[gsohler]

If the difference is only the new Makelangelo5 Software Version, i suggest so switch back to the old version until the difference is understood.
Still your problem sounds very much the machine dimensions, belt length or steps num in the firmware is not correct/was changed.

The beginning can be quite embarassing admittedlybut once its working it will become great fun.
you might start to check if the motor turns into the right direction and if the scale is correct by drawing something very small.

Cheers

[gsohler]

Hi Dan,

Thank you for your instructions.
In the meantime my servo is working after i put a jumper to power it. also my motors are not working very well after i mirrored one stepper motor connection and put all the jumpers so it makes 1/16th steps instead of 1/4 steps.
Only endstops are not there.

Looking at the pictures i have seen that you use micro switches as endstops and where you mount it.
Still I dont have a good strategy how to mount endstops as i am using the model which i found in
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:798076.

Thank you for giving me a hint where to find good “default values”. Does not yet help me completely as my plotter has different dimensions.
Is it true that the home position is always in the middle of the lower box edge , at xmid, ymin ?
if not, how does Makelangular caculate the home position ?

Is there a possibility that Makelangular software stores its settings ? Every time when i start i need to switch back to “Custom Machine” and set all settings again.
BTW: the ‘start windows’ file does not work at all in my windows7, i always directly start the jar file which is just fine.

Now i tried to plot an svg file and adjusted the paper size. however when i press on the ‘Start’ button its stuck after the 1st line and does not proceed. What can be wrong there ?

While looking into the german translation in the XML File which found in the code, I have seen, that there are MANY items there which i did not yet find in the code, things like Maze or ‘register to see more options’ I did not find any of this in the Software. Is it there ?
AND: Somewhere in the videos i have seen you drawing a 3D plot which shows a a 3d grid built of X, Y and Z bars. is this also included in the program ?

Until i get my plotter working, i think my translation is good enough to carry my name in the author field 🙂

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