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Dual stepper drivers on for single axis on Megatronics

Posted by Outbound

Outbound

Dual stepper drivers on for single axis on Megatronics
April 14, 2017 09:03PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 35

Greetings,

Is there anyway to try and configure the

//#define Y_DUAL_STEPPER_DRIVERS

feature in the Configuration_adv.h file but without sacrificing the second extrude, instead remapping it to the third available extruder driver on the Megatronics v3.1? Would it be possible to do this by mapping the Y axis to more than one set of pins?

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o_lampe

Re: Dual stepper drivers on for single axis on Megatronics
April 15, 2017 04:37AM

Registered: 8 years ago
Posts: 5,232

If "dual Y" is acting the same as "dual Z" then the first unused extruder port is used for the second Y stepper. In your case E0 and E1 would still be extruders.

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Outbound

Re: Dual stepper drivers on for single axis on Megatronics
April 15, 2017 09:18AM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 35

Thanks, I got the same tip from the Marlin Github. I thought it would only go to E1 as per the comments on the firmware code.

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Outbound

Re: Dual stepper drivers on for single axis on Megatronics
April 15, 2017 09:54AM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 35

Actually, I'm getting an error when trying to compile:

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#error EXTRUDERS must be 1 with Y_DUAL_STEPPER_DRIVERS

I'm using Marlin 1.1.0 RC6 for Megatronics v3.1.

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Outbound

Re: Dual stepper drivers on for single axis on Megatronics
April 15, 2017 10:27PM