JRDM

Any chance the TinyG wiki could have a page on tgFX earlier?

I followed the wiki links linearly down to here:
https://github.com/synthetos/TinyG/wiki/TinyG-Shapeoko-Setup

I didn’t notice a mention of tgFX and if I had used it in the first place, I probably would have been saved a lot of grief vs. thinking I had to manually enter all those parameters on a serial terminal. The ShapeOko profiles in the latest tgFX was a big relief too.

Yes, I tried that particular version. As a result of your reply to my other thread.

I tried all the versions in the Dropbox you linked on Windows and on a Mac, no dice.

The *board* firmware is 412.01. So updating shouldn’t have been necessary, not that it mattered because tgFX couldn’t verify the firmware, so it asked to update the firmware. I click OK, but it still fails because the updater needs to verify firmware before it can update. Go figure.

After hours of checking variables & settings, I bit the bullet and reset the board to factory defaults and it all connects fine, and I loaded the Shapeoko 2 profile in tgFX, added some tweaks and all is fine.

• This reply was modified 10 years, 6 months ago by JRDM.

I’ll check again tomorrow, but I entered all the information from here:
https://github.com/synthetos/TinyG/wiki/TinyG-Shapeoko-Setup

My machine is a Shapeoko 2.

And I realized I had a typo in my first post, it is zvm not zfm.

I kept dialing down my zvm and zfr until they were below 1

When I set a g1 move, it works fine and it looks like it moves the correct speed when I enter something like “g1 z30 f750” at the serial terminal.

I think I have my travel per rev, step angle, etc correct, but as I said, I’ll check again.

I just tried running tgFX, but it claimed it couldn’t find my TinyG and asked if I wanted to install new firmware. I’m not enthused by that, as my firmware is supposed to be up to date for that version (412.01) and the fact that it will blow away all my parameters. The older versions of the tgFX don’t find my TinyG either.

I am using CoolTerm right now.

OK, sorry for the confusion. The Z axis is capable of running 800mm/min without issues.

And G1 also seems to ignore the set speed limit, so I can say g1 z100 f800 and it would run at 800 mm/min rather than 20mm/min.

• This reply was modified 10 years, 6 months ago by JRDM.