Hi, could use a little help with troubleshooting my Y Axis. X, Zs, and Extruder work perfectly and hot end heats up great but I can't get my Y axis to do anything, not even a humm or buzz.
I've done the following:
1. Swapped the stepper drivers from working motor to Y axis but same thing. The others still work but nothing for Y motor. This pretty much rules out the stepper drivers.
2. Checked the motor and stepper connections/soldering and everythign looks fine don't think that's the problem. I also took the wire from my X motor and put it into Y and vice-versa. When I do that and hit X in pronterface the Y Axis motor moves perfectly so the motor itself is OK. When I hit Y during the same test the X motor does nothing. That's when I checked the cables but they look OK.
3. I also tried using the E1 pins instead of Y by changing pins.h in sprinter but no dice. Not sure I did this right I just changed the Y pin numbers to the E1 pin numbers and commented out E1.
I have the stepper driver turned about half way for Y maybe just over half figured it should at least buzz or get something out of it if i was working. All the other stepper drivers are only turned about 1/4 to 1/3 clockwise from 0 and they all work great. Also since the Y motor moves when I coonect it to X that current seems to be OK to turn the actual motor.
Not sure if there might be something else I can check but I'm thinking that it may be something with the Ramps board? I don't see any bridges or anything out of the ordinary by eye but I'm far from an expert I actually never even soldered before trying this project and bought the ramps board already together, wasn't ready to try that just yet :)
I suppose it could also be something with the mech end stop for Y but I checked the connections and they look good. If I press the end stop flap with my finger to trigger it the red light goes on like the other two. I guess I could unscrew and swap the Y end stop with one of the working axis to completly rule that out.
I'm using: Ramps 1.4, Arduino Mega 2560, sprinter, pronterface.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.
Marc
I've done the following:
1. Swapped the stepper drivers from working motor to Y axis but same thing. The others still work but nothing for Y motor. This pretty much rules out the stepper drivers.
2. Checked the motor and stepper connections/soldering and everythign looks fine don't think that's the problem. I also took the wire from my X motor and put it into Y and vice-versa. When I do that and hit X in pronterface the Y Axis motor moves perfectly so the motor itself is OK. When I hit Y during the same test the X motor does nothing. That's when I checked the cables but they look OK.
3. I also tried using the E1 pins instead of Y by changing pins.h in sprinter but no dice. Not sure I did this right I just changed the Y pin numbers to the E1 pin numbers and commented out E1.
I have the stepper driver turned about half way for Y maybe just over half figured it should at least buzz or get something out of it if i was working. All the other stepper drivers are only turned about 1/4 to 1/3 clockwise from 0 and they all work great. Also since the Y motor moves when I coonect it to X that current seems to be OK to turn the actual motor.
Not sure if there might be something else I can check but I'm thinking that it may be something with the Ramps board? I don't see any bridges or anything out of the ordinary by eye but I'm far from an expert I actually never even soldered before trying this project and bought the ramps board already together, wasn't ready to try that just yet :)
I suppose it could also be something with the mech end stop for Y but I checked the connections and they look good. If I press the end stop flap with my finger to trigger it the red light goes on like the other two. I guess I could unscrew and swap the Y end stop with one of the working axis to completly rule that out.
I'm using: Ramps 1.4, Arduino Mega 2560, sprinter, pronterface.
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.
Marc
