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Post by jreimers on Sept 15, 2017 13:23:35 GMT
Can someone walk me through the steps to flash GRBL 1.1 to my system?
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Post by jreimers on Sept 15, 2017 14:49:43 GMT
To flash a grbl hex to an Arduino:Download and extract XLoader. Open XLoader and select your Arduino's COM port from the drop down menu on the lower left. Select the appropriate device from the dropdown list titled "Device". Check that Xloader set the correct baud rate for the device: 115200 Now use the browse button on the top right of the form to browse to your grbl hex file. Once your grbl hex file is selected, click "Upload" After clicking upload, you'll see the RX/TX lights going wild on your Arduino. The upload process generally takes about 10 seconds to finish. Once completed, a message will appear in the bottom left corner of XLoader telling you how many bytes were uploaded. If there was an error, it would show instead of the total bytes uploaded. Steps should be similar and may be done through the command prompt.
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Post by Derek the Admin on Sept 15, 2017 23:06:56 GMT
That's it. Make sure you get the settings all updated back to the M3 if it dumped them with the flash(sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't)
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Post by jreimers on Sept 15, 2017 23:38:01 GMT
That's it. Make sure you get the settings all updated back to the M3 if it dumped them with the flash(sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't) Do you mean the homing information? Unfortunately I didn't back it up and flashed before I read your response. Yes, It was lost. But I downloaded the hex from MillRightCNC.com and flashed it too  |
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Post by Derek the Admin on Sept 16, 2017 16:45:48 GMT
I mean all the settings you see when you type $$ in the command line. When you flash it you'll just need to go one by one in all the settings and make them match what's at the end of the M3 instructions.
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Post by jreimers on Sept 16, 2017 22:53:52 GMT
Have an issue. Since flashing 1.1 my machine is wacking out on the Z axis during homing. I am pretty sure all my settings are correct. See Below. It hits the z homing switch and just keeps going.
Grbl 1.1f ['$' for help]
>>> $$
>>> $G
$0=10
$1=255
$2=0
$3=0
$4=0
$5=0
$6=0
$10=3
$11=0.010
$12=0.002
$13=0
$20=0
$21=0
$22=1
$23=0
$24=25.000
$25=600.000
$26=244
$27=4.000
$30=1000
$31=0
$32=0
$100=40.000
$101=40.000
$102=80.000
$110=8000.000
$111=8000.000
$112=3000.000
$120=250.000
$121=250.000
$122=250.000
$130=264.000
$131=264.000
$132=69.000
ok
[GC:G0 G54 G17 G21 G90 G94 M5 M9 T0 F0 S0]
ok
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Post by jreimers on Sept 17, 2017 5:24:12 GMT
Ok you guys are making me research too much for answers. LOL. While reading EVERYTHING on the MillRightCNC.com web sight. I read about the laser installation. Since the laser needs GRBL 1.1 it is plugged into the Z homing position since that has pulse width modulation and the Z Homing Switch is moved to the pins just below this section of the board labelled “SpnEn.” Conversely you can comment out a line and disable the fact that GRBL 1.1 wants to use the z homing pin location for variable speed control of a spindle. Seems easier to move the connector to me especially since I might want to add a laser some day.
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Post by jreimers on Sept 17, 2017 16:19:26 GMT
Fixed the homing issue. Now I have lost the ability to use the jog command in fast mode in UGS platform. Any ideas?
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Post by Derek the Admin on Sept 17, 2017 18:02:31 GMT
Try UGS Platform. The old version of UGS isn't well suited to 1.1
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Post by jreimers on Sept 17, 2017 18:05:28 GMT
I'm using UGS Platform 2.0 July 23rd Build
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Post by aforww on Sept 17, 2017 22:53:32 GMT
What do you mean in fast mode?
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Post by jreimers on Sept 17, 2017 23:07:38 GMT
When I want to jog to the lower left corner to set a work home position it will take 15 mins to jog to that position even if I set the XY jog setting to 100. It will move the 100 mm but in 1 mm increments.
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Post by jreimers on Sept 18, 2017 0:40:30 GMT
Figured it out. On initial install. UGS Platform sets the feed rate to 10. Didn't notice it at first. Set it to 100 and away it went.
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Post by aforww on Sept 18, 2017 12:23:25 GMT
Figured it out. On initial install. UGS Platform sets the feed rate to 10. Didn't notice it at first. Set it to 100 and away it went. Beat me to it. Yea my rapid is set ridiculously high. You're a problem solver. Think I'll just quit answering your questions and leave ya to it.  |
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