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midget
(@midget)
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Kit assembly woes

I just finished assembling my Mk2 kit - but I am running into various issues post assembly.

First, turning the pot on the LCD screen does not scroll through the menu. Nor does the SD card reader seem to work. I checked multiple times if the wiriing is correct, and even did a continuity test on each individual wire in the ribbon cable to check for faults. Needless to say I emailed Prusa to get some help.

The next issue I am running into is connecting the Mk2 to Prontrface / Simplify3D via USB to do my own selftests (since I can't initiate it from the LCD at this time). I installed the drivers, and I am able to connect to the machine, but its not reporting any temperatures, and I am not able to interact with the machine at all. While the LCD was connected (I took it off until I can get it fixed) - it reported temperatures around 30C. According to the Troubleshooting video, that should be correct. To be extra sure its not the thermistor wire - I connected my existing E3D v6 from my other printer (which I know works) - and it also didn't report any temperatures in either application.

Lastly, the inductive PINDA probe seems to be triggered (red light is on). From my experience with Printrbot - the light should only be one if it senses metal. The probe is no where close to any metal parts

Anyone experienced anything like this?

Opublikowany : 13/10/2016 8:02 pm
midget
(@midget)
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Topic starter answered:
Re: Kit assembly woes

Ok - so I just managed to fix all the issues I listed above.

1. The reason the applications didn't report any temperatures was due to the initial message you get the first time you power up your machine - something in the lines of "The printer hasn't been calibrated - check the manual...." This message needs to be dismissed before anything is reported over USB

2. For some reason that defies all logic - after connecting my printer to USB, and dismissing the message, my LCD pot just started working by itself. Nothing's changed - so I don't understand how doing this made it work. Hopefully if someone else has this issue they can try this as well

Opublikowany : 13/10/2016 8:23 pm
David T.
(@david-t)
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Re: Kit assembly woes

Lastly, the inductive PINDA probe seems to be triggered (red light is on). From my experience with Printrbot - the light should only be one if it senses metal.
That's OK, inductive probe works with inverted logic. The LED is on when the probe is NOT triggered.

Opublikowany : 13/10/2016 8:51 pm
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