@TaitLeswing …OK. I’ll try that as I continue this saga over the weekend…!!
@TaitLeswing Made a trip out to the shop today and tried the above. Still no green lights and no talking between the computer and Arduino or Gshield. Tried Easel and UGS. No talkie. Tried restarting the computer about 7 times using different combinations of plugging the USB cable to the computer and Arduino in various order. Tried both USB ports on the computer. Tried different USB cables. Tried reseating the Gshield into the Arduino. Confirmed that the USB ports on my computer do work properly with other devices. Computer is a Macbook Pro running 10.9.3 using Chrome (latest version)…
@TaitLeswing, @Zach_Kaplan Any chance either of you have some next steps or direction for me regarding this issue…? I’m approaching a week of no-run downtime since building the machine and I’d love to get things up and running…!!!
@WilliamPaukert try reinstalling the FTDI drivers, click on the link that corresponds to your OS here: VCP Drivers - FTDI
Great, try unplugging your arduino and restarting
@TaitLeswing…Tried restarting 6 or 7 times, still no green lights. Tried to connect to machine thru Easel and UGS. No machine control. No response from $$ command.
Are there any more options in the hex uploader “Serial Port” menu now that you’ve reinstalled the FTDI drivers? (make sure to close any other programs that might be trying to connect to the arduino
@WilliamPaukert no green lights on the gshield is a separate issue, it’s powered by the your power supply. You probably have a loose wire somewhere that’s causing that, try turning the power supply off and investigating the red and black wires that go from the gshield to the power supply (they’re probably just not plugged in all of the way somewhere)
@TaitLeswing…The blue LED on the gshield is on, so shouldn’t that mean that it is getting power…? I thought that the green LED’s were USB connection indicators…? When my machine was running the blue and green LED’s of the gshield were on. Now, just the blue and no communication with the machine.
Ok, that’s good. You’re right, the green lights on the gShield indicate when a step pulse is being sent.
Any change in hex uploader serial port options?