Posts made by AMPMAKER

Yes, I had wired them NO. Changed them to NC. They work properly now. It made no difference setting
it active high or low. Strange they would not work in NO mode. The Optical switches where most likely a NPN switch's or NO.

I had all the motors running perfect before I changed the limit switches and now
the Y axis is dragging along, missing steps. This has been a very troublesome build.
The Y axis motor seemed to just short out, just sitting idle. Changed it out with a spare.
Works again.

I am using the micro switch for Z stop, but plan to use a probe what is the correct probe to
use with this board? Do I need to change the set-up to run with a switch for now?

Mark

Why do end stops hits still say " Yes " when they are not hit?

These are OMRON EE-SX674A
I have used similar sensors on CNC machines and Automation machines with no issues. Although most are 5v.

After many tries to get this working, I replaced them with Micro Switches.
I have set the command M574 S0 , but when I hit the homing it moves in the opposite direction for about 10 mm.
Is this a default setting? When I looked at the homing codes they look correct? But no Negative movement towards the end stops???

; homex.g
; called to home the X axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2.0.4 on Wed Oct 02 2019 15:21:12 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 Z5 F6000 S2 ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 S1 X-365 F1800 ; move quickly to X axis endstop and stop there (first pass)
G1 X5 F6000 ; go back a few mm
G1 S1 X-365 F360 ; move slowly to X axis endstop once more (second pass)
G1 Z-5 F6000 S2 ; lower Z again
G90 ; absolute positioning

Awesome, That was the easy way. My math was way off as well.
16 micro steps x 200 = 3200 / 5 (mm pitch) = 640

Thanks, On to fixing the limit switches.

Mark

I have been able to move the X and Y Axis in the correct direction and amount.
The Z axis has the wrong step amount and moves about 25 mm when asked to move 5.
It was set up with 16 micro steps and I have a 5 mm per turn ball screw. Some how my
numbers are not right. Where is this adjusted?

The optical home switches do not trigger anything, set on either active high or active low.
I think they maybe a 5v switch. I measured the output on the old board and it came up to 5v.
These are encased in plastic so is there any way to add a resistor? Or should I replace them?

That is as far as I have gotten.
Mark

Thank you,

I will start on this tomorrow as it is late here now.

Mark

I hard wired all the motors, five in all two extruder motors. Optical limit switches and heaters ect.
I also have a Panel Duet 5i. I get no response from the panel, but I guess that is because I have not configured
and uploaded the new parameters. Still new to setting this up so should the old Config.g file be saved before
loading a new one?

Mark

@AMPMAKER said in Cannot connect to DWC Simple fix??:

Send M552 S0, then send M552 P192.168.1.xx, then send M552 S1. You should then be able to connect DWC. In DWC go to the System editor and edit the M552 command in config.g to have that IP address.

Send M552 S0, then send M552 P192.168.1.xx, then send M552 S1. You should then be able to connect DWC. In DWC go to the System editor and edit the M552 command in config.g to have that IP address.

Maybe the lingo was not correct..sorry

Has any one done a conversion of this printer?
I am converting it because the Aurora printer has enclosed print space and a
Large Z axis ball screw. The board and screen are garbage in it.

I have done all the hard wire conversion, and when testing the homing I get no response.
No stepper movement. How do I go about config the new parameters?

Mark

Thanks to all that helped get us connected. Configuring the access was the final answer to
getting connected. Now I can turn on the Duet board and it will find our wifi.
Now on to the next hurdle, to actually configure the setting to this printer.
When I re-load the config.g to the board with the new setting will this stage of connection be lost.

Maybe this should go to a new discussion.
I have hard wired all the motors, five in all two extruder motors. Optical limit switches and heaters ect.
I also have a Panel Duet 5i. I get no response from the panel, but I guess that is because I have not configured
and uploaded the new parameters. Still new to setting this up so should the old Config.g file be saved before
loading a new one? Does any on have a config file for a JGAurora A8 printer?

Mark

I found this post from

dc42 ADMINISTRATORS 8 Mar 2018, 12:54
Either:

1. Send M552 S0, then send M552 P192.168.1.xx, then send M552 S1. You should then be able to connect DWC. In DWC go to the System editor and edit the M552 command in config.g to have that IP address.

Or:

2. Move the SD card to a PC and use a text editor to make the same change to the M552 command in config.g.

So I was able to get connected to the DWC again, I just don't know if I turn this off if it will reconnect.
We shall see. The IP recorded in the config.g was different than the IP that came up when entering the
M552 command.

Do I always have to go thru YAT to get to DWC or should it come up when the Duet is powered on??

Frederick thank you for the offer, I will keep that offer a bit, but if I don't work this through I may never learn
how it's done. I have been able to get back to a YAT connection with the Duet. Still no internet Although.

M552
WiFi module is connected to access point ORBI, IP address 192.168.1.4<LF>ok<LF>
M587
Remembered networks:<LF>TNCAP2FCC19 IP=192.168.1.14 GW=0.0.0.0 NM=0.0.0.0<LF>ORBI65 IP=0.0.0.0 GW=0.0.0.0 NM=0.0.0.0<LF>ORBI IP=0.0.0.0 GW=0.0.0.0 NM=0.0.0.0<LF>ok<LF>

I did find this on instructables.com Whats your thought on trying it.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Duet-WiFi-Activate-and-Connect-the-WiFi-When-It-Do/

I did contact the company that sold the Duet to us and he suggested a different router 2.4 of course just
for the duet. But I think that isolating the IP is the most Logical.

This is not my strongest area to be working in, so it is very frustrating when I get it to
work and now it doesn't. I unplugged the duet from the USB ate lunch came back to reconnect
and back to square one. Now no YAT. Saying com5 is closed, and no wifi of course.
Device manager see's it plugged into com 5??? What am I missing.

I do understand handing out IP address above a certain range, but shouldn't the device always
have the same IP, once it is set.

Got it M552 S1 is already in the Network config.g file.

Will the Duet remember the IP address? Or do I need to send another M command?

@Adrian52

Ok, Just fix the address? What exactly do you mean?
my IP shows 192.168.1.31 on the Duet when I enter M552
see below. But when I try to Ping I get no response.

m552
WiFi module is connected to access point ORBI, IP address 192.168.1.31<LF>ok<LF>

The Blue light flashed for a bit and entered M552 again and got a different IP.

m552
WiFi module is changing mode<LF>ok<LF>WiFi module is connected to access point ORBI, IP address 192.168.1.4<LF>

Now it is connected.... Wow very frustrating but all I did.. I Think.. is turned off the ORBI (cycled Power)
while the Duet was plugged into and powered by the USB cable.
Now I enter 192.168.1.4 and the Duet screen comes up.

Thank you all for the suggestions and help. Would have been a long time trying to figure this out without help.
Issue solved..

No I am not sure the router is the issue, But...
I asked someone who is more knowledgeable than me, that's said the Orbi is a mesh network
and most likely the issue. In hind sight it would have been easier to wire an Ethernet cable.

Easy Target. Our issue with removing the card, over time, is our screen will be put on the right side
of the printer, and access to the card is the left. So it would need to have separate containment for
the Panel-Duet. We are using cards to transfer the files now, which is fine, but all the conf.. that's
a lot of back and forth.

Yes Orbi is the name of the router. Orbi is a tri band router and this may be an issue. From what I have read
it has the ability to pick up 2.4 or 5 ghz independently. But this does not look like that is happening.
I have looked at other forums to see a way around this, but it gets way more into changes I don't want
to explore.
192.168.1.31 Duet IP
And with the Duet wifi only working with 2.4 I may be out of luck. As we need the Orbi right now to get the
signal farther for everyone to have a good signal.
Can the Duet be setup and used without the wifi.? For now I need to get our printer back up. This has consumed
way to much of my time and will use it or will need to replace.

Let me rephrase that.
It came back with "Packets sent 4, Received =0, Lost =4 (100% loss)

No, it will not ping.