2018-03-01, 03:50 PM
NOVA
It don't go.
For our Spanish-speaking friends out there, you already know what I am saying. For everybody else, an urban myth:
In the 1960's and 1970's, Chevrolet sold a car called the NOVA. This is not to be confused with the NOVA that was sold in the mid to late 1980s, which eventually became the Geo Metro.
Anyway, The urban myth is that GM had a marketing problem in Spanish-speaking countries. "Va" is a conjugation of the Spanish verb Ir, which means "to go." Literally, "No va" translates to: "It don't go." The urban myth then goes on to explain that nobody in Spanish-speaking countries would buy the "Nova" because "it didn't go."
Snopes has disproven this urban myth. Although "no va" literally does mean "no go" or "it doesn't go."
In any event, I named this entry NOVA, because I connected my OneUp to my netbook, and fired up Repetier-Host.
But it didn't go.
Nothing. The extruder did not even get hot. I have several theories as to what is going on:
It is now Thursday, as I finish writing this account of Monday's build night activities. I still have not got the OneUp out of my car, as I have been sending out job applications and handling phone interviews (and writing Build Log entries). Maybe I will get to work on it this weekend.
Or maybe it will wait until build night.
It don't go.
For our Spanish-speaking friends out there, you already know what I am saying. For everybody else, an urban myth:
In the 1960's and 1970's, Chevrolet sold a car called the NOVA. This is not to be confused with the NOVA that was sold in the mid to late 1980s, which eventually became the Geo Metro.
Anyway, The urban myth is that GM had a marketing problem in Spanish-speaking countries. "Va" is a conjugation of the Spanish verb Ir, which means "to go." Literally, "No va" translates to: "It don't go." The urban myth then goes on to explain that nobody in Spanish-speaking countries would buy the "Nova" because "it didn't go."
Snopes has disproven this urban myth. Although "no va" literally does mean "no go" or "it doesn't go."
In any event, I named this entry NOVA, because I connected my OneUp to my netbook, and fired up Repetier-Host.
But it didn't go.
Nothing. The extruder did not even get hot. I have several theories as to what is going on:
- First, the version of Repetier-Host is not the same as Q3D's documentation shows. There are options that the instructions are asking me to set that are not even in my version of the software. So, something could be set wrong.
- Second, there was a (windows executable?) program on Q3D's website. This program is called setupRepetierHost_1_6_0.exe, and I cannot get it to run under Mono. DosBox tells me that it has to run under Win32, and Wine wants me to load a bunch more Mono and Gecko packages. So, I have not run it, which again means that if it is configuring stuff, there may be something not configured.
- Third, (and I think this is what is REALLY going on) according to Q3D's own SoftwareAndElectronics.pdf instructions, the firmware comes pre-installed on Arduino/RAMPS and is ready to run out of the box. I'm willing to bet that there is no firmware on the thing, and I have to install it. I have the metal FDG firmware. This is good, as I have a metal FDG.
It is now Thursday, as I finish writing this account of Monday's build night activities. I still have not got the OneUp out of my car, as I have been sending out job applications and handling phone interviews (and writing Build Log entries). Maybe I will get to work on it this weekend.
Or maybe it will wait until build night.
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