Gen 7 USB to TTL connection or other problem?
I built my a Gen 7 from kits provided by Traumflug at a very reasonable price. Thanks! However, I'm unable to get the arduino IDE to recognize the port my board is plugged in to. I installed the...
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... not sure - maybe you have to cross the RXD and TXD ... the most common problem are different baudrates or wrong port number in the Arduino IDE or host software ...
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Quotethe port does not show when the board is plugged in Does it show up in your operating system? A serial port should appear as soon as you plug in the converter, even without plugging the converter...
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yep I think the RXD/TXD wires should be crossed baud rates should be set different than the 9600 that the test file says??
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... you have to look into the firmware - there are firmwares with 19200, 38400 or 115200 BAUDs predefined ...
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> Does it show up in your operating system? A serial > port should appear as soon as you plug in the > converter, even without plugging the converter > into the Gen7. Not sure. I'm using...
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QuoteNot sure. I'm using OS X lion and it doesn't show in Finder Then, make it sure, please. Devices show up in /dev and the serial device is something like /dev/tty.usbserial-xxxx, where xxxx is some...
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Traumflug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Then, make it sure, please. Devices show up in > /dev and the serial device is something like >...
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QuoteDoes it use different drivers than the FTDI dirvers my RAMPS uses? This depends on the adapter you're using. For example, the E'go doesn't use the FTDI chip. Ideally, your adapter came with a...
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Update: I've got the device showing in OS and Arduino 21. It was a firmware issue. It uses a UART chip. I tried to upload your test file and that is where I'm now hitting a problem. The file compiles...
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Looks like you don't have auto-reset. You have to hit the reset button manually just before the upload starts. Might require a few attempts until you find the right point in time.
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With RXD and TXD crossed and hitting reset right after pressing upload on Arduino IDE, I'm able to upload sketch. Serial monitor shows sketch running correctly, but I have not connected to PSU yet to...
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First off, Thanks everybody for all the hints and advice, especially Markus for walking me through! Now, my next issue: I hooked up PSU and ran the test file. PSU turned on and LED blinked 10 times,...
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That's a firmware issue now :) See [forums.reprap.org]
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Traumflug Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's a firmware issue now :) See > [forums.reprap.org] Noted ;)
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I also built my Gen7 board, plugged the ATX and tested all voltages with ATX down and activated. I burned the bootloader that came with the marlin firmware using Lady Ada's USBTiny ISP. Up to here...
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Without a working auto-reset, I have to release the reset button _before_ the upload starts. After releasing the reset button avrdude has 3 seconds time to start the transfer. Oh, wait, you didn't use...
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Which one is the recommended bootloader?
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I just burnt the bootloader that was in here: [github.com] I still get the same problem, I am quite sure the file size in the message box is displayed well within 3s of having pressed the reset button...
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Ok so I went through some of the steps again and now here is what I get: (trying to upload test firmware with Traumflug's bootloader already burnt) Binary sketch size: 2394 bytes (of a 63488 byte...
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