Hi all,
I have finally finished wiring my Reprapdiscount Taurino/Ramps 1.4/LCD smart controller to my Mendelmax 1.5 and am having some problems connect to my printer using Pronterface. I was able to flash the Taurino using the Arduino IDE successfully and have downloaded and installed Skeinforge and Pronterface.
Before clicking the Connect button in Pronterface, the LCD Smart Controller display reads "Card removed."
After clicking the Connect button, the LCD display turns black, an LED on the RAMPS 1.4 board flashes twice, and the LCD display then reads "Mendel Ready."
Above the Pronterface, X-Y graphic, it reads "Motors off" and appears to be greyed out.
In Pronterface, the text message area reads: "Connecting..." and I can hear a noise that appears to be coming from the RAMPS board.
After waiting for a couple of minutes, I tried pressing the Reset button in Pronterface, click Yes in the pop up window, and get the text output in the message area: "Reset."
Next, I try Connecting again and get the following: Connecting... Can't read from printer (disconnected?).
I am using Wantai 42BYGHM809 motors for the X, Y, and Z axes; see the data sheet here:
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www.aliexpress.com]
and wired them to the RAMPS 1.4 board as per this schematic:
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reprap.org]
The motor section of my Marlin file is as follows:
#define DEFAULT_AXIS_STEPS_PER_UNIT {160,160,5120,200*16*39/11*3.14159/7}
#define DEFAULT_MAX_FEEDRATE {500, 500, 5, 25}
#define DEFAULT_ACCELERATION 3000
#define DEFAULT_RETRACT_ACCELERATION 3000
It seems that I am connecting properly to my Taurino, in Arduino IDE interface and somewhat, in Pronterface. I cannot however get any movement out of the motors. I am using Port /dev/ttyACM0 @ 115200. I have tried powering down and restarting, both the computer, and the Taurino. Any idea where I am going wrong?
Thanks,
Sean
