In the Smoothieboard documentation, reference is often made to “reset” the board. I am unclear how that is accomplished. So, how does one reset the board ? Thank you for responding
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There is a reset button on the board between the endstop connectors and the mosfet outputs. ( you can also solder an external button with a cable if that one is not easy enough to reach ).
Alternatively, if you did not solder on a voltage regulator, and are not providing 5V to the board via the external 5V input, you can simply unplug the board, then plug it back.
You can also send the reset ( or @reset in pronterface ) command via the USB connection.
Make sure you unmount the Smoothie disk from your computer’s file system before resetting.
Ahh i had this problem too. Didn’t look too close on the board. It should be more clearly marked on the connection diagrams.
About the command: Is that a gcode command?? Or what do you mean with “via USB connection” ?
One other thing about the site, is that there are no “menu”, and if there are links, it is MUCH too difficult to find.
For example about deltas… i searched and searched on the site found nothing. Then i searched google, and found:
smoothiewareorg/delta
or
smoothiewareorg/rrdglcdadapter
(gahh can’t post links)
How many other subcategorys exists? Hard to know without proper links.
Thank You Arthur
As you can see, I am new and have a poor electronics background. One of the main reasons I like the Smoothie project is because it has very good documentation which for someone such as myself is a critical component if I am to succeed with the project. I try to read and consider before I ask questions but having been and “instructor” in a previous life, I found that many things that experienced people take for granted is not clear to new people and hence seemingly simple questions need to be clarified in order to progress. I promise I will try and keep them to a minimum as I realize time is precious to all of us.
Thanks Again
Caddyb
About the command: Is that a gcode command?? Or what do you mean with “via USB connection” ?
It’s a command the same way G-codes are commands, send it the same way you send G-codes.
One other thing about the site, is that there are no “menu”, and if there are links, it is MUCH too difficult to find.
For example about deltas… i searched and searched on the site found nothing.
The vast majority of the top level pages are on the homepage at smoothieware.org
For example, Delta is there, as well as Panel which will lead you to rrdglcdadapter ( we can’t put all of the pages at the top level ).
I don’t know if i’m doing something wrong, but i can’t get “reset” command to work.
I have tried upper and lower case, but simplify 3d just report “received command” but nothing happens.
I haven’t tried any other program, perhaps this command is not compatible with simplify3d?
I believe Simplify3D just ignores commands it does not understand. Please try Pronterface
ok, thanks for your answers.
From browsing the smoothieware source files, it looks like the “reset” command is actually processed by the firmware, correct? So you just send “reset” over USB and the firmware handles resetting and rebooting the board on its own? If so, that’s pretty cool since that functionality doesn’t exist for most other 3D printing boards!
I was a little confused by the comment that Simplify3D ignores commands it doesn’t understand, because I know I’ve sent a lot of improperly written or custom gcode commands myself using the S3D machine control panel, and they all got sent over just fine. So just to confirm, I wrote a simple arduino program that would echo back any command that was sent to it over USB. I then connected Simplify3D to that board and typed “reset” into the machine control panel and hit send. The arduino received the “reset” command and echoed it back. I also tried a bunch of other random commands including ones that aren’t real like “M999999”. It sent every single one. So as far as I can tell, S3D will send anything you type in.
Repetier ignores commands it doesn’t know, I thought S3D does too.
If the command is passed along, it should reset. Many people use this feature, I don’t know what’s going on there. Can you try Pronterface ?