Option 'control' in section 'extruder' must be specified
Updated from RatOS 1.2.4 to 2.1.0, updates and setup all went smoothly, but somehow my Orbiter 1.5 doesnt work properly anymore.
In the printer.cfg under the [extruder] category, I noticed that 'control' and the PID settings for the extruder aren't commented out anymore (no # in front of the lines anymore), this used to be the case in my old printer.cfg. If I put a # in front of those, I get the red error message as seen in the screenshot. if I dont put a # in front of those lines, my extruder wont extrude nor retract filament. it just shakes and sounds like its skipping all its steps.
What am I missing here?
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drop your debug.zip please
Not at home right now, will upload it later when I’m home. I guess it’s located in the machine tab as well?
Configurator, then left side column should have it
here you go, I really hope this is an easy issue to fix
Did you copy over your printer.cfg from the old ratos?
You should run the configurator and accept the changes
No I didnt, I just added a few things like the lights from the old one
Try uncommenting lines 96-100
so like this
thats when I get this error
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oh sorry
yeah then I dont get the error anymore, but the extruder acts weird
"acts weird"?
That’s what happens if I try to extrude
wiring didnt change and it worked perfectly fine before the update to RatOS 2.1
sounds like something is caught in the gears maybe
would be surprised if thats the case because it printed fine right before the update, but I'll take a look. No clue what else it could be
Is it able to pull filament through despite those noises?
not really
seems like something is stuck
I'll check it out
Is it even spinning? Can put a sharpie mark on the stepper shaft to actually see
The motor itself is spinning
once I add the planetary gears it doesn’t spin anymore even though I can turn the planetary gears really easily by hand. Does the orbiter not get enough power?
I'm not sure what could make the motor "weak", but if it can't even turn the gearbox that's hella weird
not sure what amperage it ran at before, but the configuration now says 0,707 A
dumb questions, but youre 100% sure it's an Orbiter 1.5?
I just tested different feedrates and at most feedrates it doesnt even spin at all
Are you able to see the full model number of the motor?
yup, its been running RatOS 1.2 as a Orbiter 1.5 for over 2 years :kekw:
i'll check one second
That does fit the configuration of my printer
Hm. I'm really not sure what could be the cause of the weak motor at this point :/
I'll shut it off and replace the Extruder Stepper driver, maybe that just failed
that would help narrow it down, yeah
that didnt help sadly
I'll replug it from slot motor 2 to motor 3 and see if that helps
but I doubt it somehow
didnt help either, I think I'll order a new stepper motor
that is correct and the same value that was used in 2.0
https://github.com/Rat-OS/RatOS-configuration/blob/v2.x/steppers/ldo/36sth20-1004ahg/24v-0.7a-e.cfg
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thanks for checking, but weird that it behaves like that then
with most feedrates it doesnt spin at all, even if I seperate the motor from the gearbox. it just jitters
different stepper driver didnt help, different stepper driver slot didnt help
So I bought a new pancake stepper motor and hooked it up to a different slot just to make sure. that one does spin and at all feedrates. So it was probably just a coincidence that the stepper motor died at the same time as I did the update from RatOS 1.2.4 to 2.1. Will assemble everything later today and hope I can get back to printing
hate those unfortunate coincidences. Good luck with the re-assembly and happy printing!
Maybe it wasn’t the motor after all but the extension cable I had to extend the motor cable to the controlboard. Hooked the new motor up to the extension and it behaved the same as before with the old motor. Wire was quite thin, gonna use some thicker wire and retry
Solution
it was a faulty stepper motor cable