I cannot manually test the printer by moving the nozzle...

Hi, I have recently received my Robo3D printer, and am very exited to get into the world of 3D printing. However, during the calibration phase of the getting started How To, I am unable to move the nozzle. I am using Repetier, and it recognized my printer. I had a huge problem with the driver, and my computer saw an Arduino device that it didn't recognize. It recognizes it now, but I still can't move the nozzle. I can provide more screenshots if they are needed, please help!

 

Hit the home button

 

Do you mean the "park" button? If so, that does nothing. There is no movement whatsoever.

 

Nope the home button, when your coordinates are red it means it doesn't know where it is in the world.

 

Unfortunately, that does not work.

 

Is the power switch on the back turned on? The arduino will get power over USB so that will still connect sometimes, but there is not enough power for the printer work.

 

It is, although I don't see a light. Should I?

 

There's only lights on the arduino, no power light.
I don't think you are connected properly, both your temps read 20C which is pretty much imposible, and it says something about virtual printer on the log at the bottom.

Download the RoBo version of Repetier found here http://www.robo3dprinter.com/pages/robo-3d-repetier-host-software see if that helps with anything, make sure you close the other repetier window first.

 

Thanks very much for the help. I'm downloading it now, lets see how it goes.

 

Well, there seems to be some progress. However, when I try to run the driver in admin mode, that happens. The device is still recognized though.

 

Driver installed with out a problem for me, but you might not need it.

Try this to connect. Close repetier, Discount the printer USB wait for the discount sound, then connect it again, wait for it to connect, then open RoBo repetier, try connecting then.

 

Nope. Did exactly as you said and it still didn't work. Do you happen to know the file name of the driver that came with the ROBO3D version? I may be trying to run the old one.

 

Hmm, when I get the same error I do what I said and it works for me. Maybe the driver isn't installed properly. I don't know the name of the driver file, I believe it just installed it automatically. You can try installing the arduino software if you havn't already, You'll need this if you ever want to update the firmware anyways. http://arduino.cc/en/main/software

 

When I installed that software, thats what made my thing work. Do I need to reconfigure it like I did the first time perhaps?

 

So it's working now? Reconfigure what?

 

In the getting started guide, you had to put in all the numbers in the settings tab. I did that with repetier, do I need to do it again with Robo3D repetier? and no it isnt working unfortunately.

 

Thanks so much for replying. The voltage is correct. When I turn on the printer, I hear a small whirring sound, but I do not see a green light. As for the home buttons, when I attempt to connect the printer to Repetier, it shows this. Again, thanks for the help.

 

do you see the com port listed in printer settings? If you don't it's a driver error

 

I see the option of choosing COM1 and COM3...

EDIT: I can move it now after choosing COM3, a recent option. Thanks for the help!