SETTING UP A CHAIR SO IT STEERS.
(DONT do this with a gyro or stability control chair, they are a different problem!!!)
Theres an important order to start with.
Set a single new test profile, if you wish, to these settings.
Set this new test profile's slowest speed (forwards and reverse) with speeds you are completely comfortable with. Probably 15 for indoors and 100 at full speed outdoors? Just copy those figures from your current favorite profile. Or test, ONLY speed achieved. Ignore acceleration and everything else!
Now do the same with FORWARD ACCELERATION, to whatever you are happy with, and set the rearward acceleration the same way. Usually needs to be set same or sometimes much higher.
Now...
Remove walls!!! That is in OEM settings. And set all the minimums allowed to 0. Set all the maximum allowed to 100. All of them that allow this. One may not, choose the lowest here.
So OEM/Factory ABS settings look like this:
Back into speed settings:
Set TORQUE to 0 (or off or as low as it allows). It will now
not give a boost at tiny stick movements which you can add back in later if needed. I doubt it will need to be set above 20 to 30%..
Set all 4 turn accelerations and turn decelerations to max 100. Thats:
MAXIMUM TURN ACCELERATION
MINIMUM TURN ACCELERATION
MAXIMUM TURN DECELLERATION
MINIMUM TURN DECELERATION.
To make control linear and not delayed. This is KEY!!! ALL 4 to 100. So it turns when told, and stops turning when you say so.
Now, Set all MINIMUM and MAXIMUM TURN SPEEDS very very low.
So low that with full stick a lot of patience will be needed... like glacial speed.
THEN test 1, starting with turning ON THE SPOT. in a smooth tiled, or concrete/tarmac FLAT area. Dont drive forwards or backwards while testing. On the spot!
Set chair to MAX speed or 5? Use full left stick, or full right stick. It may not turn at all since you set turn speed so low. Or it will but v e r y slowly. Now increase that in small steps, until it turns at the fastest speed you ever want outdoors. That you will ever want to use. Left and right, ON THE SPOT. You are only concerned here with the fastest it will turn say 360 degrees looking from above. Set it at what you think is good for you. If your feet fly off, thats bad. Dont try anything else yet.
Test 2. Now, do the exact same, but set the chair to its slowest speed. Or 1. And set the turn speed you want indoors. It can be the same as above, or slightly lower. Your choice. You want it to steer around your house. You dont want it to spin fast enough to throw your feet off the footplate! ONLY worry about the speed it does a full 360... If its sluggish to
start turning, or something, ignore that for now.
Now go out to a flat bit of space like a car park and test and fine tune the OTHER speed and acceleration settings for forwards and reverse.. Dont touch any of the turn settings. Unless you go back to 1 and 2. KNOWING now what is happening.
3. If the chair is too steer sensitive
at max speed, INCREASE the FRONT DRIVE setting only. If its not too sensitive, decrease this. Mines a rear drive chair. It doesent matter what yours is. This simply reduces TURN SPEED as your joystick moves to the 12 O'clock position. Setting FRONT DRIVE higher reduces turn sensitivity at speed. You may want MORE control at speed. If so set it to 0 like mine.
If you are still struggling with alternate controls, then set deadband to 15 or even 20. But its best not to do that unless desperate. But try it and see.
Those few settings alone, will make it so you can drive in straight lines, and not end up swerving all over the place. That will allow you to have instant control, and instant STOP turning when you tell it. And you will not hit any more door frames...
One setting left. Torque. Go on to a thick carpet. Set chair speed to slowest. Try to do on the spot turns. If it turns slowly and reliably, you are done. If it hesitates. If it wont start to turn. Add small amounts of TORQUE setting until it initiates a zero turn on carpets or grass effortlessely and reliably. This is a balance. It will make the chair more jerky at very slow speeds. Will have no affect as soon as the joystick of your controller, moves further than about 7 to 10% of its deflection. It adds power only around the first few mm of travel. As you will see. Set it too high, to get a feel for what it does. What it ACTUALLY does is to increase MOTOR LOAD COMPENSATION at small joystick movements around the neutral point to aid thresholds, and turning on the spot.
And with that you are 80% done. All that remains is to set a low forward DECELERATION. All chairs seem to be set too high. Minimum, and maximum forward
deceleration needs to be lowered until it is smooth when you release the stick. Mine is set super low, I can release the stick and drink a can while it rolls... Back stick stops it fast if needed. And then go test!!!
Any other settings are obvious and can be fine tuned over time. But the above is essential!!!
MUST be done in this order. Or you will have no clue whats actually going on like your and everyone elses dealer...