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  1. Chris Harris

    Chris Harris New Member

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    I only bought my R1 about a month ago so it should be with all the latest modifications by Robo.

    I've found the little green light slot on the side of my R1 and have tried inserting my micro sd into it but I cant get it to load anything, I dont even know if the printer is registering the card. Ive tried inserting both with the card facing up and down in case I put it in the wrong way initially and still nothing!

    Anyone have a helpful guide on this?

    Thanks!
     
    #1 Chris Harris, Aug 1, 2015
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    Assuming you get the card loaded correctly (I can't remember which way the stock mounted either) then you have to launch the print from your software. So how you do that varies based on the software you are using.
    Here is a screen snapshot from Simplify (click on it to "embiggen" it) and you can see the buttons you would click to do this."Print From SD Card" opens up a list of all the GCODE files it finds on the SD card.

    You must load and print from saved, sliced (GCODE) files not stl.


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    #2 mark tomlinson, Aug 1, 2015
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    Also, if you use an LCD controller at some point, all of the files have to be on the root directory of the SD card, you can't have things sorted into folders.
     
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    Good point. I don't think any of the programs I tried would browse the directory structure, they all assumed the files were in the root.
     
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    I didnt have the files in the root folder, Ill try doing it with the gcode files there. Im using matter control to do this but there is no notification or any way that I can see that notifies you when it reads that a card has been inserted so I have no idea if Im putting the card in correctly
     
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    No, Simplify does not 'notify' you that the card is inserted either. When you select PRINT FROM SD card it tries to read it and if it can it pops up the listing of files for you to pick one.

    I no longer have the original one attached, I use the one on the LCD.
     
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    I just tried it with the card facing up and had the gcode files in the root directory and it works fine! thanks for the help!
     
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