Unable to load firmware as directed in the manual
Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 8:53 pm
Good afternoon.
I'm new here and a self confessed no-nothing where programming and firmware are concerned. I bought the Geeetech delta pro 32s in kit form and have absolutely no complaints about the kit it's assembled into a really nice machine. However the firmware has driven me to distraction and sleepless nights. I have carefully followed all the instructions in the assembly and quick start guides. But alas it's all beyond me. I have down loaded the arduino and firmware successfully and then it all went wrong.
having followed the instructions and made the changes to the firmware upon uploading the display on the machine stopped working (a blank screen with 2 lines of black squares. Repeated the process of downloading the firmware and this time the upload completed and the display worked. The difference was that the board identifier was set to No.7 instead of No.33. I have tried with the board set to 33 but the firmware won't compile showing error messages.
Using the 7 settings I can communicate with the printer and make some of the motors move etc and the heaters warm up.
Again following the instructions following calibration of the arms I set the values for the self-levelling function. sending the activation code to the printer was a disaster. The arms just waived around in the centre of the build area.
I have also found that with the carriage centred in the build area activating the 2nd extruder causes the 3 arms to track up the machine until the carriages reach the top upon which the steppe motors do their best to destroy the belts.
I have religiously followed the instruction an have repeatedly checked all the wiring so I can only assume the problem is in my firmware.
I can only fall on my sward and admit my short comings but I really want to get this machine working so if there is someone out there willing to spoon feed me through the set up or a print out of the firmware that I can work through I would really like your help.
Very best regards
CP
I'm new here and a self confessed no-nothing where programming and firmware are concerned. I bought the Geeetech delta pro 32s in kit form and have absolutely no complaints about the kit it's assembled into a really nice machine. However the firmware has driven me to distraction and sleepless nights. I have carefully followed all the instructions in the assembly and quick start guides. But alas it's all beyond me. I have down loaded the arduino and firmware successfully and then it all went wrong.
having followed the instructions and made the changes to the firmware upon uploading the display on the machine stopped working (a blank screen with 2 lines of black squares. Repeated the process of downloading the firmware and this time the upload completed and the display worked. The difference was that the board identifier was set to No.7 instead of No.33. I have tried with the board set to 33 but the firmware won't compile showing error messages.
Using the 7 settings I can communicate with the printer and make some of the motors move etc and the heaters warm up.
Again following the instructions following calibration of the arms I set the values for the self-levelling function. sending the activation code to the printer was a disaster. The arms just waived around in the centre of the build area.
I have also found that with the carriage centred in the build area activating the 2nd extruder causes the 3 arms to track up the machine until the carriages reach the top upon which the steppe motors do their best to destroy the belts.
I have religiously followed the instruction an have repeatedly checked all the wiring so I can only assume the problem is in my firmware.
I can only fall on my sward and admit my short comings but I really want to get this machine working so if there is someone out there willing to spoon feed me through the set up or a print out of the firmware that I can work through I would really like your help.
Very best regards
CP