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Test unit without all components wired up

Posted by kayej

kayej

Test unit without all components wired up
July 26, 2014 03:38PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 14

Is there a way to test my Prusa I3X steppers without having the heatbed, thermisters, hotend wired up. I keep getting a "mintemp" error when trying to test the unit using pronterface. Ramps 1.4 board and Arduino 2560 running Marlin. Thanks.

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waitaki

Re: Test unit without all components wired up
July 26, 2014 10:13PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 1,592

Yes, all you need is one driver plugged in and a motor on that port - you can leave everything else disconnected.

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brucehvn

Re: Test unit without all components wired up
July 27, 2014 12:05AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 231

You may need to comment this line in Configuration.h to get the extruder stepper to run:

#define PREVENT_DANGEROUS_EXTRUDE

Don't forget to uncomment it when you actually put your unit together.

Bruce