Hi Folks,
I’m just learning my way around grblHAL and the SLB. I’m coming from a grbl environment. In grbl, if I issue a setting change, like $20=0 in the console, that change is permanently set. In other words, when power is cycled on the board, the setting change remains. When I’m trying this from console in gsender 1.4.9, when I issue the command $20=0, for example, I get the “ok” and check with the $$ command and confirm that the update completed. But, after a power cycle, it goes back to what it was.
What am I not getting? Is the only way to change a setting permanently to flash firmware on the board? Do I have to have an SD card installed on the board to retain settings?
Thanks in advance!
That seems a bit odd, if you have the SLB EXT from the AltMill I’d have to test out what’s going on there since to my knowledge changing $20 on the regular SLB would retain that setting once you’ve changed it.
Otherwise, to answer your question there shouldn’t be any other quirks to changing settings. No need to flash firmware or use the SD card except in the case of a couple settings I’ve found to behave oddly like $484.
I looked at the box. It does say, “SLB-EXT.” I tried again this morning. Manually setting $20-22 to 0, confirmed the settings were applied. Then power cycled the SLB-EXT and these settings reverted back to the firmware defaults, which are $20=1, $21=1, $22=79…
I don’t know if this makes a difference, but Alarm(10) is up when I connect in gsender. I have the e-stop module connected, but that is the only hardware attached to the board.
Also, when I reset the e-stop, I get the following on console…
GrblHAL 1.1f [‘$’ or ‘$HELP’ for help]
[MSG:Warning: Motor Error on X Axis!]
ALARM:10 (EStop asserted. Clear and reset)
[MSG:Emergency stop - clear, then reset to continue]
client $X
obe connected toggle,OptionaSLB_SPINDLE,Huanyang v1,Huanyang P2A,Durapulse GS20,Yalang YS620,MODVFD,H-100,SLB_LASER,Disabled|||1|0]
Not sure if that helps.
Also, I’m assuming that no matter what settings I change, they will revert back after power cycle. I’m just using $20-22 as the examples. I tried to change the VFD frequency as well, ($733?) to 400Hz and that reverted also…
Chris,
Maybe I should try and flash the firmware? See if that makes a difference? Otherwise, shall I open a ticket and have a replacement sent out? I’m getting close to needing this machine up and running.
I’m assuming that you folks haven’t seen this issue before? I’m happy to try whatever you suggest. I should add that the firmware window allows me to choose from the drop down window. In this case it will be Altmill, but I am not able to change individual settings before flashing. Lots of greyed out options. Should I assume this is by design or perhaps this gets closer to the root of my issue?
Cheers,
Tyler
I have found that on my SLB that if a make a change it will not stick or even save if there is an error code showing. Suggest you revisit this once you are able to clear all error codes (get machine set up completely).
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Ohhh @wiremonkey yes @jpnharris would be correct. If you’re experiencing Firmware settings grayed out then that means the machine is in an active Alarm state. For both grbl and grblHAL boards their firmware values can’t be changed while alarmed even if it seems like they can be
I’d advise clearing the alarm, then again changing the setting, and in that case you should then find that the setting change sticks
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Thanks for this. This must be the problem.