Help! I have finally been able to flash my G2 board for my Metal Plus and got it connected to cura. I have checked and double checked all cable/wire connections. When power is applied to the printer the LEDs light up on the G2 which is good.
I have the following working:
USB connection is recognized on Cura
Heated bed will preheat and can be set via Cura
The LED upgrade comes on when the printer power is applied
What isn’t working:
The extruder is not heating up and there is no pre-heat button in Cura for it.
I have a Metal Plus/heated bed with the following upgrades:
G2 Board
Z Lead Screw 4-Start Upgrade
Gear Head Extruder v2
LED Lights
13S Hot End
50mm fan and Hot End cooling fan
My Start g-code is this:
M100.1 ({{g55z:0.0}}) ;Z-probe offset
M100.1 ({{2tr:8}}) ;Z Lead Screw 4-Start Upgrade
M100.1 ({{ara:4.28394}}) ;Gear Head Extruder
M100.1 ({{afr:16050}})
M100.1 ({{ajm:162000}})
M100.1 ({he3e:t}) ;Enable Heated Bed for G2
M140 S{material_bed_temperature}
M104 S{material_print_temperature}
G21 ;metric values
G90 ;absolute positioning
M82 ;set extruder to absolute mode
M107 ;start with the fan off
G28 X0 Y0 ;home X/Y
G28 Z0 ;home Z
G92 E0 ;zero the extruded length
M100 ({{"_leds":3}})
G1 X0 Y245 Z6 F20000
G38.2 Z-10 F200
G1 Z5 F20000
M100 ({{"_leds":5}})
G1 X225 Y125 F20000
G38.2 Z-10 F200
G1 Z5 F20000
M100 ({{"_leds":6}})
G1 X0 Y5 F20000
G38.2 Z-10 F200
G1 Z5 F20000
M100 ({{"_leds":3}})
M100 ({{"tram":1}})
G55 ;apply z-offset value
G1 Z15.0 F9000
M109 S{material_print_temperature}
M100 ({{_leds:1}})
G92 E0
G1 F9000
M117 Printing...
The End G-code is this:
M104 S0 ;extruder heater off
M140 S0 ;heated bed heater off (if you have it)
M106 S0 ;fan off
G91 ;relative positioning
G1 E-1 F300 ;retract the filament a bit
G1 Z+1 E-5 F9000 ;move Z up a bit and retract even more
G28 X0 Y0 ;home X/Y, so the head is out of the way
M84 ;steppers off
G90 ;absolute positioning
M355 S0 ;LED Off