Cubsport DD+ compatibility

[dexter323i]

Hi!

Thank you for your awesome work! I’ve made a few wheels using this project with slight modifications for friends, and everyone is thrilled with the results! :) I decided to emulate the Porsche 918 RSR wheel because it has the most buttons.

One of my friends sold his wheel to someone with a new Fanatec DD+ wheelbase, but it didn’t work! When the wheelbase starts, it begins the initialization process but stops after 1-2 seconds. That’s it. The Fanatec app on Windows shows no wheel is attached. However, the wheel still works perfectly on other wheelbases.

Has anyone else experienced issues with the DD+? I don’t have access to this wheelbase, so I’m not sure what to check.

[RoGPoWeR]

Hi, have you uploaded sketch as 918 rsr?

[dexter323i]

I am not sure I understand your question. In my outgoing Fanatec messages the header is 0xA5, and the id is 0x03

[RoGPoWeR]

Try 0x0C (is the podium hub) and check in fanatec interface tab in the arduino ide if the hex correspond to podium hub, i can't remember now and let me know if it work

[RoGPoWeR]

Have you solved? It is working on DD+ now emulating the podium hub?

[dexter323i]

As I said, I don't have a DD+ base. One of my friends ordered it, but it will arrive only in January. :(
That is why I was asking for experiences from others here, maybe...

[Bob2345de]

Had a similar issue using code designed for the older belt drive fanatec bases on a dd1. Turned out that the newer bases expected spi communication to start-up faster than the arduino could boot. Options were to use faster arduino/Mcu or remove arduino bootloader which speeds up boot process. DD+ could be expecting even faster spi startup. See here: lshachar/Arduino_Fanatec_Wheel#14 (comment)

[Alexbox364]

Hi everyone!
I made the move to jump from a DD1 to a DD+ Fanatec base and also had my wheels unable to work. It tried to find the cause of this misfunction by tweaking / sneaking the SPI protocol but could find the solution.
for this reason, I switched to Simagic and had all my wheels converted to Bluetooth and works like a charm.