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  1. Taylor

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    So I just got the printer and the extruder is not working it is for fact heating up and I can load filament and spin the gear and make it extrude but when I try and start a print or go in the settings and press E plus to extruder it wont do anything,So either the stepper motor is bad or a loose connection,Where should I be looking? I am a little lost so an easy step by step would be great thanks.
     
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    Edit,So I have just traced the wires to back to the board everything is plugged in and seated correctly. How can I check the voltage?
     
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    You can't print/extrude below 195 per the firmware. You need to heat it up to at least 200C and try from there.
     
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    No movement at all?
     
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    Just figured that out =/ On the Plus side all my screws and wires are nice and neat =)

    One question,In MC I chose the Dog Tag preset,When I print it slices but its not doing the auto leveling. Am I missing something?
     
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    Yes heat up first before printing if using MatterControl.
     
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    Do you have Automatic Print Leveling Disabled?

    Feel free to message me over skype as well.
     
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    In MC yes I do. When I start the print the printer will just go in the middle of the print bed and warm up and start printing. It wont probe the bed at all. I havent messed with any of the start g code of anything.
     
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    And you selected R1 for printer type?

    I've heard of that happening but never really figured out the cause. Usually deleting the printer profile and making a new one will help.

    Make sure in Slice Settings > Printer with show all settings checked that under custom G-code there's a G29 command in the Start G-code section
     
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    Yes there is a G29 Command,Its the very last one in the start section.
     
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    Did recreating the profile help at all?
     
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    Im checking right now,Its heating up. I completely uninstalled and reinstalled the software also to cover all bases.
     
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    There's a folder in Local for mattercontrol as well. All the profiles are stored in there. You shouldn't need to reinstall for this
     
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    I think its still doing it, I homes the extruder right in the middle of the build plate,the extruder touches the glass and it raises about a MM and now its continuing to heat up to temp. Is that its auto level? I thought it was supposed to touch the corners?
     
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    Looking at the G-code it goes:
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    G28 ; home all axes
G1 Z5 F5000 ; lift nozzle
M109 S[temperature] ; set the extruder temp and wait
G28 Z0 ; Home Z again in case there was filament on nozzle
M565 Z0
G29 ; probe the bed
    So it heats up, then touches the bed, then runs the autolevel, then the print will start

    Patience is a virtue :)
     
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    It starts to heat up a bit,Then homes to the middle of the bed,touches the bed,comes up then stays put and continues to heat up,then it starts the print. It does no auto level at all
     
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    can you take a screen shot of the slicer settings tab.

    That will show firmware and what the auto leveler is set to.
     
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    Do I need to have the Auto level turned on in MC? Its also using MaterSlice as the engine doesnt it need to be set to another slicer?
     
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    yes it needs to be turned on in MC and you can use any slicer you like.
     
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