Prusa mendal I2 Pronteer face Marlin error

[printbus]

Ok. Ignoring whether the printer worked at some point... There are four small boards plugged onto the RAMPS board. One for each axis and one for the extruder motor. There's an adjustment on each that sets the drive level for the motor. Try searching the web for RAMPS stepper adjustment.

[jakers181008]

hmmm, i've done a full rotation on the z stepper controller, but it seems to make a louder noise, and then when i do the full 360, it goes quite again, still with no luck?

[jakers181008]

i better stop with all this noise at 1:15 in the morning, will continue tomorrow

[printbus]

Sounds good. I'm one more beer away from being useless to you anyway. In the morning, go back to the web search and look for instructions on setting the stepper drivers to a voltage level. That way we'll know that the drivers are adjusted properly and we can work to resolve what must be a too-fast speed issue.

EDIT: Section 11.4 in the nextday build manual you linked to talks about how to set up the stepper motor driver voltages. Just make sure you set the meter to DC *voltage*, not DC Current like the text says. And BTW, the wiring diagram in section 9 shows the hot end heater connected to D10 where you moved it to. I'm confused. You've now referenced too sources for the printer - nextday and geeetech. It's hard to help when the definition of what you have for a printer build is unclear. On the LCD display, go back to whatever source you bought it from and ask them how to configure Marlin for it or ask them to provide you a schematic for it so we can figure it out. Without that, we're just guessing at how to make things work.

[jakers181008]

Hiya,

you're not the only confused one. geetech is the seller and the tech support i was getting... but when ever i asked for the build manual they sent me to the nextday page. most of the things on there wernt what i was given or i was given something that wasnt on the manual, i had to go loads of places to find out how to actually build my printer as the instructions were not clear. the geetech told me to download a driver that actually blue screened my laptop... so after that i got in contact with the geeetech people who were going round in circles for almost a year.... i got this printer last christmas.

i'l try my best to clear up what i actually have:

here is the manual they gave me... i was using that board until i realised that they had made it wrong and it wasn't even functional, so i now have a ramps 1.4 board

1.0 Electronics
1.1
Fully assembled Sanguinololu & Soldered with Hot end power & Thermistor attached.
1.2
Sanguinololu Power Cables
1.3
(NO LONGER IN USE)



3x Mechanical Endstops with Completed Wiring I Had to change these over with new one as i had plugged these into 12V i think?
©2012 NextDayReprap
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
1.4
550W ATX PSU
1.5
ATX Power Supply Adaptor
1.6
V2 Heat bed with Surface Mount LEDs/Resistor & Soldered Power Cable (inc Thermistor)
1.7
5 x Nema 17 Stepper Motors with Connectors & Crimps
©2012 NextDayReprap
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1. 0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
1.8
Fully assembled Hot End wired for Power & Thermistor with Mini Fit Molex connectors.
1.9
Mains Power Lead (Kettle Type) & 1M USB 2.0 Cable
2.0 Rod


6x 370mm A2 Stainless 1.25mm Pitch Threaded Rod - YUP
3x 440mm BZP 1.25mm Pitch Threaded Rod
4x 294mm BZP 1.25mm Pitch Threaded
2x 210mm BZP 1.25mm Pitch Threaded Rod
2x 50mm BZP 1.25mm Pitch Threaded Rod
2x 420mm Steel Round Rod
2x 350mm Steel Round Rod
1x 19.5mm Steel Round Rod ( Extruder Idler)
2x 390mm Threaded Rod
©2012 NextDayReprap


Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
3.0 Nuts & Bolts


6 x M2 16mm Hex Socket Bolts
30x M3 10mm Hex Socket Bolts
15x M3 20mm Hex Socket Bolts
2x M3 40mm Hex Socket Bolts
2x M4 50mm Hex Socket Bolts
2x M4 45mm Hex Head Bolts
4x M4 40mm Countersunk Hex Socket Bolts
6x M8 30mm Fender/Penny Washers
6x M2 Nuts
28x M3 Nuts
8x M4 Nuts
86x M8 Nuts
2x M3 Nylock Nuts
1x M8 Nylock Nuts
12x M2 Washers
56x M3 Washers
16x M4 Washers
88x M8 Washers
1x Hobbed Bolt
1x M3 10mm Grub Screw (Extruder Small Gear)
©2012 NextDayReprap
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
4.0 Bearings & Pulleys & Couplings
4.1
12x LM8UU Bearings (1 Spare) (Some may have been pre fitted to the printed parts) (which they were)
4.2
9 x 608ZZ Bearings (1 Spare)
4.3
2x 12 tooth T5 XL Aluminum Pulleys
4.4
2x Rigid Z Axis Couplings
©2012 NextDayReprap (see they keep mentioning this)
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
5.0 Springs
5.1
4 x Heat Bed Springs
5.2
2x Z Axis Springs
5.3
2x Extruder Springs
6.0 Timing Belts
6.1
2x 1M Brecoflex 6mm T5 Belt
©2012 NextDayReprap
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
7.0 Build Plate
7.1
Laser Cut Aluminum Build Bed
7.2
7.3
4x 51mm Bull Dog Clips (didn't include these, had to buy them my self)
225cm x 225cm Build Plate Mirror
©2012 NextDayReprap (and again)
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
8.0 Printed Parts
8.1
4x Bar Clamps
8.2
2 x Rod Clamps
8.3
4 x Belt Clamps
8.4
3 x Endstop Holder
8.5
4 x LM8UU Bearing Pillows
©2012 NextDayReprap
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual


1 x Extruder
1 x Extruder Idler
1x Extruder Large Gear
1x Extruder Small Gear
1x X Carriage
8.7
2 x Frame Vertex
8.8
4x Frame Vertex with Foot
©2012 NextDayReprap
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
8.9
8x Bar Clamp
8.10
1 x X Motor Mount
8.11
1 x X Idler
8.12
1x Y Motor Mount
©2012 NextDayReprap
Prusa Mendel Kit Build Manual V1.01 - 07/2012
1.0 Bill of Materials - Reprap Prusa Mendel Build Manual
8.13
2x Z Motor Mount
8.14
2 x y-tensioner
8.15
2x Belt clamp nut holder


hopefully that has cleared some stuff up? you can down load the pdf i got from : http://www.geeetech.com/Documents/Re...0Optimized.rar

[jakers181008]

Also for the LCD in the config i can see there is a list of different LCD models and i click on all to see which one i had and it was the one i had selected before,

on another note, would you recommend me getting a different LCD? or something to help us out here?

[Roxy]

Also for the LCD in the config i can see there is a list of different LCD models and i click on all to see which one i had and it was the one i had selected before,

on another note, would you recommend me getting a different LCD? or something to help us out here?

This won't be a popular post with many... But you can go on eBay and buy an old, obsolete laptop for $20. You get way better control of what is going on with a laptop running PronterFace than an LCD Panel. I have an old laptop dedicated to running my printer and I use that. I also have it setup with VNC so I can just pull up its screen on an machine I'm using to check on things.

[printbus]

Also for the LCD in the config i can see there is a list of different LCD models and i click on all to see which one i had and it was the one i had selected before

If I understand this right, in order to get the button click working you had to go back to the G3D_PANEL definition in the configuration.h file. I assume that means the constant tone from the buzzer is back? Please verify whether the left and right rotation of the knob still changes the F/R setting properly (left rotation makes the F/R decrease and right rotation makes the F/R increase). Looking at the pin assignments in pins.h, my guess is the rotation of the knob now doesn't work like it did with the reprap discount selection? If rotation of the knob and the button click is working with the G3D_PANEL selection in configuration.h, try changing the value for BEEPER at line 793 in your pins.h file from 33 to -1. I think (but am unsure) that is the BEEPER pin assignment used when you've specified the G3D_PANEL. Setting BEEPER to -1 should disable it.

on another note, would you recommend me getting a different LCD? or something to help us out here?

My main recommendation would be to add your location to your profile so that it shows up in your posts. Maybe someone near to you would volunteer to meet up and help you out. The problems you're having aren't all that tough to resolve - just tough to resolve over distance, by text, sight unseen.

[printbus]

This won't be a popular post with many... But you can go on eBay and buy an old, obsolete laptop for $20. You get way better control of what is going on with a laptop running PronterFace than an LCD Panel. I have an old laptop dedicated to running my printer and I use that. I also have it setup with VNC so I can just pull up its screen on an machine I'm using to check on things.

FWIW, I agree. I was hoping we could put off the pin assignment issues with the smart panel until the rest of the printer is working. Roxy - do you know of a Prusa I2 owner who might be able to help with his mechanical setup?

[Roxy]

I don't know any i2 people. But wouldn't all the pins be the same between an i2 and i3 on a RAMP's board? All the same stuff is there and my guess is it would be connected the same way???