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Post by odgreenyj on Jan 6, 2019 3:06:16 GMT
Finally got my M3 put together, download the ugs from the site on the instructions, actually ended up downloading multiple different ones to find one that “works” ended up using ![]() one of the nightly builds. Shows everything’s connected but nothing happens when I hit the x,y or z +/- buttons any ideas on what’s going on? |
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jan 6, 2019 3:51:33 GMT
Does it echo back the settings in the window such as
$1=
$2=
$3=
And so on.
If it doesn’t do that then either you are connecting to something like a mouse showing up as a com port or the drivers for the computer to talk to the Uno didn’t load. If it’s the former just look for two com ports in the drop down next to the connection icon and select the other number. If it’s the latter then the driver can be loaded manually following the steps in the sticky thread in the top of this forum section.
Hope that helps.
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Post by Bruce on Jan 6, 2019 3:59:06 GMT
Make sure you have the driver for the Uno installed. Then you have to find the COM port number. Click on the Start Menu, and open up the Control Panel. While in the Control Panel, navigate to System and Security. Next, click on System. Once the System window is up, open the Device Manager. Look under Ports (COM & LPT). You should see an open port named "Arduino UNO (COMxx)". Enter the COM port number in UGS. If this doesn't work then refer to the Arduino page: www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoUno |
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Post by odgreenyj on Jan 6, 2019 4:11:06 GMT
I’ll check it out in the morning, when I plugged my computer in it didn’t load anything that I know of( nothing popped up on the screen),do I need to do anything special for a Mac compared to a windows set up?
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Post by Bruce on Jan 6, 2019 4:36:16 GMT
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jan 6, 2019 17:57:13 GMT
For what it’s worth, it won’t appear to load anything. It’s just a driver in the background.
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Post by odgreenyj on Jan 7, 2019 2:13:01 GMT
Hopefully this pic works, this is what my ugs screen looks like, if I hit the +/- buttons for x,y,z and touch the motors I can feel them kind of “shake” a little bit,almost like they’re trying to do something but don’t enough juice to do anything Attachment Deleted |
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Post by stevengyork on Jan 7, 2019 17:26:23 GMT
Try bumping your feed rate up. My feed rate on my power route is 1080.
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Post by odgreenyj on Jan 7, 2019 18:36:44 GMT
Try bumping your feed rate up. My feed rate on my power route is 1080. I’ll try it as soon as I get home, thanks for the help |
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jan 7, 2019 23:59:44 GMT
If it kind of moves a little bit then I don't think you have the voltage set right. I've seen a few times where people have done things like set it to 0.06v instead of 0.6V and the motors do exactly what you are describing.
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Post by odgreenyj on Jan 8, 2019 1:48:42 GMT
I tried the feed rate, and nothing. I tested the voltage again and for some reason they all read 0, and turning either way doesn’t seem to do anything? Hopefully nothing fried! I set them using the 2000m setting on my meter and they all were within 59-60 on Saturday. The power into the board is reading 24v so it seems to be getting power
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Post by odgreenyj on Jan 8, 2019 23:11:23 GMT
Ok tried testing voltage again and got it to read, I’m testing on 2000m and my screen says 060,no decimal points anywhere on the screen, is that the proper reading? If I take the belt off and hit the command buttons the motor will move, put it back on and it still does the trying to move thing
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Post by Derek the Admin on Jan 9, 2019 2:07:05 GMT
When the meter is set to 2000, a reading of of 060 is 60 millivolts or 0.060 volts. It’s ten times too low. Adjust it until you hit 600 (or there about) and you’ll be good.
Cheers
Derek
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