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Hi Ian,
Is this screenshot what you're looking for?
I did perform all the steps in the troubleshooting page up until the firmware, I didn't want to touch the software until I was certain it wasn't a hardware problem.
I'm pretty incompetent when it comes to software so I didn't want to open that box unless I had to, haha.
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wheredidjengo
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Reprappers
Hey Harvey,
I actually did not perform any Firmware upgrades for my slave or master yet. I was trying to eliminate any hardware problems first.
It seems as though my slave is already enabled because I am able to control the hotend temperatures for extruder 2 and extruder 3 already. How I first saw that something was wrong was that I brought those respective hotends up to temp and then tried to
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wheredidjengo
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Reprappers
Thanks so much TTN! I'll keep on researching and troubleshooting.
I do appreciate all the help, please let me know if anything else catches your eye.
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wheredidjengo
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Reprappers
Haha that would explain it, maybe that's why I was confused with your suggestion. Extruder 1 is wired to one board the "master" and Extruder 2 and Extruder 3 are wired to the expansion or "slave."
It's a Melzi board. I thought it must have been the wiring too but my wiring looks exactly as shown ...
I know that the expansion board is receiving power because it powers the hot ends for extruder
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wheredidjengo
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Reprappers
I checked the motors before I checked the voltage on the potentiometers. I took extruder 2 and extruder 3's motors and wired them to the terminal on the master board for extruder 1's motor, respectively and they both turned when they were wired there. So I know the motors themselves work.
I'm a little confused with your second suggestion "swap the X or Y axis stepper driver with the extruder ste
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wheredidjengo
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Reprappers
I'm pretty incompetent when it comes to software, but when I checked to see the versions of the Firmware on the master and slave, this came up .... (screenshot attached to this post). I'm trying to interpret this text but does this give any indication of whats wrong?
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wheredidjengo
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Reprappers
No, that's not oversimplifying at all, I actually appreciate the input!
Do you mean setting the voltage on the potentiometers? I just checked their settings and they seem to be correct at 0.6 V. Any other ideas? And I also checked the motors themselves by hooking them up to the master board and they work.
It can't be the firmware can it? Since the hotends are working ... because if it was the
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wheredidjengo
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Reprappers
Hi All,
I just upgraded my Tricolor Mendel to include the two additional extruders wired to the slave controller. The only problem is that the new, extruder 2 and 3, motors are not moving thus no filament is coming out. Pronterface is recognizing their respective hotends and registering the temperatures of the extruders wired to the slave board but when I send the command to extrude material not
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wheredidjengo
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General
Hi All,
I just upgraded my Mendel to the Tricolor, added two extruders and hot ends, and am trying to get a second material to extrude. The only problem is that the extruder motor is not moving thus no filament is coming out. Pronterface is recognizing the hotends and registering the temperatures of the extruders wired to the slave board but when I send the command to extrude material nothing is
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wheredidjengo
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Reprappers
Hi All,
I am new to 3D printing so please excuse me if I sound idiotic at times. I have recently built a RepRapPro Mendel and am performing test prints with a single material (PLA).
When performing test prints of a cube or even a flat disc of material I am having issues when randomly during the print the extruder doesn't seem to extrude anymore material thus leaving gaps in the piece (picture a
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wheredidjengo
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General
Hi All,
I am new to 3D printing so please excuse me if I sound idiotic at times. I have recently built a RepRapPro Mendel and am performing test prints with a single material (PLA).
When performing test prints of a cube or even a flat disc of material I am having issues when randomly during the print the extruder doesn't seem to extrude anymore material thus leaving gaps in the piece (picture
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wheredidjengo
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