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General Discussion / Re: Replacing a Zortrax Extruder Cable
« on: April 28, 2023, 08:10:53 PM »
Hello everyone, I have just picked up a M200 for cheap with a broken cable and I am trying to make up the replacement. I initially misread this thread and thought that the connectors at either end were just flipped, and that unfortunately resulted in letting the magic smoke out of the z-temp module, which I should have waited to install after the base printer was working again. 
So after re-reading the instructions, my understanding is that each pair of pins are flipped. 1 -> 11, ... 10 -> 20 (as per attached image). So I took each pair and flipped them and confirmed that they are all correctly connected with a multimeter. The machine now boots with no magic smoke
and I can turn the upper and lower fans on and off, but if I attempt to heat the nozzle or load/unload material then the machine reboots. Do you think that this is a wiring issue, or have I likely damaged the board with the first error?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
It just randomly started working! Perhaps one of the ends wasn't seated correctly. RIP Z-Temp, but happy I didn't kill the printer!
So after re-reading the instructions, my understanding is that each pair of pins are flipped. 1 -> 11, ... 10 -> 20 (as per attached image). So I took each pair and flipped them and confirmed that they are all correctly connected with a multimeter. The machine now boots with no magic smoke
and I can turn the upper and lower fans on and off, but if I attempt to heat the nozzle or load/unload material then the machine reboots. Do you think that this is a wiring issue, or have I likely damaged the board with the first error?Thanks in advance!
EDIT:
It just randomly started working! Perhaps one of the ends wasn't seated correctly. RIP Z-Temp, but happy I didn't kill the printer!