Help with Duet 3 Mainboard 6HC

Kalkidan

Hi,

I am using the Duet 3 mainboard 6HC in a standalone mode for my scanning project in which I wanted only an X and Y motion. No printing at all, just interested in X and Y motion with certain steps and I only have2 motors. I uploaded the configuration file I downloaded from the reprapfirmware to the SD card, then I connected the board with the motors and power supply, but the motors are not working yet. anyone who could help?

Thanks

Phaedrux

You'll have to give us some more details.

Can you share your config.g and how you have the motors connected?

What kind of motors are they? Are they suitable for the Duet board drivers?

What firmware version are you running?

Are you getting any error messages?

How are you trying to move the motors?

Have you homed the axis?

Kalkidan

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Kalkidan

@Phaedrux
attached is the config file. Yes, the motors are suitable for the duet board drivers, I am trying to build almost as the same logic as a jubilee 3d printer model I am following everything there on Jubilee3d.com. the firmware version is 3.3. I was assuming the motion to happen once I uploaded the config to the SD card, inserting it to the board, connecting the board with the motors and having my power supply on. I think I am missing some steps and couldn't figure it out. And no error messages.

Is that like I have to keep the board connected via ethernet to make the motion?

I would really appreciate if I could get any other better suggestions on how I could use a duet for the purpose of my project, I am building something which works as a 2d scanner only moving in the x and y direction in which I need a data for each corresponding x and y points with only 2 motors.

Thanks

Kalkidan

@kalkidan config.g

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@kalkidan

As I understand you see the user interface (duet web control)? Have you defined your macro .g files for homing? Duet wont let you move until homed unless you specify it with M564
I only quickly glanced over the config, didnt see anything bad

Try to type in console:

M564 H0 S0

The above code will let you move without homing and also it will ignore axis limits (can move to X -10 for example). Be careful, just try to get things moving in small distances, try something like:

G1 X5 F300

This will move X axis 5mm in the positive direction at 300 mm/min speed (very slow).

Could you provide more details on what your scanner will do, how it will work, what is doing the scanning? Just some touch probe or is it laser based or something?

Phaedrux

@kalkidan said in Help with Duet 3 Mainboard 6HC:

I was assuming the motion to happen once I uploaded the config to the SD card, inserting it to the board, connecting the board with the motors and having my power supply on.

Motion will only happen when you give it a movement command. Usually a prepared gcode file that would be executed. And before that the axis must be homed so that it has a positioning reference.

Kalkidan

@phaedrux

Thank you, my other question is I was trying to share my computer network to the board via ethernet and use the web control but I am not being able to use/access the web control after typing on the IP address on my browser. It shows that the IP address could not be found. I used the IP address set for the duet. was that right or which IP address I should be using?

Thanks

Phaedrux

Do you have a router in between your PC and the Duet? Or are they connected directly?

https://docs.duet3d.com/en/How_to_guides/Getting_connected/Getting_connected_to_your_Duet

Kalkidan

@phaedrux My computer is working from a WiFi and I am just using ethernet cable between the computer and the board directly.

droftarts

@kalkidan for a Duet that is directly connected to your computer via an Ethernet cable, see https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/Machine_configuration/Networking#wired-direct-connection

Ian