Reviving an old thing-o-matic

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How do I get it current?

Reviving an old thing-o-matic

djMax 21 Oct 2012 15:15

I have an old thing-o-matic that's been in storage a while when we moved. I'm pretty sure it's an MK5 extruder since I got an email after purchase date talking about upgrading the MK6. Serial number on the box is 003279. ReplicatorG reports motherboard firmware 2.81 (which I just succesfully upgraded to from 2.8) and extruder firmware 2.6. But I cannot move the extruder motor or heat it up. Sensors report room temp though. I'm using the latest ReplicatorG. How do I get this thing making again?

Thanks!

Re: Reviving an old thing-o-matic

Jetguy 22 Oct 2012 13:41

The problem here is there are layers to the onion. I don't yet know where your are in what works and what doesn't so we have to start from scratch.

First, all new versions of replicator G (26 and higher) require firmware 3.0 or higher on both the extruder controller and the motherboard to even be able to talk to them.

Next, can you connect to the machine with replicator G and not get "toolhead not found"?

Then, if you can connect and it doesn't give errors, open the control panel in rep-g and enter a temp of 100C for the extruder. Does the LED next to the MOSFET ouput on the extruder controller light up?