Vcore 4 Idex toolhead T0 grinding when Y or X moved
Ive checked thr wiring and tightened the belts. The Z moves fine, and I've tried changing the stepper motor directions as well. Unsure if I've done something wrong or if I missed a step
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The whiter connector is the one for Z0 which moves fine, and the tan-ish one is for motor R
Motor wires look to be in different positions
That has caused the issue before, I'd try moving the wires to match the working one
should I try to replicate the wiring of the Z0 onto the R cable?
That's my suggestion, yes.
kk, will keep you posted
Edit: new problem, video attatched
motor skipping steps maybe? Try swapping motors or drivers, see if the issue moves
Got it
I swapped the Y1 and L motor drivers and that seemed to do something
So im assuming that motor driver is bad?
That's what it looks like :/
Easier to replace than a motor at least
Damn, thats fair
Thank you for your help, I greatly appreciate it
I'll order another stepper driver tonight
Best of luck, keep us posted 🙂
could I continue commissioning even with the busted driver?
I'm building this for work and I have a deadline, and I've got two homing switches on the toolheads that are stuck on even when unplugged and a couple other things to figure out
Anything that doesn't involve movement or beacon, sure
Got it
I guess that leaves the mystery of the homing switches
by "stuck on" do you mean they always show as
triggered?Yes
Ive unplugged them both and refreshed and they still show as triggered
that makes sense
They're NC (Normally Closed) switches. That way if a wire breaks it will fail safely
Ah, I see
Ok, I was a little worried since the Y homing switch wasn't showing that issue either
The switches do look a little smashed so im gonna replace them with a spare set of switches work gave to me
Can test'em with a multimeter to see if it is the switch or the wiring too
ok
I'm assuming if I ran continuity and i probed two of the pins, they'd either be open or closed depending on if the button is pressed or not?
exactly 🙂
usually those switches will have 3 pins. Common, NC, and NO.
NO is normally open, and NC is normally closed?
yep! So you'll put one leg of the multimeter on common, then the other leg on one of the other pins. Activating the switch should let you know which it is, and if it's working. (If continuity doesn't change, something is amiss)
got it
I have a spare set of switches that look to be mouse switches, the same ones used on the VAOC
I'll check tomorrow and keep you posted
thank you again
@TheTik heyo!
So i got the new stepper driver in, and the printer looks to run fine. Currenty swapping the old homing switches for the new replacements, though I noticed the replacements were the same style as the VAOC, not the blue-domed ones that came with the printer, and I'm a little worried they won't activate when homing
they don't hve the metal wing that would normally go on them, looking to see if I can make it work
The metal wing is probably important to get the triggering out in the right space, but I'm sure you'll figure it out
these don't have metal wings on them
so they might be the wrong ones
so i put the new homing switch on, and it homes y successfully, but when doing X it just puts toolhead 0 up against the end of the y gantrry and continues forward before grinding against the Y endstop
both endstops seem to function in the endstop window in the machine tab
double check the commissioning guide, making sure you have IDEX selected as the machine type? (It shows up in multiple places on the page, its not well done)
found out one of the screws on the orbiter was colliding with one of the printed parts of the Y gantry before the homing switch could be activated
tightening the screw helped fix the problem
now onto the next one: beacon intital calibration does homing, but causes the Z to go down, pretty far down and it won't stop
gonna look again and see if my Z motors are moving in the right direction
Z moves in the right direction when I tell it to
gonna look over the comissioning guide and make sure that I did everything right
this is freaky
figured it out
the comissioning guide falls flat on the Z axis, needed to invert direction