Trouble shooting connection

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precisionpete
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Trouble shooting connection

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Here is the problem.
MC ran okay and then I upgraded.
The file setting are hidden somewhere since I did remove the program and reinstall. It remembers my old settings.

I can connect and open the terminal and home the machine.
The extruder and bed will heat up manually.

I slice a part and set everything up and save settings.
Pushing the print now button does nothing on my machine.
I did notice when upgrading something messed with my baud settings. I have them matched again but still no joy.
Any other thoughts on getting MC working again?
Running out of ideas to troubleshoot this since it WAS working until I upgraded.
My printer is the orion on win 7 64 bit system.
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Re: Trouble shooting connection

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You could uninstall and delete the files/folder located in C:\Users<user>\AppData\Local\MatterControl

Then re-install it to start over if you think it's corrupted somehow.

I'm not sure why an upgrade would of changed the baud settings.
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Re: Trouble shooting connection

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I'm actually here chasing this same issue. I've seen this happen on 3 machines now and I'd love to know why.

- what happens if you leave it for a long time? Will it eventually print?
- have you tried downgrading to Repetier Host? Does it run with RH? Again I'm curious since this worked for me and MC still wont.
I loved my Rostock so much I now sell them in Oz :)
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Re: Trouble shooting connection

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... Oh also..

The baud settings on your LCD - are they totally whacked out? When you restart the machine after correcting them are they back to being wrong?
I loved my Rostock so much I now sell them in Oz :)
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Re: Trouble shooting connection

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My backup is Repetier but MC seems to be whacky. The baud settings change by themselves after I save them to match.

I had luck when setting MC to not auto connect and then manually connect.

This new version I never did get it to run the machine but the manual settings work so it indeed is connected.
It seems the G-Code isn't getting generated?

I have to stop and completely clean the machine computer settings and start over clean.
I'll report if I figure out WTF is whacky (technical term for FUBAR) :)
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Re: Trouble shooting connection

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Ok please do - I've got a feeling MC is doing something strange to the RAMBo's....
I loved my Rostock so much I now sell them in Oz :)
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