MKS Base 1.4 will not turn on the second extruder heater

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HelloI have two of MKS Base 1.4 (RAMPS 1.4 compatible) boards and both of them do the same thing (so I suspect this is not a hardware issue with the board). Additionally the first board has been working fine with Marlin 1.1.0 RC6 and printing with both extruders. The second extruder heater stopped working when I installed Repetier firmware (this is my first time using this firmware so maybe I'm doing something wrong). Extrider 1 is working fine and it prints.

When I select to heat us the E2 the LED will not even light up. I really have no idea what I might be doing wrong. I have tested the cables and the heater itself separately and everything seems to be fine. I would appreciate any assistance. This is part of the configuration files. #define BLUETOOTH_SERIAL -1
#define BLUETOOTH_BAUD 115200
#define MIXING_EXTRUDER 0#define DRIVE_SYSTEM 1
#define XAXIS_STEPS_PER_MM 160
#define YAXIS_STEPS_PER_MM 160
#define ZAXIS_STEPS_PER_MM 3200
#define EXTRUDER_FAN_COOL_TEMP 50
#define PDM_FOR_EXTRUDER 0
#define PDM_FOR_COOLER 0
#define DECOUPLING_TEST_MAX_HOLD_VARIANCE 20
#define DECOUPLING_TEST_MIN_TEMP_RISE 1
#define KILL_IF_SENSOR_DEFECT 1
#define RETRACT_ON_PAUSE 3
#define PAUSE_START_COMMANDS ""
#define PAUSE_END_COMMANDS ""
#define SHARED_EXTRUDER_HEATER 0
#define EXT0_X_OFFSET 0
#define EXT0_Y_OFFSET 0
#define EXT0_Z_OFFSET 0
#define EXT0_STEPS_PER_MM 96
#define EXT0_TEMPSENSOR_TYPE 1
#define EXT0_TEMPSENSOR_PIN TEMP_0_PIN
#define EXT0_HEATER_PIN HEATER_0_PIN
#define EXT0_STEP_PIN ORIG_E0_STEP_PIN
#define EXT0_DIR_PIN ORIG_E0_DIR_PIN
#define EXT0_INVERSE 0
#define EXT0_ENABLE_PIN ORIG_E0_ENABLE_PIN
#define EXT0_ENABLE_ON 0
#define EXT0_MIRROR_STEPPER 0
#define EXT0_STEP2_PIN ORIG_E0_STEP_PIN
#define EXT0_DIR2_PIN ORIG_E0_DIR_PIN
#define EXT0_INVERSE2 0
#define EXT0_ENABLE2_PIN ORIG_E0_ENABLE_PIN
#define EXT0_MAX_FEEDRATE 50
#define EXT0_MAX_START_FEEDRATE 20
#define EXT0_MAX_ACCELERATION 5000
#define EXT0_HEAT_MANAGER 1
#define EXT0_WATCHPERIOD 1
#define EXT0_PID_INTEGRAL_DRIVE_MAX 255
#define EXT0_PID_INTEGRAL_DRIVE_MIN 40
#define EXT0_PID_PGAIN_OR_DEAD_TIME 7
#define EXT0_PID_I 2
#define EXT0_PID_D 40
#define EXT0_PID_MAX 255
#define EXT0_ADVANCE_K 0
#define EXT0_ADVANCE_L 0
#define EXT0_ADVANCE_BACKLASH_STEPS 0
#define EXT0_WAIT_RETRACT_TEMP 150
#define EXT0_WAIT_RETRACT_UNITS 0
#define EXT0_SELECT_COMMANDS ""
#define EXT0_DESELECT_COMMANDS ""
#define EXT0_EXTRUDER_COOLER_PIN -1
#define EXT0_EXTRUDER_COOLER_SPEED 255
#define EXT0_DECOUPLE_TEST_PERIOD 20000
#define EXT0_JAM_PIN -1
#define EXT0_JAM_PULLUP 0
#define EXT1_X_OFFSET 4080
#define EXT1_Y_OFFSET 0
#define EXT1_Z_OFFSET 0
#define EXT1_STEPS_PER_MM 96
#define EXT1_TEMPSENSOR_TYPE 1
#define EXT1_TEMPSENSOR_PIN TEMP_2_PIN
#define EXT1_HEATER_PIN HEATER_2_PIN
#define EXT1_STEP_PIN ORIG_E1_STEP_PIN
#define EXT1_DIR_PIN ORIG_E1_DIR_PIN
#define EXT1_INVERSE 0
#define EXT1_ENABLE_PIN ORIG_E1_ENABLE_PIN
#define EXT1_ENABLE_ON 0
#define EXT1_MIRROR_STEPPER 0
#define EXT1_STEP2_PIN ORIG_E1_STEP_PIN
#define EXT1_DIR2_PIN ORIG_E1_DIR_PIN
#define EXT1_INVERSE2 0
#define EXT1_ENABLE2_PIN ORIG_E1_ENABLE_PIN
#define EXT1_MAX_FEEDRATE 50
#define EXT1_MAX_START_FEEDRATE 20
#define EXT1_MAX_ACCELERATION 5000
#define EXT1_HEAT_MANAGER 1
#define EXT1_WATCHPERIOD 1
#define EXT1_PID_INTEGRAL_DRIVE_MAX 255
#define EXT1_PID_INTEGRAL_DRIVE_MIN 40
#define EXT1_PID_PGAIN_OR_DEAD_TIME 7
#define EXT1_PID_I 2
#define EXT1_PID_D 40
#define EXT1_PID_MAX 255
#define EXT1_ADVANCE_K 0
#define EXT1_ADVANCE_L 0
#define EXT1_ADVANCE_BACKLASH_STEPS 0
#define EXT1_WAIT_RETRACT_TEMP 150
#define EXT1_WAIT_RETRACT_UNITS 0
#define EXT1_SELECT_COMMANDS ""
#define EXT1_DESELECT_COMMANDS ""
#define EXT1_EXTRUDER_COOLER_PIN -1
#define EXT1_EXTRUDER_COOLER_SPEED 255
#define EXT1_DECOUPLE_TEST_PERIOD 20000
#define EXT1_JAM_PIN -1
#define EXT1_JAM_PULLUP 0#define FEATURE_RETRACTION 1
#define AUTORETRACT_ENABLED 0
#define RETRACTION_LENGTH 3
#define RETRACTION_LONG_LENGTH 13
#define RETRACTION_SPEED 40
#define RETRACTION_Z_LIFT 0
#define RETRACTION_UNDO_EXTRA_LENGTH 0
#define RETRACTION_UNDO_EXTRA_LONG_LENGTH 0
#define RETRACTION_UNDO_SPEED 20
#define FILAMENTCHANGE_X_POS 0
#define FILAMENTCHANGE_Y_POS 0
#define FILAMENTCHANGE_Z_ADD 2
#define FILAMENTCHANGE_REHOME 1
#define FILAMENTCHANGE_SHORTRETRACT 5
#define FILAMENTCHANGE_LONGRETRACT 50
#define JAM_STEPS 220
#define JAM_SLOWDOWN_STEPS 320
#define JAM_SLOWDOWN_TO 70
#define JAM_ERROR_STEPS 500
#define JAM_MIN_STEPS 10
#define JAM_ACTION 0#define RETRACT_DURING_HEATUP true
#define PID_CONTROL_RANGE 20
#define SKIP_M109_IF_WITHIN 2
#define SCALE_PID_TO_MAX 0
#define TEMP_HYSTERESIS 0
#define EXTRUDE_MAXLENGTH 160
#define NUM_TEMPS_USERTHERMISTOR0 0
#define USER_THERMISTORTABLE0 {}
#define NUM_TEMPS_USERTHERMISTOR1 0
#define USER_THERMISTORTABLE1 {}
#define NUM_TEMPS_USERTHERMISTOR2 0
#define USER_THERMISTORTABLE2 {}
#define GENERIC_THERM_VREF 5
#define GENERIC_THERM_NUM_ENTRIES 33
#define HEATER_PWM_SPEED 0

gameoffuture

FIXED!!! or so it seems...

Had to define the pin manually in the configuration file (could not find the right place in pins.h to do it):

//#define EXT1_HEATER_PIN HEATER_2_PIN <<-----------------------------------------------
#define EXT1_HEATER_PIN 7

gameoffuture

Actually the heater is fixed, but the 2nd extruder motor does not work. Instead of turning continuously it turns back and forth only.

The sad part about it is that this is the second board, and the first board is now doing this on both E_motors. What is going on? is the firmware somehow killing the stepper motor control? Because I put Marlin back on the first board and is doing the same even with Marlin... did Repetier firmware kill the board or the stepper motor control?

gameoffuture

Ok, luckily my boards are not dead... back to Marlin 1.1.0 RC3 and e_motors work... now I'm sure I might be doing something wrong with the firmware.