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Post by sab1584 on May 9, 2020 19:05:40 GMT
can anyone help me program my new boards for my carve king? I had to buy some online and I don't have the originals. I flashed grbl to the board and can get the machine to function but I cant get the homing switches to operate. all I get is an alarm or hard trigger alarm. I've read that it comes with factory settings and the cnc shield is already set up with jumpers etc. I can't find any of the information on how to set these boards up that's step by step. Can anyone give me a hand please? all the wiring is connected per instructions. I've double checked my double checking.
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Post by timmjn on May 9, 2020 22:13:20 GMT
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Post by sab1584 on May 10, 2020 0:29:30 GMT
So I flash it with the xloader ( I have windows 10) do I need to reset the board first or do I leave grbl on there then flash the hex file? That’s where I am getting mixed up I believe.
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Post by sab1584 on May 10, 2020 0:31:04 GMT
Also does there need to be a jumper in place on the cnc shield for the switches to work?
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Post by Bruce on May 10, 2020 0:34:37 GMT
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Post by sab1584 on May 10, 2020 1:18:15 GMT
I did that, I checked all the wires. It just says that Homing is not enabled. I follow the instructions and put the enable code in. It says ok. I use the set up wizard everything is good until the get to homing. Then I get messages about the soft and hard limits have not been by set. Or that it’s not supported. So I assumed I needed to download some kind of firmware for them to work.
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Post by timmjn on May 10, 2020 6:05:27 GMT
You don't need any jumpers to enable homing. If you flash the hex, you will overwrite your old grbl installation, so don't worry about that. Once you have done so, post your grbl settings here. Type $$ into the console and copy paste the output.
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Post by sab1584 on May 10, 2020 20:35:45 GMT
It’s all good now. Thanks everyone, I needed the hex.file for the right configuration. I flashed it using the xloader and it runs as it should.
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