Hello,
I'm new here and neither a computer nor electronics whizz so simple, clear advice please!
The mechanical build of the printer has gone OK, with a few minor glitches, but I'm having problems commissioning the electronics and software. I can use 'bossac' in the command prompt to flash new firmware to the board (... after soldering up the two unsoldered lugs on the USB port) and the board appears in the Device Manager as 'Arduino Due (COM6)'. However, when I try and talk to the board using 'Arduino IDE' no joy. I wait ... and I wait ... but not a peep from the board. If I try and send any kind of GCode command (like 'M115') from the serial monitor I get the following error message:
java.io.IOException: Input/Output error in writeArray
at gnu.ioRXTXPort.writeArray(NativeMethod)
etc ....
I'm presuming that the USB port and power can't be the problem as I can flash the firmware to the board and it confirms that the write went OK, so presumably it must be a software issue?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I'm new here and neither a computer nor electronics whizz so simple, clear advice please!
The mechanical build of the printer has gone OK, with a few minor glitches, but I'm having problems commissioning the electronics and software. I can use 'bossac' in the command prompt to flash new firmware to the board (... after soldering up the two unsoldered lugs on the USB port) and the board appears in the Device Manager as 'Arduino Due (COM6)'. However, when I try and talk to the board using 'Arduino IDE' no joy. I wait ... and I wait ... but not a peep from the board. If I try and send any kind of GCode command (like 'M115') from the serial monitor I get the following error message:
java.io.IOException: Input/Output error in writeArray
at gnu.ioRXTXPort.writeArray(NativeMethod)
etc ....
I'm presuming that the USB port and power can't be the problem as I can flash the firmware to the board and it confirms that the write went OK, so presumably it must be a software issue?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!