I’m trying to enable the pen lift on a acro 1515 but the servo options are missing in grbl settings… any advice?
So I’ve installed the right grbl profile and it still isn’t working I even added the pause. I’m quite lost here. Is my gcode looking correct? Or could my start cmd be messing me up? (Extreme pause is for test) G21; mm-mode G90; Absolute Positioning ; Plotter Mode Active ; Operation 0: Pen Plotter: (no offset) ; Pen Diameter: 6.35 M3S255 G4 P25; Tool On
Profile or Firmware? Check your machine using pen up/down buttons, and don't forget the Calibration steps (Wizards and Tools menu). Once calibrated, don't forget to incorporate those values into your CAM workflow. Its rarely 0/255 - most pen mounts don't use full servo travel range Try OpenBuilds CAM as a known good workflow, again remembering to set your up/down values
Try restarting controller and PC Are you sure the flash was successful? With the correct firmware on it the buttons should show up on next connect
I tried to flash the firmware multiple times and multiple restarts. I’m correct that the tool was renamed firmware flashing tool? It says flash complete, and the version says ver 1.1g 20181112:acro1515pen Opt v, 15, 128 I restarted everything and no pen lift. Could it be a mac issue? Running 10.14.6
But does it show success or fail? A full startup log will tell is more than the version number (looking for OPT to contain a Q)
[14:02:45] [ Firmware Upgrade ] connected [14:02:45] [ Firmware Upgrade ] reset complete. [14:02:46] [ Firmware Upgrade ] flashing, please wait... [14:02:47] [ Firmware Upgrade ] flash complete. [14:02:57] [ connect ] PORT INFO: Port is now open: /dev/tty.usbserial-AR0K06P8 - Attempting to detect Firmware [14:02:57] [ connect ] Checking for firmware on /dev/tty.usbserial-AR0K06P8 [14:02:57] [ connect ] Detecting Firmware: Method 1 (Autoreset) [14:02:57] [ ] error:9 [14:02:57] [ connect ] Detecting Firmware: Method 2 (Ctrl+X) [14:02:57] [ ] Grbl 1.1g ['$' for help] [14:02:57] [ ] [MSG:'$H'|'$X' to unlock] [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $0=10 ;Step pulse time, microseconds [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $1=255 ;Step idle delay, milliseconds [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $2=0 ;Step pulse invert, mask [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $3=2 ;Step direction invert, mask [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $4=1 ;Invert step enable pin, boolean [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $5=0 ;Invert limit pins, boolean/mask [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $6=0 ;Invert probe pin, boolean [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $10=1 ;Status report options, mask [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $11=0.020 ;Junction deviation, millimeters [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $12=0.002 ;Arc tolerance, millimeters [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $13=0 ;Report in inches, boolean [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $20=0 ;Soft limits enable, boolean [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $21=1 ;Hard limits enable, boolean [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $22=1 ;Homing cycle enable, boolean (Grbl) / mask (GrblHAL) [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $23=5 ;Homing direction invert, mask [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $24=100.000 ;Homing locate feed rate, mm/min [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $25=1000.000 ;Homing search seek rate, mm/min [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $26=250 ;Homing switch debounce delay, milliseconds [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $27=15.000 ;Homing switch pull-off distance, millimeters [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $30=255 ;Maximum spindle speed, RPM [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $31=0 ;Minimum spindle speed, RPM [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $32=0 ;Laser-mode enable, boolean [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $100=57.140 ;X-axis steps per millimeter [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $101=57.143 ;Y-axis steps per millimeter [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $102=57.143 ;Z-axis steps per millimeter [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $110=20000.000 ;X-axis maximum rate, mm/min [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $111=20000.000 ;Y-axis maximum rate, mm/min [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $112=5000.000 ;Z-axis maximum rate, mm/min [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $120=1500.000 ;X-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2 [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $121=1500.000 ;Y-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2 [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $122=500.000 ;Z-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2 [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $130=1300.000 ;X-axis maximum travel, millimeters [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $131=1300.000 ;Y-axis maximum travel, millimeters [14:02:59] [ $$ ] $132=70.000 ;Z-axis maximum travel, millimeters [14:02:59] [ $$ ] ok [14:02:59] [ $I ] [VER:1.1g.20181112:ACRO1515PEN] [14:02:59] [ $I ] [OPT:V,15,128] [14:02:59] [ $I ] ok [14:03:00] [ $G ] [GC:G0 G54 G17 G21 G90 G94 M5 M9 T0 F0 S0] [14:03:00] [ $G ] ok [14:03:01] [ connect ] Firmware Detected: grbl version 1.1g on /dev/tty.usbserial-AR0K06P8
Works just fine in testing... As it should and always has The Servo firmware is still 1.1f, so you haven't flashed it (correctly) yet. As the earlier line of questioning constantly also pointed at. [20:08:47] [ $I ] [VER:1.1f.20170302:LEADMACHINE1010] [20:08:47] [ $I ] [OPT:QVH,15,128] Try flashing with a Windows PC - python on Mac has always been terrible
Tried on older macs. The wizard will show the pen lift on an old version 1.0.207 and lift the pen and set the lower point and lower the pen. But I can’t get anything to properly flash my firmware it seems. On any computer. I saw you mention a jumper in another conversation. Is there anything weird that might be preventing the flash
It should work, screen recording as above You can check it its in the Documentation: docs:blackbox-4x:jumper-autoreset [OpenBuilds Documentation]
