Im new to these 3D printers but can someone help me please?

SelfHatenMarine

I purchased a ultibots d300vs+ with no knowledge about this printer. I been trying to figure it out but cant get anything going. the wifi isn't connected and anything I read and try isn't working. where am i doing this wrong?

SelfHatenMarine

I know the board its using is a Duet 2 WiFi and the SD card has files on it but not sure they are extras on it that i know of. I have an apple mac book pro that im using and am connected to the printer by USB and have loaded Serial Tools and still not sure what im doing. I was unaware this was like this and I guess in my understanding from the guy I got it from was it only needed the wifi setup.

oliof

@SelfHatenMarine the guy you bought it from is almost right, you only need to setup the wifi and then you can use the duet web control.

On a Mac, I would use the Terminal.app and the built-in screen command for the serial connection.

I would suggest some quality time with the extensive documentation at https://docs.duet3d.com, especially the Getting Started page.

Also, make a backup of the SD card before changing anything.

magnets99

@SelfHatenMarine said in Im new to these 3D printers but can someone help me please?:

ltibots d300vs+

hello, it sounds like you might just need to get the web control going.
AFTER COPYING THE ENTIRE CONTENTS OF THE SD CARD TO A FOLDER ON YOUR COMPUTER FOR BACKUP
On the SD card go into the sys folder and find the file called config.g
have a look in that file for any lines with the number
m587 or m552

if you are lucky like me, you'll find the m587 and you can see the wifi and password. change it to your wifi, save the file and
put the sd card back and turn it on again.

if you are unlucky you'll need to read this page pretty throughly
/How_to_guides/Getting_connected/Getting_connected_to_your_Duet
i don't have a good enough reputation to post links so google the above

i did read that it is not a good idea to leave m587 in your file as it means it writes to the eprom every time you turn on the computer and wears out the memory.
also it has your password in cleartext.