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Oh could be. It worked for a bit at 250000 though ....before it all stopped working and Pronterface couldn't connect ( see other thread )

Lisa M Wrote:
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> Oh could be. It worked for a bit at 250000 though
> ....before it all stopped working and Pronterface
> couldn't connect ( see other thread )

I've had the same issue with 250000 baud on my machines. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. If you have a short USB cable and EMF interference you might get away with it. I've found that 115200 is fast enough printing over USB, even for highly detailed parts with very short segments.

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The fact it worked for a few minutes at 250000 is a miracle. Have you tried it at 115200 (which is what the firmware is set at)?

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Edit: just realized my question was answered on page 2 of this thread.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/20/2012 12:13AM by Eric Young.

Eric Young Wrote:
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> Does this mean that if we're printing from a
> computer it would be better to use the 250000 baud
> rate?

I use 115200 for all my printers as 250000 tends to have too many errors, often disconnecting the printer in the middle of the print. I find that 115200 is fast enough even for highly detailed parts with very short segments.

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Whoa you are fast, thanks! I asked that before seeing your post on page 2 of the thread (thought there was only one page)

115200 works reliably. At 250000 I've never been able to sustain a reliable connection for more than just a couple minutes at most.

Using Pronterface to setup the print and do general testing is fine. But I always do the printing from the SD card. That eliminates any possible communication problems and allows me to use the computer for other tasks, including disconnecting it mid-print. Keeping the computer in the loop when it isn't necessary just increases the odds of something unexpected going wrong. Some of my parts take hours to print and I don't want them to abort just because the computer has a hiccup.

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Odd because the baud rate has nothing to do with the comms between the PC and the machine. That is done by USB at 12Mbits. The comms at 125KB is only across a short distance on the PC from the FTDI chip and the Atmega.

The FTDI chip has a fractional divider so should be able to do any baud rate accurately provide the driver and host OS cater for it. The Atmega should be able to do 125KB more accurately than 115KB.

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