SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — connecting to press

Re: connecting to press

null@example.com (dylan.callery) — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:19:15 +0000

Soliryan,

it is something i had to double check a few times but in my attempts i have been connect to a COM port to the best of my knowledge.

Re: connecting to press

null@example.com (soliryan) — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:16:15 +0000

This may sound obvious or stupid but make sure you are selecting the actual COM port and not connecting to the virtual printer.

Re: connecting to press

null@example.com (dylan.callery) — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:10:44 +0000

those are the drivers i am using and i have tried three different cables. ill try to reinstall the drivers see if that helps at all.

Re: connecting to press

null@example.com (thatdecade) — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 15:25:26 +0000

Sounds like serial comm failure. Could be a bad cable or bad driver.

Try swapping in a different USB cable.

What driver are you using? You should be using the driver available on this page.
http://wiki.solidoodle.com/installing-drivers

connecting to press

null@example.com (dylan.callery) — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 22:11:19 +0000

so far I have tried three laptops and two desktops with operating systems ranging from windows vista-10 and I am running into the same problem with connecting to the press. when using soliprint I am able to connect to the printer once a day at best where I am able to heat up the bed and the extruder but the moment I test the extruder the temperature drops down to 0c every other time the extruder reads at 0c and the bed at around 16c.

if I try using Repetier-Host it claims the press is heating up while it is not and when I try to move it nothing physically happens. I can type out the G Code from Repetier-Host if that would help people from when I try to move the extruder.