Hi, I've had an optical endstop for free from a company to try out and see if I like it. However, the endstop would not trigger on many occasions. However, I did manage to get it working about half of the time.
Measured all cables, checked out all the PCB traces, nothing wrong, connector was working fine too.
Now I have ordered these:
[www.reprapsource.com]
from this webshop:
[www.ebay.nl]
I suspect that the free one I got (was another design than the one I bought now) had a problem of noise somehow. But maybe I was doing something wrong.
For example, I had printed 'flags' to enter inside the optical sensor. They would sometimes and sometimes not trigger it, but they were completely in there, so I could not find a reason why.
Are there known cases of digital/electronical noise generated by the machine that can distort the function of such a optical sensor?
And is there a place known where I can troubleshoot the optical sensors if something goes wrong with the new ones I ordered?
Wish you all a happy easter! :)
- Marinus
Measured all cables, checked out all the PCB traces, nothing wrong, connector was working fine too.
Now I have ordered these:
[www.reprapsource.com]
from this webshop:
[www.ebay.nl]
I suspect that the free one I got (was another design than the one I bought now) had a problem of noise somehow. But maybe I was doing something wrong.
For example, I had printed 'flags' to enter inside the optical sensor. They would sometimes and sometimes not trigger it, but they were completely in there, so I could not find a reason why.
Are there known cases of digital/electronical noise generated by the machine that can distort the function of such a optical sensor?
And is there a place known where I can troubleshoot the optical sensors if something goes wrong with the new ones I ordered?
Wish you all a happy easter! :)
- Marinus