[clug] Deltaprintr assembled - but doesn't do anything

[David Austin]

On 11 August 2015 at 21:38, Paul Wayper <paulway at mabula.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A week or so ago I finally assembled my DeltaPrintr, a 3D printer using the
> 'delta' arm system.  It's all together and ready to go, but when I apply
> power the blue LED on the controller board turns on... and nothing else
> happens.  The motors don't move, the heater element doesn't heat up, the
> LCD
> screen doesn't turn on.  As far as I can see everything's plugged in
> correctly.
>
> Does anyone know how to interface with these things?  There's a USB port
> that provides a serial link, but I'm not sure how to either get diagnostics
> out of it or to control it to see what's working and what isn't.
>
> I have tried reflashing the firmware, which seemed to build and upload to
> the controller board correctly (LEDs flashed on the board for a while and
> the Arduino IDE told me it had uploaded).
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
Hi Paul,

I've just built a delta from a cheapo Chinese kit.  Wasn't necessarily good
value :-)

Sounds like an LCD issue - similar to the forum thread I see you already
posted on.

Sounds like the Arduino works - can be reflashed.  When you plug/unplug it,
you should be able to see a serial port appear/disappear (dmesg).

Once the firmware is there, I'd expect it to talk a form of G-code - all 3D
printers
do AFAIK.   http://reprap.org/wiki/G-code

You could use your favourite terminal program to talk some G-code at it.

Alternatively, one of the many printer control programs.  I use Printrun
https://github.com/kliment/Printrun  (which follows the *nix
pseudo-convention of
weird command names - pronterface, pronsole).

Double check the electrical connections to the LCD?  Then ask for a
replacement?

David