1. Got a question or need help troubleshooting? Post to the troubleshooting forum or Search the forums!

Answered R1+ with mesh firmware, not printing from SD card.

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by Rat_Patrol, May 1, 2017.

  1. Rat_Patrol

    Rat_Patrol Member

    Joined:
    Dec 14, 2016
    Messages:
    178
    Likes Received:
    24
    Title pretty much says it all.

    I get SD read fail (or whatever it said) in the terminal as a response.

    Wouldn't be a big deal, but I want to make some 12-24 hour prints, and printing from the PC directly, it freezes after about 4-5 hours. Froze like that with the OEM firmware as well, but running from SD card was fine.

    Does this (non-functional SD card printing and freezing after running x hours) from both S3D and MC.

    Now, I get no SD card printing :(

    Any thoughts?
     
    #1 Rat_Patrol, May 1, 2017
  2. mark tomlinson

    mark tomlinson ༼ つ ◕_ ◕ ༽つ
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2013
    Messages:
    23,915
    Likes Received:
    7,338
    Reformat the SD card
    Try a different SD card
    last option, add an LCD Display with a new SD Card reader :)

    Under warranty omit the last step and ask for a replacement part.
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, May 1, 2017
  3. WheresWaldo

    WheresWaldo Volunteer ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2015
    Messages:
    5,905
    Likes Received:
    3,593
    #3 WheresWaldo, May 1, 2017
  4. Rat_Patrol

    Rat_Patrol Member

    Joined:
    Dec 14, 2016
    Messages:
    178
    Likes Received:
    24
    Format SD card: no good
    Different SD card: Nope

    I get that the SD card is OK when I power up and connect, but it spits back a "open failed" message.
     
    #4 Rat_Patrol, May 2, 2017
  5. mark tomlinson

    mark tomlinson ༼ つ ◕_ ◕ ༽つ
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2013
    Messages:
    23,915
    Likes Received:
    7,338
    What type of file are you putting on the sd card?

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G930A using Tapatalk
     
    #5 mark tomlinson, May 2, 2017
  6. Geof

    Geof Volunteer Moderator
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Nov 9, 2015
    Messages:
    6,757
    Likes Received:
    2,339
    I dont know that anyone has used the OEM sd card with the mesh leveling procedure but didn't robo have some goofy way of initiating the start ? I'm not a fan of the OEM SD Card reader, well worth the upgrade to the full LCD
     
    #6 Geof, May 2, 2017
  7. Rat_Patrol

    Rat_Patrol Member

    Joined:
    Dec 14, 2016
    Messages:
    178
    Likes Received:
    24
    In S3D, just exporting to SD card instead of printing over USB, like I've always done.

    I'd really rather not shove another $100 plus on this machine just to have the SD print feature working again, but I understand that it may be a bug in the mesh firmware.
     
    #7 Rat_Patrol, May 2, 2017
    mark tomlinson likes this.
  8. WheresWaldo

    WheresWaldo Volunteer ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2015
    Messages:
    5,905
    Likes Received:
    3,593
    @Rat_Patrol The only thing that it might be in MESH is if the SDSUPPORT is not enabled, otherwise it works for me. I made sure it was enabled, it is in Configuration.h.
     
    #8 WheresWaldo, May 2, 2017
  9. Rat_Patrol

    Rat_Patrol Member

    Joined:
    Dec 14, 2016
    Messages:
    178
    Likes Received:
    24
    double checked it, its enabled.
     
    #9 Rat_Patrol, May 2, 2017
  10. WheresWaldo

    WheresWaldo Volunteer ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2015
    Messages:
    5,905
    Likes Received:
    3,593
    If it is enabled, then double check that the ribbon cable is still plugged in and in it's proper location. Otherwise it might just be a bad SD Card socket.
     
    #10 WheresWaldo, May 2, 2017
    Geof likes this.
  11. Rat_Patrol

    Rat_Patrol Member

    Joined:
    Dec 14, 2016
    Messages:
    178
    Likes Received:
    24
    Ribbon cable looks good, the board will show what files I have on the card, just fails when I try to print from SD card.
     
    #11 Rat_Patrol, May 3, 2017
  12. mark tomlinson

    mark tomlinson ༼ つ ◕_ ◕ ༽つ
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2013
    Messages:
    23,915
    Likes Received:
    7,338
    I would advise trying it with the 1.0 version of the firmware to insure that it is a hardware issue (although I think we are pretty sure it is).
    The Sd card reader like the factory one is cheap (or under warranty have them replace it):

    https://www.ebay.com/p/?iid=330931498478
     
    #12 mark tomlinson, May 3, 2017
  13. WheresWaldo

    WheresWaldo Volunteer ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)
    Staff Member

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2015
    Messages:
    5,905
    Likes Received:
    3,593
    Make sure your card is not a class 10, the cheap components used may choke on faster SD cards. I saw a few comments on other forums that said switching to a class 4 SD card fixed all their SD issues.
     
    #13 WheresWaldo, May 3, 2017
    mark tomlinson likes this.

Share This Page