Servo control with A30

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Servo control with A30

Post by blue.knight@comcast.net » Mon Nov 04, 2019 12:37 am

HI. I have built a servo controlled nozzle wiper which I have mounted on the frame of my A30. The goal is to set up an M code routine to raise the nozzle to a set height, deploy the brush arm attached to the servo from it's stowed location to a specific degree setting over the print bed, then move the nozzle on it's X-Axis back and forth through the brush a couple of times to clean it off. Is there a way to do this that is available in the motherboard that came with the A30 (a place to connect the servo)?

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Re: Servo control with A30

Post by William » Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:37 am

Hi, very good idea, but I am afraid can't achieve it.
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Re: Servo control with A30

Post by blue.knight@comcast.net » Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:26 pm

Meaning there is no place to plug in a servo on the A30 motherboard? OK, then maybe come at it from a different angle. Is there a pin on the board that I can trigger with an M code command? If so, then maybe I can program an Arduino Uno that takes that signal, and actually deploys/stows the arm?

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Re: Servo control with A30

Post by William » Mon Nov 04, 2019 4:31 pm

Hi, the A30 uses the smatto firmware.
For information about the motherboard,
you can refer to it here: https://www.geeetech.com/download.html?download_id=43
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Re: Servo control with A30

Post by Jarda3d » Thu Nov 07, 2019 4:54 am

For nozzle cleaning you should use bucket for dual colour printing. See my A10M profile thread
A10M Slic3r profile: here and fresh on github (lot of tips here)
A10 Slic3r profile: here
TIP: tight all screws and wheels (except right side of Z axis) and re-align frame while assembly. And silence it.

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