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Topic: Has anyone gotten one of these to work on a SD2...???

BIG TREE TECH - SKR - V1.3
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8 months or so ago, my SD motherboard quit, it was almost 7 years old.  I bought one of these Big Tree Tech boards.  Well, lots has happened since then precluding me from just jumping on it.  I finally got it installed with new plugs. It fires up with no smoke, and Repetier recognizes it, but absolutely no commands respond.   Have been trying to install/update the firmware.  The links with the board directed me to Marlin 2.0 (with corrections) and they don't recommend Arduino.  Instead they use a M$ derivative - MS Visual Studio Code.  I've used Arduino before - took me 4 different machines and about 10 days to upgrade the SD firmware for the E3D - didn't bother for the Lite version.  This visual Studio worked great, lists the entire document and allows access anywhere.  When you are done - mash the compile button and bingo...  I've done all that numerous times, I'm missing something...  Hopefully someone here has a working version of Marlin 2.0 that I could beg, buy, borrow, or steal to get my machine running.  I have some things I really need to develop.

Thanx for any help
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Re: Has anyone gotten one of these to work on a SD2...???

Did you select the correct board type and comm speed before you compiled?

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Re: Has anyone gotten one of these to work on a SD2...???

I believe I did select the right board.  The speed I stuck with the original slow ass SD 115K baud.  If I get it working, I'll step it up to 250, but it don't really matter too much, the printer can only go so fast regardless of how fast it receives the data.  I'll go check the settings again in the AM.

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Re: Has anyone gotten one of these to work on a SD2...???

The board is labeled correctly, per their instructions. 

https://www.makenprint.uk/3d-printing/3 … n-2-setup/

http://soliforum.com/i/?7kXlHk1.jpg

They cover a lot of other krap like multiple extruders, touch LCD, etc.  I am looking for just the basics.

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Re: Has anyone gotten one of these to work on a SD2...???

So it shows up as a comport on your PC? Are you using the correct port speed on that comport when you use your host? I was always under the understanding you needed a full copy of Marlin and then you just added this configuration.h to it. When I downloaded the Marlin 2.0 that is floating around to play with it was only the configuration.h file and none of the other some odd 20 to 30 files you need. If you have used Arduino then you know all the tabs that open in it when you have a full version of Marlin. I don't think it works with just the configuration.h file alone.

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Re: Has anyone gotten one of these to work on a SD2...???

carl_m1968 wrote:

So it shows up as a comport on your PC? Are you using the correct port speed on that comport when you use your host? I was always under the understanding you needed a full copy of Marlin and then you just added this configuration.h to it. When I downloaded the Marlin 2.0 that is floating around to play with it was only the configuration.h file and none of the other some odd 20 to 30 files you need. If you have used Arduino then you know all the tabs that open in it when you have a full version of Marlin. I don't think it works with just the configuration.h file alone.

You may be correct Carl.

VS Code has some cool features. I think you can probably point it at a github repo and then it pulls what it needs at compile time. Then all you would need is the config file for your printer. I got the impression that Marlin 2.0 works this way but I'm not 100% sure. I have not worked with it personally.

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Re: Has anyone gotten one of these to work on a SD2...???

iirc there are two places the board needs to be set

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Re: Has anyone gotten one of these to work on a SD2...???

I might be late to the help party, but Chris Riley's video really helped me install my SKR 1.4 in my Solidoodle.