I could use some help
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I think I am losing my mind or perhaps hallucinating from lack of sleep.
I thought I read posts from you suggesting Mack's endstops were on the high end of his axes.
The last time I saw them, in one of his videos, they were on the low end.
Or did I imagine the whole thing?
Frederick
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@fcwilt I think they were originally, or at least X was, but now they should be on the low end.
Ian
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@droftarts said in I could use some help:
@fcwilt I think they were originally, or at least X was, but now they should be on the low end.
Ian
So perhaps I found myself reading near the start of this thread by accident.
That would explain it.
Thanks.
Frederick
Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6
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@fcwilt for the current record, the X-endstop is on the far left of the X-axis, the Y-endstop is at the rear of the printer, right in front of the motor, and the Z-endstop is at the bottom of the Z-axis approximately 6 inches below the X-endstop. This is where they have always been. I will include pictures.
These are in order: X, Y, and Z.
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@fcwilt no, they’ve always been where they are. We did have a discussion about high and low endstops, which led to setting the X and Y endstops as High in RRF.
I can change that if this visual info suggests all three endstops are in the low position.
I would prefer to do it by editing the config.g Instead of using RRF again.
Mac
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@mac said in I could use some help:
@fcwilt no, they’ve always been where they are. We did have a discussion about high and low endstops, which led to setting the X and Y endstops as High in RRF.
I can change that if this visual info suggests all three endstops are in the low position.
I would prefer to do it by editing the config.g Instead of using RRF again.
Mac
Hi Mark,
I must have read some out of date information that I thought was NEW information and it just threw me for a bit.
There have been a lot of posts in this thread and I just wanted to verify that I was up to date.
Thanks for confirming that I am not losing my mind (at least not yet).
Frederick
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@fcwilt you're very welcome. I was hoping to see a video link?
On the end-stops, should all of my endstops be low in rrf?
re: coding them low versus using rrf, can you comment?
Mac
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@mac said in I could use some help:
@fcwilt you're very welcome. I was hoping to see a video link?
On the end-stops, should all of my endstops be low in rrf?
re: coding them low versus using rrf, can you comment?
Mac
Hi Mark,
Chores took up most of yesterday, the guests arrive today and I still have two things yet to do.
The endstops are physically fine where they are and the configuration is correct if you have changed the wiring from the NO pin to the NC pin.
Frederick
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@fcwilt cool, enjoy your guests, Amazon is telling me the motors will arrive today.
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@mac said in I could use some help:
@fcwilt cool, enjoy your guests, Amazon is telling me the motors will arrive today.
That is good news.
I hope their installation goes smoothly.
Frederick
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@fcwilt installation? You mean I have to install them?????
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@droftarts as Ian might say, and then he’d send a link to the documentation.
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@fcwilt but I have read them.
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Just thought I’d share this with you:
This is how the board of the Duet3D Mini 5+ is set up:
And this is how the motors I hope to install today are set up:
Talk about harmonious!
Mac
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Here’s a series a pictures I’d like to share with you. They tell a story. I hope you’ll figure it out.
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@fcwilt @droftarts Do you see what I did wrong? With all 4 motors?
Mac
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@mac said in I could use some help:
@fcwilt @droftarts Do you see what I did wrong? With all 4 motors?
Mac
No I don't.
Based on the diagram you posted the yellow/brown pair are connecting to one phase of the stepper and the red/black pair are connecting to the other phase.
And the connections to the Duet seem correct.
What do you think is wrong?
Frederick
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@fcwilt this is why I’m not an electrical engineer. I decided to try shorting the two phases to make sure my “discovery” was correct. As you have indicated, post’s 1 and 3 (bottom and 3rd up) are a phase, and post’s 2 and 4 are the other phase. So that means red and yellow go together, and brown and black go together. Whew, my head is spinning!
Thanks for commenting. Your affirmation is helping, a lot.
Mac
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@mac said in I could use some help:
@fcwilt this is why I’m not an electrical engineer. I decided to try shorting the two phases to make sure my “discovery” was correct. As you have indicated, post’s 1 and 3 (bottom and 3rd up) are a phase, and post’s 2 and 4 are the other phase. So that means red and yellow go together, and brown and black go together. Whew, my head is spinning!
Thanks for commenting. Your affirmation is helping, a lot.
Mac
On the Stepper and the Duet A+ and A- are one phase, B+ and B- are the other phase.
Frederick
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@fcwilt it’s hard for me to understand this because what I always see is A+, A-, B+, B-. I don’t know which wire of each phase is minus, or plus for that matter. That’s what’s hanging me up on this issue. If it doesn’t water, (I’ve heard that), why is the wiring of the motors presented that way? Why does Duet3D label their pins that way? You know?
