No Response from stepper motors mini g2s pro
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 12:21 pm
Hello all,
I'm new to 3d printing and got my first printer for Christmas. I assembled it based on the instructions found in the wiki and am using the version of Marlin from the wiki as well. In the quick setup guide it starts by having the user level the bed with a... well level... by adjusting the screws, and that is all fine and good. The next step requires you to open up Repetier and set several settings, then to connect to the printer and telling it to go to the home position. I click the home button and the status still says idle, but after a few seconds changes to 'X commands waiting'. I did a little digging and this is typical of a communication problem, but the firmware update with the Arduino IDE went smoothly and Repetier seems to initialize the board (grabs firmware information and reads outputs from temp sensors) fine. I spent all of last night digging through all of the configurations and made sure they were appropriate to the guides. Nothing changed, and nothing happens.
So that brings me to tonight. All of the configurations are to the book so I figure it must be a connectivity problem. I unplugged all of the cables to the board (individually as to not mix them up) and reset them to ensure they were secure. Nothing. I changed USB ports and made sure the FDIR driver was installed and used appropriately in Device Manager (on a Windows 7 machine). Nothing. The screen consistently provides a temperature readout for the hot ends and the bed, as well as SD card status (that isn't present) and a line at the bottom that says 'Delta G2S ready.' I navigate the menu and find a means of manually moving axes and try that. Nothing.
I'm at a loss. My night tonight since getting home from work has been spent scouring the GeeeTech forums and trying steps for the closest issue I can find, but to no avail. All that I can hear is a faint hum of the fans and something electrical (assuming stepper motors) but nothing engages and nothing moves. So, my question to you all, is multi part.
What are the chances of receiving 3 bad stepper motors?
What configuration files are needed to post for proper diagnosis?
Is there a means of exporting an error log file from the instance of Marlin that is on the device?
Are there any other areas to diagnose that has been overlooked?
I'm new to 3d printing and got my first printer for Christmas. I assembled it based on the instructions found in the wiki and am using the version of Marlin from the wiki as well. In the quick setup guide it starts by having the user level the bed with a... well level... by adjusting the screws, and that is all fine and good. The next step requires you to open up Repetier and set several settings, then to connect to the printer and telling it to go to the home position. I click the home button and the status still says idle, but after a few seconds changes to 'X commands waiting'. I did a little digging and this is typical of a communication problem, but the firmware update with the Arduino IDE went smoothly and Repetier seems to initialize the board (grabs firmware information and reads outputs from temp sensors) fine. I spent all of last night digging through all of the configurations and made sure they were appropriate to the guides. Nothing changed, and nothing happens.
So that brings me to tonight. All of the configurations are to the book so I figure it must be a connectivity problem. I unplugged all of the cables to the board (individually as to not mix them up) and reset them to ensure they were secure. Nothing. I changed USB ports and made sure the FDIR driver was installed and used appropriately in Device Manager (on a Windows 7 machine). Nothing. The screen consistently provides a temperature readout for the hot ends and the bed, as well as SD card status (that isn't present) and a line at the bottom that says 'Delta G2S ready.' I navigate the menu and find a means of manually moving axes and try that. Nothing.
I'm at a loss. My night tonight since getting home from work has been spent scouring the GeeeTech forums and trying steps for the closest issue I can find, but to no avail. All that I can hear is a faint hum of the fans and something electrical (assuming stepper motors) but nothing engages and nothing moves. So, my question to you all, is multi part.
What are the chances of receiving 3 bad stepper motors?
What configuration files are needed to post for proper diagnosis?
Is there a means of exporting an error log file from the instance of Marlin that is on the device?
Are there any other areas to diagnose that has been overlooked?