and yeah - don't question, just do it step by step the first time and avoid the headaches...

on the RH printer shape settings, tho - honestly - I did not change those at any time - the only numbers i changed were in the first printer settings screen for the park positions..

either way - it is working now. extruder is heating properly, and moving in the correct direction, so i must have gotten those right lol

about to load up some abs and see about printing the Rumba case & fan cover so I dont fry my new toy.

once all of that is done, can anyone point me in the right direction for hooking up an LCD/SD card reader?got the RepRapDiscount smart controller to add to this thing...

Also if you notice all Solidoodle printers home at maximum for X and Y and minimum for Z, so you did change that at some point as well
http://wiki.solidoodle.com/repetier-hos … on-windows

Glad you are up and running

yes, i know just enough to be dangerous - LOL

edit:  DOH!

works now...

now to test extruder...

just a note about the X & Y positions - on the original board, I had to enter those #s in order to get X & Y to home correctly after finishing a print job/killing a print

// {SD Patch} Start
// ###############################

// Model-independent endstop logic

#ifndef ENABLE_AUTO_BED_LEVELING
  #define Z_MIN_POS 0
#else
  #define Z_MIN_POS (-1*Z_PROBE_OFFSET_FROM_EXTRUDER)  //With Auto Bed Leveling, the Z_MIN MUST have the same distance as Z_PROBE
#endif

#define MANUAL_HOME_POSITIONS  // If defined, MANUAL_*_HOME_POS below will be used
#define MANUAL_Z_HOME_POS Z_MIN_POS

#if SOLIDOODLE_VERSION == 3
  #define X_MAX_POS 205
  #define X_MIN_POS 0
  #define Y_MAX_POS 200
  #define Y_MIN_POS 0
  #define Z_MAX_POS 195

// The position of the homing switches
  //#define BED_CENTER_AT_0_0  // If defined, the center of the bed is at (X=0, Y=0)
//Manual homing switch locations:
  #define MANUAL_X_HOME_POS 205
  #define MANUAL_Y_HOME_POS 200

#else //assume SD2
  #define X_MAX_POS 155
  #define X_MIN_POS 0
  #define Y_MAX_POS 150
  #define Y_MIN_POS 0
  #define Z_MAX_POS 150

  
// The position of the homing switches
  //#define BED_CENTER_AT_0_0  // If defined, the center of the bed is at (X=0, Y=0)
//Manual homing switch locations:
  #define MANUAL_X_HOME_POS 155
  #define MANUAL_Y_HOME_POS 150
#endif

#define X_MAX_LENGTH (X_MAX_POS - X_MIN_POS)
#define Y_MAX_LENGTH (Y_MAX_POS - Y_MIN_POS)
#define Z_MAX_LENGTH (Z_MAX_POS - Z_MIN_POS)

//###############################
//{SD Patch} END

and yeah - if I home everything - either individually or home all, X & Y will not move again. Z will

verified board settings:

Tools > Board > Arduino Mega or Mega 2560
Tools > Processor > ATMEGA2560 (Mega 2560)

opened the configuration.h file and did the following:

line 22: #define SOLIDOODLE_VERSION 3
line 35: #define BAUDRATE 115200 (cant get 250000 on the computer used for this, changed to match up)
line 86: #define MOTHERBOARD 80

nothing else touched in configuration.h

opened configuration_ADV.h and did the following:

line 64: #define CONTROLLERFAN_PIN 8

nothing else changed

saved and verified/compiled
uploaded to the board
opened RH and connected
verified that all axes will move in correct direction manually without homing - check...
homed all axes - check

X & Y axes will not move after homing
Z will move after homing

extra jumpers from unused steppers are installed in the X-, Y- and Z+ locations

all axes homed M119 reports:
13:47:49.890 : Reporting endstop status
13:47:49.890 : x_min: open
13:47:49.890 : x_max: TRIGGERED
13:47:49.890 : y_min: open
13:47:49.906 : y_max: TRIGGERED
13:47:49.906 : z_min: TRIGGERED
13:47:49.906 : z_max: open
13:47:49.906 : ok

no axes homed, M119 reports:
13:51:17.906 : Reporting endstop status
13:51:17.906 : x_min: open
13:51:17.906 : x_max: open
13:51:17.906 : y_min: open
13:51:17.906 : y_max: open
13:51:17.906 : z_min: open
13:51:17.906 : z_max: open
13:51:17.906 : ok

at a loss here - the only things changed are the things listed - I touched nothing else!

You've messed with the logic but didn't do it correctly. At this point I would suggest you just download a fresh copy of Solidoodle-Marlin and start over. Assuming stock hotend you only need to change a few things:

1. SOLIDOODLE_VERSION to 3
2. MOTHERBOARD to 80
3. CONTROLLERFAN_PON to 8
4. Double steps per mm for any axis running 1/32 In EEPROM, not Configuration.h.

i guess i am at a loss in understanding.

I have no problem starting over, but would really like to understand where I went wrong.

the only things I changed in configuration.h where the things that needed to be changed - motherboard & SD version - the bed size and whatnot is what was loaded by default via the SD patch that is already in Marlin. I changed none of it.
I did accidentally delete the "0" for #define SERIAL_PORT line, but that was easily remedied - wardjr can confirm that one.
wardjr provided me with a checklist of what to do/change via pm, and i followed it to the letter, with the exception of the pins.h settings...

the only thing done in the pins.h file was disabling the unused end stop positions per the post i referred to earlier, and i did pretty much exactly what that poster had done - set it to -1 and commented behind with the default number using the //.

on your recommendations, i made the change in the configuration_ADV.h file for the fan pin to get the fans going...

since there are no 1/32 steppers, i should not need to change any of the steps/mm...

I am not trying to be an a$$ here, just trying to understand....

going to re-download the marlin file and try again....

1. SOLIDOODLE_VERSION to 3
2. MOTHERBOARD to 80
3. CONTROLLERFAN_PIN to 8
4. Double steps per mm for any axis running 1/32 In EEPROM, not Configuration.h.

RH settings & firmware settings