i received my x pro and wired up one of the motors for the x axis, downloaded the grbl controller 3.0 and tried to just move it manually but it wont let me open up a com port to connect with. is there a piece of software that i am missing or a step i missed? any help would be greatly appreciated. i am running windows '7 on a small notebook computer if that helps
(Posted same reply in the General Talk Forum as well). 1. You may need to download FTDI drivers. 2. Don't use GRBL Controller. It has caused some xPro boards to "brick". From the xPro Build (http://openbuilds.org/builds/cnc-xpro-driver.643/): 1) Please do not use GRBL Controller with the xPRO - we have 2 customers report issues with the xPROs being bricked - we are looking into this currently. As always our suggested program is Universal Gcode sender. 2) the xPRO's V2 are shipping with GRBL 0.9g - this means the baud rate is now 115200 not 9600 3) for some reason a few people have had issues with the drivers installing automatically on plug in. If this happens you can download the drivers from FTDI's website here -> http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm -- John (happy xPro user).
Hi,. Just hooked the board up and corrected the baud rate. We have the exact power and checked every wire. On my laptop it displays as if the machine is running when the jog buttons are pressed. The machine sits idle with no movement. I tried so many things and I figured I would ask here . Windows 10 laptop 24 volt PS All lights are on PS and board Baud rate set on pc and UGS 115200 Wired correct as in diagram. No limit switches are hooked up Totally stumpd
HELPER WIRED PS COM TO GROUND,,, FIXED IT AND MACHINE SPARKED RIGHT TO LIFE! sO HAPPY! tHANK YOU M ICHAEL AND AMON !!! SOOO HAPPY & RELIEVED!
