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- Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:45 pm
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Makergear M2 Serial GCode Buffer?
- Replies: 1
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Makergear M2 Serial GCode Buffer?
Hey everyone, In a previous post I had had issues sending serial commands via Python to my Makergear M2 printer. Those issues have since been resolved, after I gave my serial port the proper amount of time to initialize before sending my first command. I have now moved onto writing simple code in Py...
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 6:25 pm
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Using Python (pyserial) to send gcode commands to M2 printer
- Replies: 4
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Re: Using Python (pyserial) to send gcode commands to M2 pri
insta, Thanks so much for getting back to me. I did a bit more tinkering around and discovered a few things. Turns out it's important to give your serial port time to initialize before shoving commands through it, haha! I added a two second command prior to sending my first commands, and that paired...
- Thu Feb 01, 2018 12:52 pm
- Forum: Tech Support
- Topic: Using Python (pyserial) to send gcode commands to M2 printer
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13330
Using Python (pyserial) to send gcode commands to M2 printer
Hey everyone, Running into a bit of trouble as I'm trying to send serial gcode commands from my Windows PC to my M2 printer via USB. I'm doing this through Python's pyserial package: https://pythonhosted.org/pyserial/index.html For example, I just wanted to send a simple command to home the X axis "...