Controller Board and LCD issues
Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2015 4:13 am
Hi, I bought this 3D printer and I'm having issues
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Geeetech-Acryli ... TQ:US:1123
I posted about this in another topic, but when I didn't get a reply in 4-5 days, I thought I'd start a new topic since they're not related any more.
I've been troubleshooting this printer for over a month now, and I really hope I'm almost done.
Here's my other post:
http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic ... 23&t=16550
1. The LCD screen can't see the STL files I put on the SD card. In fact it can't see anything aside from folders. I double checked and the cords are in the right ports.
2. The autohome doesn't bring the extruder back to the end stops. It brings the extruder back to wherever it was when I turned the printer on.
3. The LCD has a feature that's supposed to let me manually use the motors to move the extruder around. It doesn't do anything when I try to use this feature. Also the autohome on the LCD does nothing. None of the motors move or react. Preheating works off the LCD.
4. The heating bed never gets past 68C and it takes about half an hour to heat up to that. I checked the connections on the board and they're fine.
Also when I try to print, it just prints a blob of plastic around the extruder. I assume this is because the printing bed doesn't get hot enough for the ABS to stick to the surface?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Geeetech-Acryli ... TQ:US:1123
I posted about this in another topic, but when I didn't get a reply in 4-5 days, I thought I'd start a new topic since they're not related any more.
I've been troubleshooting this printer for over a month now, and I really hope I'm almost done.
Here's my other post:
http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic ... 23&t=16550
1. The LCD screen can't see the STL files I put on the SD card. In fact it can't see anything aside from folders. I double checked and the cords are in the right ports.
2. The autohome doesn't bring the extruder back to the end stops. It brings the extruder back to wherever it was when I turned the printer on.
3. The LCD has a feature that's supposed to let me manually use the motors to move the extruder around. It doesn't do anything when I try to use this feature. Also the autohome on the LCD does nothing. None of the motors move or react. Preheating works off the LCD.
4. The heating bed never gets past 68C and it takes about half an hour to heat up to that. I checked the connections on the board and they're fine.
Also when I try to print, it just prints a blob of plastic around the extruder. I assume this is because the printing bed doesn't get hot enough for the ABS to stick to the surface?