DYNAMIX™ System Features

Content Source: RideCommand™ User’s Guide for 2018-2019 Vehicles (9929371 Rev 02) > Dynamix™ Active Suspension Chapter

DYNAMIX™ System Features

Vehicle Speed Sensitivity

The system continuously monitors the speed of the vehicle and adjusts to a base level of damping for a given vehicle speed depending on the mode selected by the user.

Cornering Control

The system continuously monitors steering angle, lateral acceleration, and vehicle yaw rate to provide enhanced cornering control, reducing body roll for maximum performance.

Braking

The system continuously monitors the brake pedal position and vehicle deceleration rate, reducing body motion, and increasing available compression travel for braking into harsh terrains.

Acceleration

The system continuously monitors vehicle speed, and accelerator pedal position to increase damping of the rear shocks under high straight line acceleration conditions to keep the vehicle level.

Airborne Detection

The system continuously monitors the state of the vehicle using its 6-axis inertial measurement unit. When low-g situations are encountered, the system provides maximum damping until the low-g situation is no longer present, after which it reverts back to the user-selected drive mode.

Advanced Diagnostics

The system continuously monitors the health and state of all input and output signals. If a fault is detected, the system reverts to a safe operating state and alerts the operator of a component or system problem.

Processing Capability

DYNAMIX™ Active Suspension controls current to the shock valve 1000 times per second, performs vehicle dynamics calculations 200 times per second, and can actuate a shock from soft to firm approximately 20 times per second.