Prusa i2 Can't write/read to/from printer!! September 03, 2014 11:48AM |
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@Dust: Yea I wasn't sure exactly, the notes in the code said that the software will use 0 by default anyways for the Mega so I figured it wouldn't hurt. Apparently it did haha I'm running win7 and the baud rate is set to 115200. I confirmed the serial port was correct using device manager and I also tested a simple arduino example (LED blink) just to be absolutely certain. I'm going to recheck the things below before posting the config file so I'm sure I'm not wasting anyone's time.
@tjb1: I did as you suggested and tested out with Repetier instead. It works great! I can actually connect to the printer! I started testing if the motor controllers are functioning correctly and it looks like they aren't.
For the z-axis motors, nothing happens when I try to move them in any direction and any amount. So I tried the x- and y-axis motors. Neither of those are working very well either. I can move them 1 unit at a time but it's not consistent. Sometimes they move, sometimes they don't, sometimes they move slightly backwards from the direction I'm telling them to go. I can't move them more than 1 unit at a time, the 10 or 50 unit options just cause a loud buzzing noise. That is apparently an adjustment that needs to be made with the trimpots on the motor drivers.
Oh and the extruder motor seems entirely unresponsive, no movement, not even a buzzing noise.
So that is where I'm at now, just trying to debug this. I'm also going to carefully go over the config settings on both the firmware and Repetier so that I can determine if the issues are with the hardware and what parts.
Thanks so far for your help! If anyone has any warnings or tips regarding what I'm getting myself into that would be greatly appreciated.
Off to do debugging!
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