Geeetech Prusa I3 A Pro control box issue...
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 1:10 pm
I just assembled my second I3 A Pro printer! The mechanical assembly went very well! It was the second one for me.
When it came to testing,,, well it did not work... the x, and y steppers were going backwards and z was clicking away!
Good thing the box has the emergency stop button! Well since I had a the first unit running, I swapped control boxes and the second set of mechanics came alive! So it was the box! I researched on the forum and found to upload the firmware was a good idea. To do this requires the Arduino IDE. I tried on four PCs, windows 10, Windows 7, many hours of trying this and that,,, always the same compile error... OK after much consideration it was determined that a file was missing from the
Library of the Arduino! Somehow the sketch calls a file that is not included in the basic Arduino installation. Unit8.h something.... it's on this forum somewhere,,, like page 7 of how to install firmware for 2650....
Anyway after extracting that file into the Library of the Arduino Installation, it worked! I was able to compile the code and then upload it to the broken box! And it works just like the other one now! I am so happy now! But it may take awhile to quit being mad as I've been fighting this for two days! If you know what I mean?? Anyway I learned a lot of new stuff that will come in handy later, assuming this old brain will remember it! I have a third unit coming that I want to make a video of the assembly and "bringing up" of the system. I really like the mechanical aspects of this 3d printer, it is very fun to build.
Don't forget to add Unit8
When it came to testing,,, well it did not work... the x, and y steppers were going backwards and z was clicking away!
Good thing the box has the emergency stop button! Well since I had a the first unit running, I swapped control boxes and the second set of mechanics came alive! So it was the box! I researched on the forum and found to upload the firmware was a good idea. To do this requires the Arduino IDE. I tried on four PCs, windows 10, Windows 7, many hours of trying this and that,,, always the same compile error... OK after much consideration it was determined that a file was missing from the
Library of the Arduino! Somehow the sketch calls a file that is not included in the basic Arduino installation. Unit8.h something.... it's on this forum somewhere,,, like page 7 of how to install firmware for 2650....
Anyway after extracting that file into the Library of the Arduino Installation, it worked! I was able to compile the code and then upload it to the broken box! And it works just like the other one now! I am so happy now! But it may take awhile to quit being mad as I've been fighting this for two days! If you know what I mean?? Anyway I learned a lot of new stuff that will come in handy later, assuming this old brain will remember it! I have a third unit coming that I want to make a video of the assembly and "bringing up" of the system. I really like the mechanical aspects of this 3d printer, it is very fun to build.
Don't forget to add Unit8
