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GRBL CNC command sender, autoleveler and g-code editor
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GRBL 1.1 ? #1435

Open phil123456 opened 4 years ago

phil123456 commented 4 years ago

Hello,

I just installed a GRBL 1.1 Board (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000163253874.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.4e324c4dWp6Cb9)

but the spindle does not run (it works with the control board so it's not a hardware issue)

is bCNC not compatible with GRBL 1.1 ?

the xyz axes work fine

regards

Harvie commented 4 years ago

Hello, please flash your own GRBL firmware into the board. If you buy chinese pre-flashed GRBL boards, they usualy have some kind of bulls*t modified firmware in them. Also they often report incorrect version over the serial protocol.

phil123456 commented 4 years ago

it works nice with Candle

how do I flash the board?

Harvie commented 4 years ago

To be honest. You can't even know what firmware you run unless you've flashed it yourself. How am i supposed to support such case?

In readme file there is guide to serial debugging https://github.com/vlachoudis/bCNC/blob/master/README.md

You might use it to capture the communication and compare it with what candle does. Then i can fix the problem if there is some.

phil123456 commented 4 years ago

I could try typing M03 M04 ... in the Candle console, try see which one works

but bCNC never started the spindle automatically, I always had to turn it on myself, maybe the spindle gcode is missing when I export it from Eagle

Harvie commented 4 years ago

So you can start spindle using bCNC button and slider GUI?

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If you go to bCNC config, there is "header gcode" and "footer gcode". It is executed before g-code file. By default it should contain code to turn on spindle and wait a bit before executing code.

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