I am new to this; I bought the EKM A3 Pro over a year ago because i had a college 3D design class [paper, cardboard, clay media) in the spring semester (aced the class). Its summer and I have time; but the ELEKSCAM software is limited. Lightburn looks like the ticket (supports multiple file types; although I would suggest CorelDraw .cdr as an addition; sign companies make use of it); the forum looks helpful; but I don’t see a price posted for LightBurn.
I have read a lot of the other posts about frozen step motors, and of course a fix for the random laser on problem (thanks for that one); and the recommendation about upgrading the GRBL to 1.1f… okay.
As I said, Noob. I have searched for the definitive answer on upgrading my GRBL but the best i can get is a idea from several sources. But no singular, finite solution. My issues are very similar to Koreone07 from Germany so that is how I determined this is a common problem.
I think most EKM A3Pro users are going to find their way here because of the EleksCam software is not safe or sufficient.
Light burn reports… and confirms GRBL 0.9i
So how do I upgrade my GRBL without the step motors freezing?
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Port opened, waiting for response.
Grbl 0.9i [’$’ for help]
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$0=10 (step pulse, usec)
$1=25 (step idle delay, msec)
$2=0 (step port invert mask:00000000)
$3=1 (dir port invert mask:00000001)
$4=0 (step enable invert, bool)
$5=0 (limit pins invert, bool)
$6=0 (probe pin invert, bool)
$10=3 (status report mask:00000011)
$11=0.010 (junction deviation, mm)
$12=0.002 (arc tolerance, mm)
$13=0 (report inches, bool)
$20=0 (soft limits, bool)
$21=0 (hard limits, bool)
$22=0 (homing cycle, bool)
$23=0 (homing dir invert mask:00000000)
$24=25.000 (homing feed, mm/min)
$25=500.000 (homing seek, mm/min)
$26=250 (homing debounce, msec)
$27=1.000 (homing pull-off, mm)
$100=100.000 (x, step/mm)
$101=100.000 (y, step/mm)
$102=400.000 (z, step/mm)
$110=5000.000 (x max rate, mm/min)
$111=5000.000 (y max rate, mm/min)
$112=5000.000 (z max rate, mm/min)
$120=200.000 (x accel, mm/sec^2)
$121=200.000 (y accel, mm/sec^2)
$122=200.000 (z accel, mm/sec^2)
$130=5000.000 (x max travel, mm)
$131=5000.000 (y max travel, mm)
$132=5000.000 (z max travel, mm)
ok