5 commands waiting
Posted by j3s
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5 commands waiting January 17, 2014 02:37AM |
Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 1 |
The Repetier-Host Mac print panel says 5 print commands waiting… any ideas on how to make it stop waiting and start working? My Solidoodle makes a connection noise and powers up (lights on and fan running) but the connection is unable to send commands - like I cannot change the fan speed or move/print anything.
Maybe a baud rate problem - - the directions say use 2500000 - the highest available to me is 2000000;
Maybe a driver problem - - I have some kind of connection via USB Serial A6015DIX.
Do I need Python or some other plugin? Other thoughts?
I am using a Macbook Pro, OSX 10.6.8.; 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo; and I downloaded the drivers from FTDI USB Serial Driver v2_2_18.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2014 02:40AM by j3s.
Maybe a baud rate problem - - the directions say use 2500000 - the highest available to me is 2000000;
Maybe a driver problem - - I have some kind of connection via USB Serial A6015DIX.
Do I need Python or some other plugin? Other thoughts?
I am using a Macbook Pro, OSX 10.6.8.; 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo; and I downloaded the drivers from FTDI USB Serial Driver v2_2_18.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/17/2014 02:40AM by j3s.
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Re: 5 commands waiting January 17, 2014 03:35AM |
Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 2,705 |
Count your zeros. YOu need to match the baudrate exactly and it is not 2500000 but 250000 which is commenly used. The other often used baudrate is 115200. Once you have the right baudrate the communication will start.
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Re: 5 commands waiting January 17, 2014 06:03PM |
Registered: 12 years ago Posts: 20 |
I ran into this exact problem as well.
There's an "OK" button that you need to hit in the debug options section to actually send the commands. My "OK" button was buried and I needed to expand the pane to the left to be able to see it.
I think it's related to Repetier's "Ping-Pong Communication" under Printer Settings. For some reason, leaving this box unchecked (I'm using Windows 7) isn't enough to disable ping-pong communication. Really frustrating for me as well. I'm trying to get some auto bed leveling going on my printer.
So far I've tried 0.95F and 0.90C and it's still doing it. Looks like I might be switching back to Pronterface. Sad. I liked Repetier Host.
There's an "OK" button that you need to hit in the debug options section to actually send the commands. My "OK" button was buried and I needed to expand the pane to the left to be able to see it.
I think it's related to Repetier's "Ping-Pong Communication" under Printer Settings. For some reason, leaving this box unchecked (I'm using Windows 7) isn't enough to disable ping-pong communication. Really frustrating for me as well. I'm trying to get some auto bed leveling going on my printer.
So far I've tried 0.95F and 0.90C and it's still doing it. Looks like I might be switching back to Pronterface. Sad. I liked Repetier Host.
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Re: 5 commands waiting January 18, 2014 03:14AM |
Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 2,705 |
Normally there is no need to hit ok in ping pong mode (which normally should be avoided anyway for performance reasons).
What ok does it, it fakes a received ok, which is required in ping pong mode for each command, so we know we can send the next one. If for some reason (com error) only a part like "o" or "k" reaches the host, it is not recogniced and the host will wait for ever or until you tell it was ok by pressing the ok button. I have successfully tested this with repetier-firmware and marlin. And it seems to work for most users. Only if you are using a baudrate that causes many errors it is a kind of roulette if it works as misspelling can come more often.
What firmware are you using and do you normally get errors during print?
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What ok does it, it fakes a received ok, which is required in ping pong mode for each command, so we know we can send the next one. If for some reason (com error) only a part like "o" or "k" reaches the host, it is not recogniced and the host will wait for ever or until you tell it was ok by pressing the ok button. I have successfully tested this with repetier-firmware and marlin. And it seems to work for most users. Only if you are using a baudrate that causes many errors it is a kind of roulette if it works as misspelling can come more often.
What firmware are you using and do you normally get errors during print?
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