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06-26-2014, 04:18 PM #5
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Having the exact same problem here! Just got my PBG two days ago and very happy I found this thread. Your tip about the reset button made it work for me with pronterface. Before I just couldn't get a connection to the printer and I wrongly interpreted the quick-start-guide and tried to press the software reset button that is in pronterface right besides the connect button. I finally discovered the hardware reset button on the board and just printed my first two pieces, although my extruder is still not setup correctly.
Interestingly I succeeded in printing out the octopus test piece from the manual when I uses repetier host insted of pronterface. Without the "reset trick" I only could get connection with repetier host, not with pronterface. But when I tried to print something else besides the octopus, the auto-calibration would start, hit or miss (^_^) and then the printer would just stop and drop the connection to repetier as well.
That first octopus I could successfully print (almost) had a pretty decent quality but the next two pieces hadn't so I suspect my extruder got somehow clogged and I should clean it, but haven't quite found out, how to do it without ruining anything.
Great that I found this forum and someone else also has this printer. Would be great to exchange some experiences to avoid further frustration or at least minimize it a bit...
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