AstroBox sees the USB Device as “FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC” but just stays in a “connecting” state and never actually successfully connects. Any info on this one? Is the mightyboard running sailfish supported?
Thanks
DiamondDrake
Yes. You need to change your driver to x3g in the printer profile section of the settings app
I tried that, it changes the name of the device it sees to “TOM FTDI”, but it still never successfully connects. I can get it to work fine with my printrbot jr v2, but it refuses to connect regardless of profile to the wanhao duplicator. Maybe I should reinstall?
edit: Reinstalling did not fix the issue.
According to the manufacturer its a sailfish based mightyboard, but this is what I get back in the info log from repitier-host when connect to it.
13:50:39.788 : FIRMWARE_NAME:Repetier_0.91 FIRMWARE_URL:https://github.com/repetier/Repetier-Firmware/ PROTOCOL_VERSION:1.0 MACHINE_TYPE:Mendel EXTRUDER_COUNT:1 REPETIER_PROTOCOL:2
any help on this would be great. I want a way to monitor my prints when Im not home.
Thanks,
That’s very odd, It seems as if the machine is running Repetier firmware… Did you modify the firmware? or are you still using the original? What other host programs do you use besides AstroPrint?
I’m using it vanilla, I have made no changes to the firmware or settings on the printer.
It connects fine with repitier-host and cura. Octoprint and Astrobox both seem not to be able to connect to it.
Wanhao seem to be making changes to the printer without giving the hardware revisions, for example the website and community say that the powersupply/controller box has no fan, but the that was shipped to me does have a fan.
Should astrobox be able to connect to repetier_0.91 firmware? if that is infact what is running?
It should, we have only tested it with 0.7 but I’m not aware of the protocol having being broken on higher releases.
The protocol has included a V2 command, but it’s not clear that it has completely changed. I’ve included the communication protocol readmes from the different versions of the firmware.
Is it clear why astrobox won’t connect? Is there something I could do to help get this supported?
Here is the protocol doc from repetier 0.71
repetier communication protocol
Intermediate description - a complete protocol definition will follow if have
the time to document it!
Why a new protocol?
The current reprap communication is just sending the gcode string to the reprap.
If communication is to slow, the printer waits. If communication fails very
strange things can happen, depending on the detection of the error. The current
checksum method is not very secure. I’ve seen errors with correct checksums.
The last disadvantage is the required parsing. It is for an arduino quite
time consuming.
What is better in this protocol?
- Data is send in binary form, no need for number conversion
- Binary format is shorter. We can transfer more commands with the same
bandwidth.- Improved checksum validation.
Comparison of sizes:
Command 1:
G1 E10810.1 F1000
Original size: 21 Bytes
Updated for errorcheck:
N6654 G1 E10810.1 F1000 *65
Errorcheck size: 29 Bytes
repetier-protocol: 15 Bytes
Command 2:
G1 X69.4864 Y48.1169 E10813.1 F2400
Original size: 36 Bytes
Updated for errorcheck:
N7665 G1 X69.4864 Y48.1169 E10813.1 F2400 *78
Errorcheck size: 56 Bytes
Repetier-protocol:23 Bytes
As you can see, this protocol reduces the average data transfered to
less then 50%.
Gcode Letter to Bit and Datatype:
N : Bit 0 : 16-Bit Integer
M : Bit 1 : 8-Bit unsigned byte
G : Bit 2 : 8-Bit unsigned byte
X : Bit 3 : 32-Bit Float
Y : Bit 4 : 32-Bit Float
Z : Bit 5 : 32-Bit Float
E : Bit 6 : 32-Bit Float
: Bit 7 : always set to distinguish binary from ASCII line.
F : Bit 8 : 32-Bit Float
T : Bit 9 : 8 Bit Integer
S : Bit 10 : 32 Bit Value
P : Bit 11 : 32 Bit Integer
Ext : Bit 13 : There are 2 more bytes following with Bits, only for future versions
Int :Bit 14 : Marks it as internal command,
Text : Bit 15 : 16 Byte ASCII String terminated with 0
A GCode line is transformed into a binary parameterization.
16 bit integer with given parameter set
if bit 0 set: 16 bit linenumber
if bit 1 set: 8 bit M value
if bit 2 set: 8 bit G value
if bit 3 set: 32 bit floatpoint X value
if bit 4 set: 32 bit floatpoint Y value
if bit 5 set: 32 bit floatpoint Z value
if bit 6 set: 32 bit floatpoint E value
if bit 7 set: 32 bit floatpoint F value
if bit 8 set: 8 bit T value
if bit 9 set: 8 bit string length + string data
16 Bit checksum
The checksum is computed by Fletcher-16 checksum algorithm.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher’s_checksum
Advantage: We build checksum over checksum and both bytes are 0 if
correct.
The maximum size for a command without string is 2+2+3+5*4+2=29 Byte.
Here is the protocol doc from repetier 0.93
repetier communication protocol
Intermediate description - a complete protocol definition will follow if have
the time to document it!
Why a new protocol?
The current reprap communication is just sending the gcode string to the reprap.
If communication is to slow, the printer waits. If communication fails very
strange things can happen, depending on the detection of the error. The current
checksum method is not very secure. I’ve seen errors with correct checksums.
The last disadvantage is the required parsing. It is for an arduino quite
time consuming.
What is better in this protocol?
- Data is send in binary form, no need for number conversion
- Binary format is shorter. We can transfer more commands with the same
bandwidth.- Improved checksum validation.
Comparison of sizes:
Command 1:
G1 E10810.1 F1000
Original size: 21 Bytes
Updated for errorcheck:
N6654 G1 E10810.1 F1000 *65
Errorcheck size: 29 Bytes
repetier-protocol: 15 Bytes
Command 2:
G1 X69.4864 Y48.1169 E10813.1 F2400
Original size: 36 Bytes
Updated for errorcheck:
N7665 G1 X69.4864 Y48.1169 E10813.1 F2400 *78
Errorcheck size: 56 Bytes
Repetier-protocol:23 Bytes
As you can see, this protocol reduces the average data transfered to
less then 50%.
Gcode Letter to Bit and Datatype:
N : Bit 0 : 16-Bit Integer
M : Bit 1 : 8-Bit unsigned byte
G : Bit 2 : 8-Bit unsigned byte
X : Bit 3 : 32-Bit Float
Y : Bit 4 : 32-Bit Float
Z : Bit 5 : 32-Bit Float
E : Bit 6 : 32-Bit Float
: Bit 7 : always set to distinguish binary from ASCII line.
F : Bit 8 : 32-Bit Float
T : Bit 9 : 8 Bit Integer
S : Bit 10 : 32 Bit Integer
P : Bit 11 : 32 Bit Integer
V2 : Bit 12 : Version 2 command for additional commands/sizes
Ext : Bit 13 : There are 2 more bytes following with Bits, only for future versions
Int :Bit 14 : Marks it as internal command,
Text : Bit 15 : 16 Byte ASCII String terminated with 0
If version 2 is set, 2 more bytes with bitfields follow:
I : Bit 0 : 32-Bit float
J : Bit 1 : 32-Bit float
R : Bit 2 : 32-Bit float
D : Bit 3 : 32-Bit float (V3)
Bit 2-15 reserved
If Text bit is set in V2, the text length is send as byte 5 Text follows at
the end just before the checksum.
A GCode line is transformed into a binary parameterization.
16 bit integer with given parameter set
if bit 0 set: 16 bit linenumber
if bit 1 set: 8 bit M value
if bit 2 set: 8 bit G value
if bit 3 set: 32 bit floatpoint X value
if bit 4 set: 32 bit floatpoint Y value
if bit 5 set: 32 bit floatpoint Z value
if bit 6 set: 32 bit floatpoint E value
if bit 7 set: 32 bit floatpoint F value
if bit 8 set: 8 bit T value
if bit 9 set: 8 bit string length + string data
16 Bit checksum
Protocol version 2 extension:
The existence of M codes > 255 and additional parameter made it necessary to
introduce version 2. Version 2 code is indicated by setting V2 bit 12 in the bits field.
If the extra data is not needed, it is preferred to use V1 command to send/store data.
First main difference is G and M codes are 16 bit in V2.
Second difference are text codes send.
The checksum is computed by Fletcher-16 checksum algorithm (using modulus 255).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher’s_checksum
Advantage: We build checksum over checksum and both bytes are 0 if
correct.
The maximum size for a command without string is 2+2+3+5*4+2=29 Byte.
I just built an Astrobox today for my Wanhao Duplicator i3 and am hitting the EXACT same issue…
Help please 
Could you paste here a complete init dump with Repetier host? Or Cura?
Also you can enable serial logs on the astrobox advanced settings, reboot the box and try to connect using the GCODE driver. After that you can send the logs to us from the settings interface. This will allow us to see what’s going on
This is a dump from repetier-host
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13:55:23.379 : OpenGL renderer:AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series
13:55:23.380 : Using fast VBOs for rendering is possible
13:57:52.035 : Printer reset detected - initalizing
13:57:52.044 : start
13:57:54.702 : N1 M110 *2
13:57:54.702 : N2 M115 *4
13:57:54.702 : N3 M111 S6 *68
13:57:54.708 : N4 T0 *30
13:57:54.708 : N5 M20 *52
13:57:54.709 : N6 M80 *61
13:57:54.709 : N7 M105 *0
13:57:56.851 : Info: 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000 0.000000
13:57:56.851 : Free RAM:10732
13:57:56.921 : ok
13:57:56.921 : ok 2
13:57:56.922 : FIRMWARE_NAME:Repetier_0.91 FIRMWARE_URL:https://github.com/repetier/Repetier-Firmware/ PROTOCOL_VERSION:1.0 MACHINE_TYPE:Mendel EXTRUDER_COUNT:1 REPETIER_PROTOCOL:2
13:57:56.922 : Printed filament:201.54m Printing time:1 days 0 hours 30 min
13:57:56.923 : ok 3
13:57:56.923 : N8 M220 S100 *73
13:57:56.923 : N9 M221 S100 *73
13:57:56.923 : N10 M111 S6 *118
13:57:56.923 : ok 4
13:57:56.923 : ok 5
13:57:56.923 : Begin file list
13:57:56.923 : N11 T0 *42
13:57:56.925 : Cura_14.07.exe 18817812
13:57:56.925 : CURA_WANHAO_EDITION_USER_M 1801928
13:57:56.925 : OK(2015).gcode 8192769
13:57:56.925 : WANHAO_i3_FIRST_RUN-EXPERI 1106749
13:57:56.925 : WANHAO_I3_UNBOXING_AND_HAR 1182426
13:57:56.925 : Woman_Body_Venus_Build.gco 7513203
13:57:56.925 : nobar_sixteen.gcode 7271601
13:57:56.925 : end_two.gcode 1070302
13:57:56.925 : bedend.gcode 994817
13:57:56.925 : Heart Dice.gcode 935140
13:57:56.925 : DrawerDiv_Sml4_01 (4way).g 135247
13:57:56.925 : End file list
13:57:57.117 : Error:Format error
13:57:57.117 : Resend:6
13:57:57.130 : ok
13:57:57.130 : Error:Wrong checksum
13:57:57.130 : Resend:6
13:57:57.130 : ok
13:57:57.130 : Error:Format error
13:57:57.130 : Resend:6
13:57:57.130 : Resend: N6 M80 *61
13:57:57.130 : Resend: N7 M105 *0
13:57:57.130 : Resend: N8 M220 S100 *73
13:57:57.130 : Resend: N9 M221 S100 *73
13:57:57.130 : Resend: N10 M111 S6 *118
13:57:57.130 : Resend: N11 T0 *42
13:57:57.133 : ok
13:57:57.133 : Error:Format error
13:57:57.133 : ok 6
13:57:57.133 : Unknown command:
13:57:57.156 : Error:Wrong checksum
13:57:57.156 : Resend:6
13:57:57.164 : ok
13:57:57.164 : ok 6
13:57:57.164 : ok 7
13:57:57.167 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.83 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:57:57.167 : ok 8
13:57:57.167 : SpeedMultiply:100
13:57:57.167 : ok 9
13:57:57.167 : FlowMultiply:100
13:57:57.167 : ok 10
13:57:57.167 : ok 11
13:57:57.751 : N12 M105 *52
13:57:57.764 : ok 12
13:57:57.764 : T:23.83 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:57:58.755 : wait
13:57:59.762 : wait
13:58:00.769 : wait
13:58:00.816 : N13 M105 *53
13:58:00.817 : ok 13
13:58:00.833 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:01.840 : wait
13:58:02.847 : wait
13:58:03.854 : wait
13:58:03.874 : N14 M105 *50
13:58:03.886 : ok 14
13:58:03.886 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:04.893 : wait
13:58:05.948 : wait
13:58:06.940 : N15 M105 *51
13:58:06.955 : wait
13:58:06.955 : ok 15
13:58:06.956 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:07.945 : wait
13:58:08.953 : wait
13:58:10.001 : N16 M105 *48
13:58:10.040 : ok 16
13:58:10.040 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.83 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:11.047 : wait
13:58:12.054 : wait
13:58:13.045 : wait
13:58:13.061 : N17 M105 *49
13:58:13.077 : ok 17
13:58:13.077 : T:23.83 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:14.148 : wait
13:58:15.139 : wait
13:58:16.128 : N18 M105 *62
13:58:16.130 : ok 18
13:58:16.146 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.83 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:17.137 : wait
13:58:18.240 : wait
13:58:19.192 : N19 M105 *63
13:58:19.199 : ok 19
13:58:19.199 : T:23.83 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:20.207 : wait
13:58:21.198 : wait
13:58:22.205 : wait
13:58:22.249 : N20 M105 *53
13:58:22.349 : ok 20
13:58:22.349 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:23.340 : wait
13:58:24.347 : wait
13:58:25.315 : N21 M105 *52
13:58:25.322 : ok 21
13:58:25.322 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:26.328 : wait
13:58:27.335 : wait
13:58:28.342 : wait
13:58:28.373 : N22 M105 *55
13:58:28.374 : ok 22
13:58:28.390 : T:23.76 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
13:58:29.381 : wait
13:58:30.388 : wait
13:58:31.436 : N23 M105 *54
13:58:31.443 : wait
13:58:31.443 : ok 23
13:58:31.443 : T:23.83 /0 B:23.76 /0 B@:0 @:0
I sent the astrobox logs from astrobox interface.
@DiamondDrake got the logs. There’s seem to be garbage over the line. Are you using the same baud rate as in repetier-host? Also the new release 0.8(1) has a GCODE console app, you could try to send some commands to the printer to see if it responds.
Yes I’m using what the display on the Wanhao says its configured for, 115200, which is the same as I have set in repetier- host.
Did you ever figure this out? I’m seeing the same issue.
Just got my AstroBox in today and am having the exact same issue. I even tried removing the AutoReset jumper and messing with different baud rates (suggestions on the Google Groups page), all to no avail. Has anyone been able to successfully connect a Wanhao i3 to an AstroBox? It would be a shame to have to return my box because they don’t support one of the highest trending / most popular printers on 3D Hubs…
Astrobox has some great features, but the software is essentially a branch of the octoprint with enormous changes. AstroPrint just won’t connect to the WanHao duplicator i3, but the lastes OctoPrint does. If anyone really needs the ease of host control of this type of solution, until the AstroBox team can get the WanHao Duplicator i3 Supported, It looks like OctoPrint is the way to go.
Thanks @DiamondDrake, we will look into the version of Octoprint that supports the i3 and implement the changes. Would you mind to let us know which version of Octoprint we should look into?
The octoprint webui shows “Version: 1.2.8 (master branch)” at the bottom of every page
Hi Guys,
My Duplicator i3 is working fine with my astrobox that I just built.
you can try removing the auto reset jumper on the i3 mbx and see if that work for you.
got this info below from one of the google wanhao user.
“open up the controller box and remove the jumper that says something about Auto Reset. (JP14?) Seen as the jumper on the right side, middle edge of the board here. That is the only thing that would really cause issues. As long as you have the baud rate the same and the same com port (and Repetier host is closed) it should work
http://3dprinterbrain.com/pmwiki.php/DupI3/PrinterBoardInfo?action=dispimg&im=i3board.p.png”
I haven’t tried removing the auto-reset jumper, but I installed a fresh copy of astrobox on my raspberry pi, used a powered usb hub, high quality cables, and nothing. Is there some significance to this jumper? The controller does reset, but octoprint handles that just fine.