Motors not moving

[Benji]

@bearer do you mean that if i set to 16 i will still get 256 microstepping somehow?

[Benji]

@phaedrux i did have the P1 originally which did enable it.
Then i'd follow up with M918 and it would say its enabled and working but the lcd doesnt light up.

[Benji]

@dc42 yes i tried that. it says its enable but nothing comes up on the screen.
I tried plugging into the paneldue one and the screen at least lights up but nothing on the screen.
I have copied the /menu folder contents to the right place

[Benji]

@phaedrux said in Motors not moving:

ou mean about the hotend in active/standby mode. Can you des

I mean that when i choose a temperature in active shown in the image and go to active mode it does nothing but it works in active mode.

[A Former User]

@benji said in Motors not moving:

@bearer do you mean that if i set to 16 i will still get 256 microstepping somehow?

Yes, somehow. If you ask the driver to move 1/16th of a step (i.e. 1 step pulse) the driver will divide that step into another 16 steps, resulting in 256 steps being made to move 1/80th of a millimeter. You need a very rigid machine to make use of any finer resolution than that.

[Benji]

@bearer so do i choose x16 or x16 (on)

[A Former User]

@benji said in Motors not moving:

@dc42 yes i tried that. it says its enable but nothing comes up on the screen.
I tried plugging into the paneldue one and the screen at least lights up but nothing on the screen.
I have copied the /menu folder contents to the right place

Not all 12864 displays are the same, some have different pinout and different controllers. Pictures clearly showing the wiring may help identify problems

[A Former User]

@benji said in Motors not moving:

@bearer so do i choose x16 or x16 (on)

(on) refers to the interpolation the stepper driver does, so 16 (on). And reduce the steps/mm to the original value for xyz.

[Benji]

@bearer it was this one. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/333155319093
Feel free to ignore this issue though. I know I'm asking a lot of questions.
I appreciate everyones help.

[A Former User]

(could be better to create a separate thread for the display, both to attract people who might be able to help, and to make it easier for others to find potential usefull information)