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dieki-n / Octoprint-Filament-Scale

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scale not working #5

Closed kidkill closed 5 years ago

kidkill commented 5 years ago

The scale is giving all kinds of false readings, 0, 5000, -234 etc. I've tried a new scale, same results. Any ideas?

dieki-n commented 5 years ago

Have you followed the calibration procedures?

kidkill commented 5 years ago

I have tried over and over to follow the steps. As soon as I press tare, it goes to 0 for a second, then immediately starts giving random numbers, with the occasional sensor not detected thrown in for good measure. Then I proceed to place a know weight and click calibrate. Still more random numbers/not connected. I had the wiring backwards at first on the a+&a-, but put it correctly the first time with the second scale, same exact results.

kidkill commented 5 years ago

Ok, I switched the vcc from 5v to 3.3v. Immediately working great. Thank you!