X and Y seem to be fine, but the z motor goes and doesn’t stop. The same motor works just fine on the mega. I was using maslowdue v20200811 or the one before that. They all do it. I can stop the z axis by pressing the sleep button, but as soon as the system reset button (upper right corner of makerverse) and the z axis goes on and on again. Do I have a bum shield or is it something obvious. The cables are in correctly and seated all the way. I tried the same motor and cable with the mega and it works fine.
The encoder is good and the wires should be correct… maybe A and B are swapped? it will run forever because it is going the wrong direction? That is the only thing I can think of unless the pins are not connected all the way on the shield…
currently using makerverse beta
maslowdue v 20200811
put it in tuning mode to tune z PID and look at zCMD. it runs until it gets to + or - 2147396608 or so and then jump to oscillating + and -
in the firmware, you comment out one line with // and remove the // in front of the other line. When I did that though I started to get this other message about it being unable to find its position…
I think the issue is the highlighted pic above. You need to flash with the firmware commented for the correct version you are using. The first part you need line 29 with the “V2” to be uncommented and line 30 to be commented by removing and adding the double slashes.
Thanks for your assistance and patience. I am very new to this. Can you please post a before and after pic of the code so I can assure I am editing it correctly.
The 2 // (slashes) uncomment a line so this code is not executed.
Removing the // makes it accessible to the program.
Only have 1 line here without //.
Only do this if you are confident in what you are doing.
Edit: So removing the 2 // from line 29 would tune for board version V2, but 2 // would need to be added infront of line 30 to make that invisible for the program.
Thanks for clarifying the steps with pictures and a cleaner description. The mega identifies the board number with a series of pins, but the due does not, so you have to know which one you have. If you have a makermade M2 version, chances are you have a V2. Makermade V. 1.2 is silk screened in white the one i have. I assume they are all 1.2, and I don’t recall the software default so that may need to be looked at.
Where can I find that firmware version? I was under the impression that I did not need to upload any firmware with the new M2, so i just now pulled it off the flashdrive and it only shows one tab.
you wont need to flash it if you keep using the version of makerverse that is stable for now. If you have the problem I have, then you may need to either reflash or swap a couple wires in your motor plug, but I think flashing is easier. If you have the latest and greatest M2, Your problem may simply be it is plugged in to the wrong ports. Does your sled move up/down, left/right correctly and just the z is messed up?
Start by erasing the flash by typing in $RST=* in the command prompt window once you get connected to makerverse. You do not need to have the motor shield power on for this. Then go back and try setting up the system again. I would try that before doing any flashing. Post a screen shot of your maslow version number that shows up in the about tab in makerverse so we know what firmware version you are running.
