Solved Volcano: Extrusion stopped working due to tempmin setting

Ok, just spent the last 2hrs getting the volcano installed, and it is working. However, my extrusion is not? The nema motor is not moving when I command it too.

What is the best way to trouble shoot what is going on.

I can heat, I can move, x,y,z. Fans are all good, just no extrusion.

I can pick up a 0.9° stepper tomorrow at lunch, but no clue how to modify the firmware. Let me know. I'm thinking I pulled a wire free internally to the stepper motor when messing with the loom.

 

Ok, so I just took the bootom off and swapped the E0 extruder with the X and I can get it to work if I step X. But when I connect it back to E0 nothing. If I move X to EO, nothing happens.

Any ideas.

 

@mark tomlinson I agree with that assessment. Since I already had made the change to the e3dv6 a while back I just swapped out the hotend and left the firmware alone. It heated to temp, homed correctly and starting printing with the small detail of 0 extrusion.

Where would be the best place to get a stepper driver and/or ramps board?

 

So the Robo Site is $85 for a replacement, since robo is asking which version I have I am assuming they are loading the firmware.

Amazon has this for $36 http://www.amazon.com/printer-control-board-RAMPS-A4988/dp/B00QYZ6LGC
Will this one work if I load my own firmware?

Any advice would be awesome.

Thanks guys

 

@mark tomlinson looks like we were writing back at the same time.

 

thanks so much @mark tomlinson. I'll order shortly.

 

@mark tomlinson I am a money spending dumb a$$$$$.

I need to reconfigure the firm ware to allow extrusions at 185C. It has a safety limit setpoint that prevents extrusion below 19? something.

 

Yeah now I need to dig around to figure out what file needs to be updated. Or perhaps @Mike Kelly wouldnt mind posting a volcano firmware update. Perhaps with min temp at 170. (Pleaseeeeeee).

 

If it's the configure h file I can check it out tonight and make the change. If I fail I'll bug you tomorrow. Thanks @mark tomlinson much appreciated.

 

So after much pain, I discovered that the configuration_adv.h file had a temp limit at 190. So I changed it to 178.
hope it works will find out tomorrow

 

Mark reading the code, the 170 value has to do with error checking. The configuration-adv has the 190 min temp value that disabled the extruder for the R1 with auto level and m8 enclosed rods, bottom cover.

 

Yeah my configuration.h came already set to 170. But the configuration-adv.h was 190.