[charlie5653]

Hi Dan, thanks for you input & time

1 & 2. Using the manual driving section in the Makelangelo GUI, gcode output is:
G0 X100.000 Y0.000 = moves right 6cm.
G0 X-100.000 Y0.000 = moves left 6cm.
G0 X0.000 Y-100.000 = moves down 12cm.
G0 X0.000 Y100.000 = moves up 12cm
after jogging each motor in & out they always return to the same point.

1. It moves in correct direction according to the gcode and manual drive buttons.
2. Same error every time.
3. Yes, always starting at home.
4. physically swapped motors, left & right movement still correct, up & down reversed. jogging motors is reversed.

measured & drew centre line on board to ensure home is centred.

Is it possible that my machine is just too small? I know there is a “golden triangle” area for optimal drawing and this machine is only 515mm wide.

[charlie5653]

Using Makelangelo 7.23 I get a log file, but it still freezes after hitting connect. I’ve also tried running Makelangelo using Java 8, 11 & 14 and running it as administrator still with the same problem.
As per other online guides my user is a member of all of the user groups that give me full access to the serial ports.

2020-06-07 16:41:03 PROGRAM START
2020-06-07 16:41:03 OS=linux
2020-06-07 16:41:04 Locale=en_CA
2020-06-07 16:41:04 starting preferences…
2020-06-07 16:41:04 makelangelo.version=7.23.0
2020-06-07 16:41:04 starting robot…
2020-06-07 16:41:04 starting transfer handler…
2020-06-07 16:41:04 starting connection manager…
2020-06-07 16:41:04 starting translator…
2020-06-07 16:41:04 Looking for translations in jar:file:/home/sss/Downloads/Makelangelo%207.23/Makelangelo-7.23.0-with-dependencies.jar!/languages
2020-06-07 16:41:04 rootDir=/home/sss/Downloads/Makelangelo 7.23
2020-06-07 16:41:04 Found Jar:languages/dutch.xml
2020-06-07 16:41:05 Found Jar:languages/english.xml
2020-06-07 16:41:05 Found Jar:languages/piglatin.xml
2020-06-07 16:41:05 starting GUI…
2020-06-07 16:41:08 Cannot run raspistill
2020-06-07 16:41:09 checking sharing permissions…
2020-06-07 16:41:09 checking for updates…
2020-06-07 16:44:16 saving…
2020-06-07 16:44:16 done.
2020-06-07 16:44:16 Worst case draw time=0h0m0s.
2020-06-07 16:45:26 B�SD is added

[charlie5653]

no log file generated 🙁

[charlie5653]

Not really sure which log file you’re meaning?
This is the result from the serial monitor in Arduino

SD is added

HELLO WORLD! I AM POLARGRAPH #-1
Firmware v10
== http://www.marginallyclever.com/ ==
M100 – display this message
M101 [Tx.xx] [Bx.xx] [Rx.xx] [Lx.xx]
– display/update board dimensions.
As well as the following G-codes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-code):
G00,G01,G02,G03,G04,G28,G90,G91,G92,M18,M114
Has LCD
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