I'm trying to test my motherboard, but I can't seem to run the host software if my FTDI cable is plugged in. The cable appears as COM5, and I changed preferences to COM5, and now when I run the host software it never gets beyond the command line window. If I run it with the debug comm option off, it only gets as far as "Java lib Version = RXTX-2.1-7" then nothing. If I turn debug comm on, I get one more line appearing; "comms: G-code; N0 M110 *3 dequeued and sent [0.010s/-1303269545739ms]" This is all - the rest of the program never appears, just the command line window. Whether or not the cable is even plugged into the motherboard, it doesn't matter. The cable works fine for loading the firmware. I'm trying this on a Windows 7 machine, if that matters, and version 1.2 motherboard. The cable is an FTDI TTL-232 5V. https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81406#msg-81406 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:06:41 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81646#msg-81646 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81646#msg-81646 reprap-mendel-20100806 version Host SW & FW works fine.
I've had it running for over 7 months now.]]> rhmorrison RepRap Host Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:40:55 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81623#msg-81623 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81623#msg-81623
I'm strongly tempted at this point to add a big warning to the home page of the wiki, "DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BUILD A REPRAP IF YOU DO NOT POSSESS STRONG SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT SKILLS". I was really hoping that by this point the software for this project would be more stable, and that there would be more and better documentation for those of us who do not code for a living. Instead, it seems that the core software has been abandoned by it's authors, and everyone with coding skills has run off to make their own version. I'm a mechanical guy with some electrical knowledge, not a coder. Getting to the point where I have a mechanically complete Mendel, with what I hope are complete electronics (how can I test them if the code is crap?!?), was a lot of work, but it was work I can do. Now I've stopped making any progress at all.]]> eustace RepRap Host Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:28:47 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81524#msg-81524 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81524#msg-81524 brnrd RepRap Host Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:21:02 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81519#msg-81519 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81519#msg-81519 eustace RepRap Host Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:40:49 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81497#msg-81497 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81497#msg-81497 eustace RepRap Host Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:49:10 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81487#msg-81487 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81487#msg-81487 eustace RepRap Host Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:54:55 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81480#msg-81480 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81480#msg-81480 tv7957ht RepRap Host Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:31:21 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81470#msg-81470 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81470#msg-81470 eustace RepRap Host Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:47:11 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81423#msg-81423 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81423#msg-81423 VDX RepRap Host Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:57:44 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81406#msg-81406 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?12,81406,81406#msg-81406 eustace RepRap Host Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:37:34 -0400