Hi!
Does anyone have the firmware for the Dual extruder RL200?
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Hi!
Does anyone have the firmware for the Dual extruder RL200?
You just need to enable the second extruder in the firmware, nothing science fiction.
I know which settings control them - but maybe im not updating them correctly to the Rumba.
I've been trying to update the Configuration.h-file with the appropriate settings (using the firmware-zip thats on this forum for the Rapide Lite). "#define Extruders 2" etc.
After updating the board with the Arduino-app using my windows machine - i get an error in the log "M104 invalid extruder".
Is there a guide to do this properly?
Jonatan - I think you may be the first to dual extrude (apart from Dennis with his advance copy RL200XL) so unlikely to be a RL guide, I guess you'll have to Google "3d printer, dual extruder settings" and look for other open source printers to see what has been posted.Quote:
Originally Posted by JonatanJacobsson
Can I ask what set up you have for a dual extruder?
Ok.
Well im not actually gonna use two extruders - im going to use one of the extruder-connectors on the board to power my heated bed, since the mosfet for the heated bed broke down on me a couple of weeks ago.
I've tested that i can power the heated bed through one connector - but then i wont be able to use my extruder :) I will have to do a firmware update with new settings to enable the board to run from two out of three extruder-connectors on the board.
As a wild, quick, top of the head guess, I would say you have to either;
copy the current bed settings into the 2nd extruder settings
OR
re-direct the current bed settings to the connection/port number of the 2nd extruder
Seems fairly logical (I think) but I have no idea if that's fact or fiction without access to my system to check.
I think im doing something wrong with the updating of the firmware. My settings should be fine but the board isnt reacting somehow.
Yay! I can now use both extruder-connectors :) ...however, i cant see in any software how hot the heated bed is. I can control it using GCODE but i cannot use M105 to check the temperature of the second "extruder".
But this is now solved i guess :)
You disabled the first heater right?
Well, no?
I got it working now. I turned out that you could change the pin settings and use the second extruder-connector to power the heated bed. Now i control the printer as i would normally and it doesnt seem to break down on me :)
The file that controlled the pin settings was named pins.h - go figure :)