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Topic: Freezing up

We just got a new Solidoodle 2 printer yesterday.  We were able to print a few things (not very well) last night.  I am trying something else today and I can not get the printer to connect.  It did one time but every time after it freezes.  Every time I push the connect button the program freezes.  I then have to restart the computer to be able to close the program.  It is connected correctly and all lights on.  I can click on everything else in the program (BEFORE hitting connect) and it all works correctly.  AFTER I hit connect, nothing will work. 
Also, I was reading that turning up the extruder temp will help with the plastic not bonding together.  I did that but the temp just dropped back down.  I hope I didn't mess anything up!  The connection problem started after this.
Thank you!

2 Reply by muddtt (edited by muddtt 2013-12-03 15:23:57)

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Re: Freezing up

Are you on mac or PC?

For temperature changing there are two places to change the temperature. One in the printer settings and the other in the custom gcode that can be found in the slic3r configuration.

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Re: Freezing up

It seems to be working for some reason.  I'm not sure what changed though.  PC
As far a s temperature, is there a stopping point where it gets too hot?  I know how to adjust it but I don't want to mess up the exturder.  Right now I have it up to 210.  It still seems to be very "layered" looking. 
Thanks