issue as yours with his BMW wheel, so your not alone! We're currently investigating, but find out that using another USB cable solve his issue.
Don't know if this will solve yours, but that worth the try.

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Oh I'm not the only person in this world who sufferring this issue!

Thanks for the BIG tip.

I'll exchange my usb cable ASA I'll get home and report you the result.

darknao commented 6 years ago

Just in case the cable trick didn't work for you, try this firmware.

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

I haven't tested the cable trick yet.

Thank you for the new firmware. I'm going to test both of them after work. :)

jamesdio commented 6 years ago

Wow! @darknao your new beta firmware works like a charm!

Both of my rims, BMW and Formula work great.

I haven't tested the cable trick yet because I have no extra usb cable :( I'll test it later.

Thanks for your BIG BIG help.

Crypto69 commented 5 years ago

I had a similar issue in my recent conversion. I thought it was my wiring so i redid all the wiring from scratch again and had the same result. I finally read this issues log .

I tried the Teensy LC firmware and it didn’t work. I then tried the beta one above from 19 July 2018

When I installed this beta firmware it started to work. I have no idea what firmware this wheel had as I bought it secondhand.

Also I’m not sure if its normal but when I plug in the wheel, it seems to boot with the Fanatec Logo ... its takes 30 seconds to a minute after plugging in before any buttons will work in the Game control testing app in the device manager. Is this normal ?

Fanaleds works and the LCD displays the gears and flashes at gear change....

The wheel feels amazing on my Simucube 2 Pro. So far holding up ok. I used a 3D printed adaptor to mount my 70mm Xero Play quick release. Thanks @darknao