First Build and Almost There But Need Help - PLZ
Posted: June 17th, 2016, 8:25 am
HEY GUYs!
Just want to say thanks for being here for me. This build has been super fun up until the end and I'm almost printing but then hit a brick wall. Support from China is a nightmare with emails addressing one question per night with absolutely no resolution. I'm not the type of person to bash a product until I know for sure that it's not a user error on my part and then still, I probably wouldn't even go there. All I want to do is get printing and try to learn more about these machines and be able to trouble shoot errors with success and I'm super excited. I'm going to list my issues up to this point and If you feel like chiming in, I'd love to hear what you guys know. Thanks in advance!
PROBLEM #1:
EXTRUDER motor does not work when manually moving it via LCD. However, when i change the wires to plug into the x axis port it's ok and works fine. My opinion is wire is ok and motor is ok. Extruder connection on board NOT ok. When extruder motor is connected to x axis and using the both wires motor is ok. So i think the connection to the board is bad. I think i may need to flash the firmware on the board or install a new board?
PROBLEM #2:
When I heat up the nozzle, the nozzle gets very hot but does not read temperature on the LCD screen. My set temperature is displayed but current temperature is NOT displayed. Reading remains at 25/0 degrees on LCD screen main menu.
PROBLEM #3
When I attempt to print, the printer will say "bed heating" but the bed never gets hot. I've tried yellow + and black (-) as well as black (+) and yellow (-) with the 2 red wires in the A14 HOT RESISTANCE port.
PROBLEM#4
NOW, Err: MINTEMP has showed up. Nozzle thermistor plug is pluged into A13-EO and bed thermistor is plugged into A14-BED
Just want to say thanks for being here for me. This build has been super fun up until the end and I'm almost printing but then hit a brick wall. Support from China is a nightmare with emails addressing one question per night with absolutely no resolution. I'm not the type of person to bash a product until I know for sure that it's not a user error on my part and then still, I probably wouldn't even go there. All I want to do is get printing and try to learn more about these machines and be able to trouble shoot errors with success and I'm super excited. I'm going to list my issues up to this point and If you feel like chiming in, I'd love to hear what you guys know. Thanks in advance!
PROBLEM #1:
EXTRUDER motor does not work when manually moving it via LCD. However, when i change the wires to plug into the x axis port it's ok and works fine. My opinion is wire is ok and motor is ok. Extruder connection on board NOT ok. When extruder motor is connected to x axis and using the both wires motor is ok. So i think the connection to the board is bad. I think i may need to flash the firmware on the board or install a new board?
PROBLEM #2:
When I heat up the nozzle, the nozzle gets very hot but does not read temperature on the LCD screen. My set temperature is displayed but current temperature is NOT displayed. Reading remains at 25/0 degrees on LCD screen main menu.
PROBLEM #3
When I attempt to print, the printer will say "bed heating" but the bed never gets hot. I've tried yellow + and black (-) as well as black (+) and yellow (-) with the 2 red wires in the A14 HOT RESISTANCE port.
PROBLEM#4
NOW, Err: MINTEMP has showed up. Nozzle thermistor plug is pluged into A13-EO and bed thermistor is plugged into A14-BED