"Encoder support is not enabled"

[alexisthethe]

I have a brushless motor with encoder specially made for electric skateboards and I want to control it with the VESC.
I downloaded the bldc-firmware, bldc-bootloader and bldc-tool, and followed the whole tutorial. But I am stuck with FOC control with encoder..
I followed the youtube tutorial of benjamin and there is no more firmware for encoder like "VESC_encoder.bin" and when I press the button Measure for encoder section in the FOC configuration window it says "Encoder support is not enabled".
I also tried to add a line "#define ENCODER_ENABLE 1" in the conf_general.h and reflash my VESC with this firmware, but it does not do anything..

I looked on the forum for a troubleshooting procedure, but didn't find any. Do you know this problem and have a solution ?

Thanks for your help

Alexis

[benjamin]

Encoder support is enabled in the firmware by default and does not need any special compile any more. To use an encoder you need to choose the correct hall/encoder port mode on the advanced page.