Hey folks, I am working on a small engraving machine using the OpenBuilds C

CAD & CAM Tool Chain ChiliPeppr
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Hey folks,

I am working on a small engraving machine using the OpenBuilds C beam Platform.

I have the C beam installed, And hooked up the Tiny G to my meanwell power supply. I have downloaded the FDTI driver and went into chilipepper, I downloaded the JSON server. I get a “Serial Port Ajax Error” when connecting but get the info from the picture below when I select the port for the tiny g…

I go to jog the machine (i am just testing motors) and nothing moves no matter what I do when I try to connect it did I miss something? Thank you so much for any help you can provide

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There is a setting to change modes. I am not at my TinyG right now. If it is in normal mode typing G0 X1 should move a motor. If it is JSON mode the commands have a more complicated syntax. https://github.com/synthetos/TinyG/wiki/JSON-Operation

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You need to be in JSON mode, but the initial config lines sent from ChiliPeppr put it into that mode. So make sure those commands get sent to it.

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Thank you I will take a look. How do you put chilipepper into “normal” mode and not JSON mode?

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It’s TinyG that has to be in JSON mode, not ChiliPeppr. ChiliPeppr can only communicate with TinyG in JSON mode. So if TinyG isn’t in that mode nothing will work.

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$ej 1 for JSON mode

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Try typing $$ and see if you get a list of the settings.