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Uploading marlin to printrboard, resulting in half speed/length etc

Posted by robin.arvidsson 
Uploading marlin to printrboard, resulting in half speed/length etc
February 19, 2014 02:43PM
i just got this problem. never experienced anything like it and i'm having a hard time figuring it out.

So, i've run my printer for a long time without issues. suddenly i got some problems with my y axis skipping steps. in my troubleshooting i tested swapping the x and y motor pins.

this worked and the print finnished without errors.

so i changed the pins in marlin and uploaded the new firmware..
and i needed to change some directions and endstops in the code as well and uploaded a couple of times..


But now.. everything is correctly working, EXCEPT every move is half as fast and every move is half as long.
example:
i tell the printer to move 100mm +X at 40mm/s
the printer moves 50 +X at 20mm/s ( measured distance and aproximated speed )

and if i try to print something it will print it half as big and only utilize a 4th of the printbed.

Any thoughts?
Re: Uploading marlin to printrboard, resulting in half speed/length etc
February 19, 2014 06:15PM
Your steps/mm in the firmware are set to match a different microstepping than what the board is set to. eg: the steps/mm were calculated for 1/8th microstepping, but your board is set to 1/16th, or 1/16th and 1/32nd respectively (DRV8825's go to 1/32nd microsteps).
Re: Uploading marlin to printrboard, resulting in half speed/length etc
February 19, 2014 06:28PM
Ofcourse...

But still confusing since i uploaded the same exact code since last time.
But yes this fixes the problem.

Thank you!
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