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After getting a clean compile, I was able to upload the code to the board. I am in the process of fiddling with the various settings to accommodate my printer. Not ready for a trial print yet, but soon! Thanks for all the help.
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Cosmic1953
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Thanks a ton, Repetier!
I am now able to get a clean compile. I had to copy the Sanguino folder from Eric's zip into the 0023 hardware folder to activate the 'Sanguino' alone board menu. Once I did that, I got a clean compile.
I will try an upload next, but have to wait for a long print job to finish first. I will post my progress at each step, in case it is of any use to others.
Could not
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Cosmic1953
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I downloaded that version: ( ), unzipped it. When I try to compile it, I get an error message that says to set my board to 'Adrunio Mega'. If I do that, it will compile, but of course, won't upload to my printer. If I set the board to any of the first two Sanguino boards, it compiles with these errors:
In file included from /Marlin.h:26,
from cardreader.cpp:1:
/pins.h:637:
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Cosmic1953
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Thanks for the comment Repetier. I must have a corrupted download then, as the 'Eric' Marlin I have tried does not compile for my Gen6 - out of the box. Seems like it should(?) Is this the 'special' version of Marlin for Gen6 you spoke of? I should probably start fresh and clean and download everything again...
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Cosmic1953
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Thanks, Repetier!
Can't seem to find a version of Marlin that will compile clean with a Gen6 board. I tried Adruino 0022, 0023 and 1.0 with three different versions of Marlin. I am guessing that the comm problems you mentioned are to blame...
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Cosmic1953
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Thanks, Repetier! I will give that a try this week...
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Cosmic1953
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I still suspect the serial driver is not making two COM ports. This can happen if the OS dedicates too many USB ports to other (possibly) unused devices. Also, RepSnapper, for instance, can not use a COM port greater than 9... so in that case you can have two COM ports, but not be able to use all of them...
All this can be easily confirmed by plugging in the two printers into USB ports, turni
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Cosmic1953
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I've tries 0022, 0023 and 1.0. They can compile the FiveD code I have, but I get non-trivial compile errors on the Marlin code. I tried Erik's Marlin code too, and it compiles, but not for my gen6 (Sanguino) board. I have a feeling that my Sanguino folder is incompatible with the Marlin code ... maybe just have not put together the right combination.
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Cosmic1953
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I have the exact same problem. I am researching...
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Cosmic1953
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It is most likely the USB to serial assignment process is only assigning one serial port... assuming you are on Windows(?)
If you are on Windows, you won't get two printers connected without Windows assigning each a USB port. You will notice that Windows allocates and deallocates a USB port to a COM port when you turn a printer on... you get a beep. If you turn two printers on, you should se
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Cosmic1953
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@Sound... will give Marlin a try again. The last time I tried it, I could not get it to compile, so I put it on the back-burner. Thanks.
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Cosmic1953
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And your blobs look different from mine too. Must be a different problem. Sorry I could not help.
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Cosmic1953
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@Sound... do you believe that is the origin of my blobbing problem... FiveD? If so, I wonder whether camblonie has a different reason for his blobbing, since he is using Marlin...(?)
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Cosmic1953
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Slic3r
Ok... I reran a bunch of different test objects and reconstructed what caused my blobbing. I found the same thing you did: it's not the number of shells.
However, when I set the perimeter speed too high, I get the blobbing again. This is under the "Printer and Filament" tab, "Print Speed" section, first entry. When I have 80mm/s in there, I get a blob on every perimeter line segment. When I
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Cosmic1953
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Slic3r
Hmmmm.... I wonder what I did then. I will try to go back and reconstruct my sequence of changes.
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Cosmic1953
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Slic3r
Camblonie,
I had the same problem... drove me nuts for a while. I did something and it went away. I am pretty sure that when I went from 2 shells to 1, it disappeared, but have not run a test to confirm. Of course, I'd like to have more than one perimeter, so if you figure out that it ISN'T a perimeter greater than one, post your solution!
Good luck.
David
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Cosmic1953
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Slic3r
Thanks for the insights, Cecil. I have become suspicious of the slicer now too... I saw one of the lines travel off the part for no apparent reason. My STL tests 'water tight', but maybe there can be other errors(?)
I am going to look up the noise suppression trick... I saw it a while back, but dd not have my own renter at the time.
Love it up there in northern Idaho!
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Cosmic1953
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I get lots of serial port errors during prints. I am using Slic3r to generate the GCODE, then pronterface to run the printer. I have an Orca v0.3 with Gen6/Marlin. These errors do not seem to affect the print... I hope. Are they normal? Here is a sample:
Resend:14690
Serial Error: checksum mismatch
Resend:14691
Serial Error:Recieved a LineNr code without a Checksum code or Checksum withou
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Cosmic1953
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@Tejal... I hope the longer delivery cycle means you guys are selling lots of Orcas! And thank you so much for all th great customer service before and after I purchased, Tejal.
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Cosmic1953
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Bob,
I sent a link to this forum page off to my sister in law, who is a Braille translator, and who has asked me the same sorts of questions. I just built an Orca v0.3, and am in the process of calibrating it... which I understand may take a while. Once I have it dialed in, I'll give your print a shot.
David
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Cosmic1953
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The serial COM port will not be created by Windows until the USB is connected to a live board. In other words, if for some reason the cable is not seated or the printer board is off, the COM port 'disappears'...
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Cool. I love it.
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Cosmic1953
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I have a version 3 Orca which I am debugging too. I bought it from MakeMendel (in India) who have just been fantastic to work with. I had the same problem with pronterface and my Orca until I changed the e steps per mm in my firmware. I am using a value of 260 with the 1.75 mm filament. Until I changed that value, I got no plastic onto the print bed except by manually pushing he filament throu
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@grog
Thanks a ton for your responses. I made some progress today. I rebuild the top end of the extruder, and got the alignment fixed... it seems to be feeding a consistent amount of filament. Once it was consistent, I was able to determine my E steps per mm, which turned out to be 260. Now, at least, when I ask RepSnapper or Pronterface to extrude 10mm of filament, the extruder obeys!
So n
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@grog
@rhmorrison
Now I wish it was a simple matter of software!
In the process of trying to measure how many E_STEPS_PER_MM ... I found that I get a VERY inconsistent amount of filament into the extruder per step.
There is not a clean path for the filament around the extruder motor cam and past the pinch roller... I have played with various alignments... each one takes a few hours to remake
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Cosmic1953
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@grog: Thanks for your response! I have stepper motors all around. I played with the Feed Rate and Flow Rate, but the best I could get out was a stringy mess. Leaving the Feed Rate at a constant 50mm/s, I get no plastic at high and low values (10 and 300) for Flow Rate. I would think that I should get too much plastic at the high mark, and no plastic at the low mark(?)
@rhmorrison: Thanks,
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Cosmic1953
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I have an Orca v0.3, which I just completed building. I got a few sorta good prints out using RepSnapper, but want to use Pronterface now.
However, the GCode that pronterface produces does not output the correct 'E' values for the extruder, and so it just moves around without extruding plastic.
I've tried a lot of the suggestions in the forum here, including adding Dimension. Here is a few li
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@ qurzixo: Thanks for sharing your experience! Looks like our 'bet' that MakeMendel would perform worked out...
@jkomp316: I heard back from Rasik at MakeMendel, but he did not give enough technical data about what he did... except to say:
"Before shipping we put Marlin firmware on the board, and I myself had tested it, and I was able to connect and rotate motors with that board. Then yeste
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Cosmic1953
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Thanks for the good suggestions on the Z axis.
jkomp316: I have a request into Rasik at MakeMendel to find out what the difference was... curious minds need to know...
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