CH340
type chip. The official boards use a different chip which typically works straight away. Unofficial Grbl downloads and custom builds may use different speed settings.COMx
where x
is a number. Examples: COM6
or COM12
for example. You may see COM1
is often a dedicated serial port on the PC's motherboard. Very old Arduino boards use this style of connected, 'D-sub 9', though incredibly rare./dev/ttyACMx
or /dev/ttyAMAx
where x
is a number (usually 0
). Example: /dev/ttyAMA0
. You may see /dev/ttyS0
as an option, this is the same as COM1
in Windows./dev/tty.usbmodemfdxxxx
where xxxx
are some numbers.v0.9
and newer speed: 115200
; for older than v0.9
use 9600
.CH340
chip may be to blame. Some users have trouble, while others report success. It may be a certain combination of drivers and/or circuit layout that is to blame, and using a different Arduino board may be the answer. If you have a CH340
chip and are running Windows or Mac OS X, check you have the drivers installed. CH340
Drivers for Windows. CH340
Drivers for Mac OS X.socat
on a Raspberry Pi), or a Grbl board that has an ethernet port, and that it is set up and tested to connect to the serial port already.Tools
-> Options
.UGS
.Sender Options
tab.Connection Driver
choose TCPDriver
and click OK
.Firmware
at the top choose Grbl
.Port
, type the IP address or hostname of your smoothie board.Baud
type 23
.Tools
-> Options
.UGS
.Sender Options
tab.Connection Driver
choose TCPDriver
and click OK
.Firmware
at the top choose Smoothie
.Port
, type the IP address or hostname of your smoothie board.Baud
type 23
.