I’m connecting to my M2 and trying to follow the calibration steps. When I open the connection, I see the beginning of the correct Grbl Gcode readout followed by a many times repeating error code “Message: Unable to find valid machine position for chain lengths 1532.86, 1532.83”
I can’t type anything into the console after that.
Why this is a problem is in the calibration it says to type $83 = chain length but I am not able to type anything.
I am not able to jog. When I click move in any direction it just keeps moving up, step by step, and won’t stop unless I hit reset.
I did reflash the arduino due with the latest firmware from the M2 resources page and I’m using Makerverse 1.0.6.
here is the screen shot. This message is just constant so I can’t update anything. I think I need to update the scaling which was way off, like 1,000 mm. But I can’t type $85 or $86 = anything. Nothing takes in the console.
Shouldn’t reflashing the arduino erase the settings? Below is the screen shot of the scaling that doesn’t change even if I re-upload the arduino m2 firmware.
I used the “calibrate” button and just entered in the same value to expected and actual and the console shows writing the gcode but the scaling is still insanely large, 1400ish
reset the eeprom and then reset the chains and recalibrate. If you flashed the arduino, you might have a corrupt memory spot and that should fix it… or possibly could fix it. Worth a shot and only about 30 minutes to get it going if it works.
Basically your machine has an impossible setting like that the motors are a negative distance apart or something and as a result it can’t solve the equations to figure out where it actually is.
I did mention in the post that I have reflashed the arduino about 5 times and that is not changing anything. Shouldn’t reflashing reset everything such as the scaling? This link was the thread where you helped me troubleshoot the reflashing. In the end we got it. But after sending the firmware onto the arduino it didn’t seem like anything changed
Resetting the eeprom wipes all settings and is not the same as flashing the firmware. In makerverse in the calibration screen there is a button for it or you can type that command in the terminal window to reset.
It’s a bit confusing, but the distinction is that the firmware is the software the machine is using to run, while the eeprom is the place where the machine stores it’s settings like the distance between the motors.
Hi, it’s still not working. first of all, I still can’t type in the console because it keeps constantly looping a print of “Message: Unable to find valid machine position.” So I made a custom button to send the command >$RST=* which you can see in the screenshot didn’t change anything. I also couldn’t find in the calibration menu where there is a button for eeprom reset? But anyway you can see in the console that the command didn’t change anything. Anything to try next?
