Zortrax M200 Duet Conversion
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Just putting my wiring loom that will replace the "Z" ribbon cable together.
I've got:
4x 24awg for the extruder stepper
2x 20awg for the heater
4x 28awg for the PT100 (I've chosen to use the 4 wire configuration)
4x 28awg for the print and heat break fans
3x 28awg for the IR sensorAll wire is silicone insulated RC wire, and I've done them in bundles as listed above with little bits of heatshrink every 6 inches to keep them from getting unruly.
I'll use either the spiral wrap or blue mesh tube shown around the lot.
Just wondering if there'll be any interference/signal issues having them all side by side??
I'd assume not, as the ribbon cable carries them all, but I thought I'd ask.
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It shouldn't be a problem. The thermistor and Z probe wires may pick up some interference from the extruder stepper wires, but both are filtered at the Duet.
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It shouldn't be a problem. The thermistor and Z probe wires may pick up some interference from the extruder stepper wires, but both are filtered at the Duet.
Cheers David.
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I'm going to convert my CoreXY Dbot to a Duet Wifi soon, maybe. I might sell if it I can and get another Delta. but nice project you have going, hopefully you'll get it up and running soon!
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I'm going to convert my CoreXY Dbot to a Duet Wifi soon, maybe. I might sell if it I can and get another Delta. but nice project you have going, hopefully you'll get it up and running soon!
The Zortrax M200 is a very rugged and reliable H bot machine, but they are an absolute pain in the arse to deal with when something goes wrong.
This will be a good start for me with setting up a Duet powered machine, and give me the grounding I need for my Core XY project.
I have to get it up and running soon as I've only got one machine to use.
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I'm assuming the Z heater element is 24v/40w, but it has no markings.
Its resistance is 13 ohm…does that sound right?
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13 Ohms at 24V would equate to 44W so that sounds right
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So here it is, all set up for preliminary testing.
Obviously I'll be prettying it up much more before it's finished, but I'll leave it as is until I'm sure there's nothing that needs redoing (like the IR sensor wires that are cut too short and pulled straight across the board).
Now I face the problem I've mentioned previously in that I can only just turn a computer on, and have simply no idea what people are talking about when referring to programming, and have struggled with the reference material even.
I'm hoping to fall on the mercy of the people here regarding that, and I'll share all printed files and tips I learn here for other Zortrax owners who might want to try this.
Can the experts please cast an eye over my connections and see if there's any glaring mistakes?
I've assumed I've got a version 1 board (?) and used the diagram supplied on the site.
Cheers,
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And I'm struggling….
I've downloaded Pronterface, all good.
I download the duet.inf and duetinf.cat files in what I think is raw, and save them to a folder on my desktop called "duet software".
I plug the USB lead into my computer and open my device manager to see "Duet" under other devices.
When I try to update drivers I refer it to my "duet software" (it won't open the folder) and it doesn't work.
Can anyone help me in baby steps please?
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So here it is, all set up for preliminary testing.
Obviously I'll be prettying it up much more before it's finished, but I'll leave it as is until I'm sure there's nothing that needs redoing (like the IR sensor wires that are cut too short and pulled straight across the board).
Now I face the problem I've mentioned previously in that I can only just turn a computer on, and have simply no idea what people are talking about when referring to programming, and have struggled with the reference material even.
I'm hoping to fall on the mercy of the people here regarding that, and I'll share all printed files and tips I learn here for other Zortrax owners who might want to try this.
Can the experts please cast an eye over my connections and see if there's any glaring mistakes?
I've assumed I've got a version 1 board (?) and used the diagram supplied on the site.
Cheers,
Yes you have a version 1 board because it has the blue solder resist.
You appear to have the ribbon cable plugged into the wrong connector on the Duet. It should plug in to the connector labelled CONN_SD. I didn't spot anything else wrong.
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And I'm struggling….
I've downloaded Pronterface, all good.
I download the duet.inf and duetinf.cat files in what I think is raw, and save them to a folder on my desktop called "duet software".
I plug the USB lead into my computer and open my device manager to see "Duet" under other devices.
When I try to update drivers I refer it to my "duet software" (it won't open the folder) and it doesn't work.
Can anyone help me in baby steps please?
Try downloading the while repository as a zip file, then extract the two files from that.
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Thank you that worked.
I'm now all connected to my wifi etc, and am looking at the Duet console on my computer.
The final step in the "getting connected" section was that I had to go to settings/configuration file, then "un-comment the M552 S1 command in config.g file so that the WiFi interface is enabled at startup."
Problem is that when I go to settings there is no configuration file tab, and I'm a little unsure what "un commenting" entails.
If I could get that done tonight I'm assuming I can turn it all on tomorrow and move onto setting it up/auto calibrating?
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Put the SD card in your computer and edit config.g in the sys folder.
Uncommenting means remove the colon from the start of the line ;
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Put the SD card in your computer and edit config.g in the sys folder.
Uncommenting means remove the colon from the start of the line ;
You mean I remove the micro SD card from the Duetwifi and put it in my computers drive to do that?
It mentioned doing it from the online console, but as mentioned I can't see how
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Put the SD card in your computer and edit config.g in the sys folder.
Uncommenting means remove the colon from the start of the line ;
You mean I remove the micro SD card from the Duetwifi and put it in my computers drive to do that?
It mentioned doing it from the online console, but as mentioned I can't see how.
** I tried doing it that way and my computer couldn't open the files**
I did it in the console…settings/system editor/config.g, and it stopped Pronterface from connecting to the printer. Put it back as was and it worked again.
Bit stuck on what I'm doing here
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You can edit the config.g from within the web interface - no need to remove the sd card. Go to "Settings" then click on the tab "System Editor" and you'll see a list of files, one of which will be your config.g. Click the green pencil icon next to it to edit it. Make the changes and hit "Save Changes" in the bottom right hand corner. DWC will then ask if you want to do a software reset - hit yes. (As it's config'g it only gets read when you first start up or do a reset).
HTH
Ian -
The "Configuration File" tab in DWC has been replaced by "System Editor". I'll update the wiki instructions.
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The "Configuration File" tab in DWC has been replaced by "System Editor". I'll update the wiki instructions.
Thank you.
Problem I'm having is that once I un-comment M552 S1, the Duet will no longer connect via Pronterface. As soon as I put the semi colon back it works again.
Any suggestions there please?
