Standalone mode

[kharar]

My use case is pretty simple, I just need my gimbal motor to run at a fixed speed at boot.
I have Tinymovr M5.2 and a ESP32 setup to communicate over UART with the purpose of setting up this, but when I look at the documentation I can not find any information on how to set motor type=gimbal or enable controller set_velocity mode.
What have I missed?

[yconst]

You should not use Gimbal mode with the M5.2, as it is perfectly capable of doing closed loop current control with Gimbal-style motors.

To work with UART you would typically calibrate, (.Q), wait for it to finish, save config (.S), and then set closed loop mode (.A) and set the velocity control setpoint (e.g. .V20000). This will set velocity control mode implicitly.

Please take a look here for the UART command reference: https://tinymovr.readthedocs.io/en/latest/interfaces/interfaces.html#command-reference

[kharar]

Also the Command Reference does not state how to initiate velocity mode.. Is that implicit of sending the .Vxxxx command?

[yconst]

I updated the answer above with the step required for closed loop control, please take a look

[kharar]

Oh, okay I will try that.

Lastly (hopes) the gimbal page states:

DO NOT perform calibration on a gimbal motor without setting gimbal mode first!

How do I handle the mode change prior to and after calibration?

[yconst]

This refers to the R series as well, Gimbal mode is irrelevant for the M series

[kharar]

Thanks a lot for the really fast replies!