<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/13631/sd2-in-need-of-upgrade/ Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:15:10 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/119380/#p119380 Thank you so much for the help. I just sent him a PM.

]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:15:10 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/119380/#p119380 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/119379/#p119379 AZERATE has a PrintrBoard that he is willing to sell.  Let either of us know how we can help.

]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:06:19 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/119379/#p119379 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/119375/#p119375 That leaves you with a Ramps 1.4 but I bet someone here on the forum has a used Sang or PrintrBoard they're willing to sell.  Maybe do a post in the B/S/T section and see what you can come up with.

]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:41:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/119375/#p119375 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/119374/#p119374 wardjr wrote:

Since you've verified the motor works this leaves only board failure or something seriously incorrect with your firmware settings.  Both being very solvable problems.

Any recommendations on witch board to get? Preferably in the $40 range if possible. LOL my wife is going to kill me if I spend much more on this thing. smile

]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:19:37 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/119374/#p119374 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/119346/#p119346 Since you've verified the motor works this leaves only board failure or something seriously incorrect with your firmware settings.  Both being very solvable problems.

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:53:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/119346/#p119346 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/119331/#p119331 Sorry for my absence , I have been out of pocket due to work. I do have some bad news. I tried what you said and still got nothing in the z axis. I even swapped out the driver with a know good driver from x/y and still no movement what so ever. sad . The only way I can get z to move is to move the motor plug to one of the x/y plugs on the board.

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:26:46 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/119331/#p119331 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/118453/#p118453 All you can do is turn up the VREF on that driver until it starts turning.  make sure the s endstop isn't triggered and that you are telling it to move down (up arrow) in RH.  assuming all else is good you may have a bad driver.

]]> Wed, 02 Mar 2016 01:09:53 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/118453/#p118453 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/118418/#p118418 I have it all hooked back up now. x and y are working good but z will not turn at all sad

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:49:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/118418/#p118418 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/118416/#p118416 That driver on E:, must be a geetech DRV8825?  That would be correct if that's the case.  If you are looking to verify, each pin is labeled on the board and driver, just match them up.  The silkscreen on the drivers is on the under side of the board.

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:14:03 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/118416/#p118416 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/118413/#p118413 Just dont want to burn anything else up lol . I got my new drivers in , do I have them hooked in right? I tried to arrange them exactly as the old one .

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/spectar1981us/Mobile%20Uploads/8867180B-B2D5-4060-B37E-000100EB654E_zpsd33zur1l.jpg

]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:18:29 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/118413/#p118413 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/117937/#p117937 Yep

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 19:11:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/117937/#p117937 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/117926/#p117926 wardjr wrote:

Well, yeah you're going to have some adjustment needed.  This tells us that your drivers are either failing or simply overheating.  I'd recommend replacing the drivers instead of the whole board.  Go to MakerFarm and buy some Good replacements.  Alternately you could upgrade to a Rumba board or an Azteeg X3.  There's plenty of Ramps 1.4 boards out there but as of right now I can't recommend one of those, too many cheap ones out there that don't work properly.

I will do! thank you so much for the help. cant wait until I can print again. Will these work? http://www.makerfarm.com/index.php/prin … river.html

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:08:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/117926/#p117926 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/117916/#p117916 Well, yeah you're going to have some adjustment needed.  This tells us that your drivers are either failing or simply overheating.  I'd recommend replacing the drivers instead of the whole board.  Go to MakerFarm and buy some Good replacements.  Alternately you could upgrade to a Rumba board or an Azteeg X3.  There's plenty of Ramps 1.4 boards out there but as of right now I can't recommend one of those, too many cheap ones out there that don't work properly.

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:48:49 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/117916/#p117916 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/117913/#p117913 Ok I have all of the steppers out except the known good one. I put that one in the x axis spot and eureka!!! It works like a charm. I then moved it to the z axis spot. Sadly it does not do anything in that spot? Should the pot be adjusted for the z axis because the motors are different?

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:25:21 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/117913/#p117913 <![CDATA[Re: sd2 in need of upgrade!!!]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/117908/#p117908 Now take that one working driver out and plug it into one of the non working axis and see if that axis will now move.  Repeat for all.  This will tell us if the board is functional or not.

]]> Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:34:47 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/117908/#p117908