I’m using two ODrive Pros. They mechanically push against each other, one with torque commands, the other with speed commands. This works at small torques.
I was trying to scale up to higher torque, and I’ve hit some sort of limit, well before I expected to. The limit is around 10A, which seems like the kind of number that I (or someone else) would have used as a limit. But I’ve been through the configs and tried to change all the current limits to be 14A or higher, and none of them change the result. I don’t see a torque limit that isn’t infinity. And the speed the other motor has them running at is below the speed limits of both motors.
I believe a limit in the ODrive is the problem because of the difference between “set point” and “effective set point” for torque. The set point rises above 10A-worth of torque as I ask for it. The effective set point hits a cap, somewhere around 10A of torque, and deviates from the setpoint. So the ODrive seems to be deciding not to output more current.
I’ve tried this using the GUI to control, and I’ve tried this using analog voltage inputs (which our application is going to use). Both have the same limit.
Here is my odrivetool backup-config output. I’ve navigated this, the Python properties, and the GUI as best I can, looking for a limit I’ve missed.
Can someone point me at the problem?
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