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| ==TODO== | | ==TODO== |
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| | Make a new TODO list now that the machine is working |
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| ===Handling=== | | ===Handling=== |
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| ===Hardware=== | | ===Hardware=== |
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| *Machine turns itself off automatically after running for a while
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| **even if it's in the middle of printing ?
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| **originally thought it was just an auto shutdown but not if it's running
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| **may be just turning off at random
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| **may be shutting down because of a fault condition
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| **may be incorrectly detecting a fault condition
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| **need to try to find out if it has any fault reporting method
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| **when shut down, is it just the motors or is the controller off too ? Can it be queried for error codes ?
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| *Driver boards reported to be faulty
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| **but all axes move - it's not clear that any repairs are needed.
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| *Self-test starts to work, but runs extruder into left hand side. Be cautious
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| **homing operation appears to work in X/Y if done separately
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| **investigate setup limits
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| *Homing Z tries to run substrate into extruder
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| ** Examine Z axis for reference or limit switches, diagnose.
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| *Contact Ally to find out details of common faults
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| * Possibly document connections from the automove unit -- at some point, we're going to need to figure out how to drive the heaters/extruder from the automove. Might as well do as much as possible now, while it's open anyway.
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| ** Is anything connected to the 38v coil drivers, the DE-9?
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| ** What is connected to the digital I/O connector, the 36-pin female "printer" port?
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| ===Operations=== | | ===Operations=== |
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| * Calibrate
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| **Find documentation for this
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| *Measure positioning precision
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| *Find out if drivers are microstepping.
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| *Find out stepper motor drive levels (current and voltage)
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| **Stepper motor signals rest at 20V - is this the supply ?
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| *Run original software and capture the commands it's sending.
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| **Doesn't really matter if this works as long as the data is sent
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| **Disconnect stepper motors if it seems likely to exceed permitted travel
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| **Determine normal move sequences
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| **Note any non-XY operations to determine Z positioning and extruder control
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| *Write simple sequences to test understanding of ACL
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| *If we wanted to use the stratasys with skeinforge, we'd need to get skeinforge to output appropriate movement commands or, perhaps more maintainably, translate the G-code output into ACL. This might not be too difficult : skeinforge seems to use a very limited section of G and M codes, notably | | *If we wanted to use the stratasys with skeinforge, we'd need to get skeinforge to output appropriate movement commands or, perhaps more maintainably, translate the G-code output into ACL. This might not be too difficult : skeinforge seems to use a very limited section of G and M codes, notably |
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| *Write translator to perform the above conversion | | *Write translator to perform the above conversion |
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| ==DONE==
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| * Power up normally. Are there any bad-looking lights on the front panel? If so, something is stuck.
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| DONE! - It's fine.
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| * Power up with left and right buttons pressed, should start self-test run. It will loop, power-off or hit reset to stop it.
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| DONE! - It works as expected. Ran through all the self-tests, and they came out ok.
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| They're all in the service manual. Have a look.
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| * Connect the serial port up. Document how to reach it on this wiki page.
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| * Open her up, document the position of the switches on the back of the automove unit.
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| * Determine serial parameters from the dip switches, see page 9 of [http://www-car.asymtek.com/support/manuals/70_0045_20_C.pdf the automove operation manual].
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| DONE! [[Equipment:Stratasys_FDM_1650#COM1_Settings]]
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| * Using [http://www.nordson.com/en-us/divisions/asymtek/documents/manuals/76_cs02_01_acl_manual.pdf the acl docs], find the current values of the personality parameters, document them here. This will hopefully keep us from losing them by accident later, and tell us a bit about how the machine is set up. You'll want the OP command, page 3-50, and the list of personality parameters, page 14-1.
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| DONE! [[Equipment:Stratasys_FDM_1650#Initial_Conditions]]
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| ==Current Status - 4/11/11== | | ==Current Status - 4/11/11== |
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| I'll be back later tonight to finish setting it up... | | I'll be back later tonight to finish setting it up... |
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| | ==DONE== |
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| | * Power up normally. Are there any bad-looking lights on the front panel? If so, something is stuck. |
| | DONE! - It's fine. |
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| | * Power up with left and right buttons pressed, should start self-test run. It will loop, power-off or hit reset to stop it. |
| | DONE! - It works as expected. Ran through all the self-tests, and they came out ok. |
| | They're all in the service manual. Have a look. |
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| | * Connect the serial port up. Document how to reach it on this wiki page. |
| | * Open her up, document the position of the switches on the back of the automove unit. |
| | * Determine serial parameters from the dip switches, see page 9 of [http://www-car.asymtek.com/support/manuals/70_0045_20_C.pdf the automove operation manual]. |
| | DONE! [[Equipment:Stratasys_FDM_1650#COM1_Settings]] |
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| | * Using [http://www.nordson.com/en-us/divisions/asymtek/documents/manuals/76_cs02_01_acl_manual.pdf the acl docs], find the current values of the personality parameters, document them here. This will hopefully keep us from losing them by accident later, and tell us a bit about how the machine is set up. You'll want the OP command, page 3-50, and the list of personality parameters, page 14-1. |
| | DONE! [[Equipment:Stratasys_FDM_1650#Initial_Conditions]] |
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| ==Information== | | ==Information== |
