aidandj

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Fair warning though, in the next release the boost control will be different, it uses ideal PID instead and will have a slightly different tuning method. No initial value table, instead it has a bias table.

deezums

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I understand the premise of the initial value table, I just do not like the application of it in relation to closed loop idle entry, it is never as close as I expected it to be. I've been using last value forever now and it seems alright.

I anticipate initial value on boost control to be similar, so I am happy they are changing it. Only reason I was messing with it is because I wanted the stupid valve closed at idle, heh.

aidandj

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It really is helpful though, it makes a pretty big difference in being able to lower your lower limit delta, which means better spool. In the beta the initial value table is now a bias table, so it is part of the closed loop calculations all the way through the pull.

Valve closed at idle is useless, really the valve can be wide open until the time that your wastegate would start to open.

Make sure that you tune the max duty cycle. It made a world of difference. It really helps almost eliminate integral windup.

deezums

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Are you certain that using the initial table is giving you best spool in all circumstances though? Maybe it does so for a easy 2-7K 4th pull, but I don't see the resolution required to properly stage the valve like I need too in all cases.

When I was trying that with the idle valve I always seemed to overshoot the target and have a unnecessary high idle. If I try to push the envelope, aggressively tune straight at idle speed I want (or spool I want) I'd end up with garbage on both sides, I'd still be idling high occasionally, and I'd start dipping the idle as well, a new problem.

I don't see it being too different for EBC, except with worse results than a high/low idle, so I'd rather just turn the dashpot up, or the limit delta, and let the maths handle the odd cases for me.

Max duty cycle? You leave yours at less than 100% DC?

aidandj

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With the current code your using, the initial value is only used when entering closed loop. So each initial value can be tuned to get max spool when starting at a higher rpm.

Yeah. Most of the time you can lower the max duty cycle a lot without effecting spool. I was able to lower mine all the way to 65% with no change in spool. This makes a huge difference because it lets the PID equation work inside a smaller window. The equation wont be trying to go all the way to 100% when it only needs to go to 65%. So you will end up with the closed loop winding up and then you get overshoot, or over correction. By limiting the min and max duties you can give it a smaller window to work in.

Its just like how we set the min and max idle valve duties.

deezums

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I see...

You are right though, I need to find best ever possible spool and log that then just work my way back to it. I don't really think I have much of an overshoot problem though, I'm not sure how and it might just be my exceptionally terrible wastegate and downpipe setup but I don't seem to have overshoot issues too often.

I've been all over the overboost protection though hehe

aidandj

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You will just get overall better results if you limit the window closed loop is working in.

deezums

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I'm gonna go reset my preload and go log some stuff, see if I can't get this dialed in.

aidandj

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Take lots of logs, and welding gloves for changing preload on the fly

nitrodann

Open loop works so well that you would be silly not to give the closed loop the same kind of initial values to work with.

I mean, it works so well to only use open loop (which is basically an initial value table with no correction) that I have NEVER used closed loop.

Dann

aidandj

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They you don't drive in enough conditions. I can tune open loop in the afternoon and have a 10-30kpa difference the next morning.

nitrodann

Power output is always very very similar. Pressure isnt the only factor in air density, as you have pointed out.

aidandj

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Small quote about control interval:

deezums

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Yeah, I think I need to dumb my valve down a lot...

So I've found what I imagine is best spool, now I just need to reign in the valve range, looks like 0-60%DC and fine tune the PID a bit more.

I was spooling ~7psi at 3800-4000, so this is much improved. Never overboost, never overshot...



This here is bare wastegate, my go-fast switch just interrupts the valve signal. I can't find a fancy boost table switch or anything in MS2. In other words, ignore the boost DC in this. ~6psi at 3600 or so.



Edit: 19.5Hz = 51.2ms, so I'm thinking a 50ms interval is best at a minimum.

Braineack

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Next person who says to run open loop in an closed loop tuning thread gets banned.

nitrodann

No one said to do that. Cry harder.

Braineack

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I realize that, but others have been recently.

it's just a warning; im tired of seeing ******** who don't know how to tune give bad advice (like tuning for 12.8:1 in boost).

Mech5700

51ms control interval help stabilize the ebc quite a bit for me, but I still needed a crazy amount of "I" when adjusting the PID to get rid of the rapid oscillations... I think my "I" is now at 175.

aidandj

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That boost duty is fucked. It should be relatively constant. Like this:

deezums

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I think this run was at I125 or I130 or thereabouts, I was starting to subtract a bit form each run to get the overspool I want before I went home for the night. Do you have an initial overshoot, or at least one tuned out?

Need to go back out again, more tuning

Do you remember where you were getting this T3 to spool Scott? I'm pretty impressed for a <$200 5K+mi turbo.