Z stepper motors move only one direction

riojaonly

Just completed building a RepRap Prusa I3 printer for my son.

Had no problems with the build and I tuned all the stepper motors to .550 <o:p></o:p>

Inputted all the settings info from Reprapguru instruction manual into Repetier software and then tried to manually control stepper….this is when the problems started.

Both Z stepper motors will only move in a clockwise direction. And the X stepper motor when I turned on the first time would move in both directions until I hit the X home button. Now it will only move in one direction as well.

I’m new to this and really don’t have a clue, but reading post for a couple of hours I’d say I have an issue with my endstops? If I input code M119 I get the following:

09:04:46.020 : Reporting endstop status
09:04:46.020 : x_min: open
09:04:46.020 : x_max: TRIGGERED
09:04:46.020 : y_min: open
09:04:46.020 : y_max: open
09:04:46.020 : z_min: open
09:04:46.020 : z_max: TRIGGERED <o:p></o:p>

When I try to move the X or Z away from home position via the manual controls in Repetier I get the following error code (it is basically different measurement every time):

08:12:40.150 : echo:endstops hit: Z:-0.30
08:12:51.353 : echo:endstops hit: Z:-0.60
08:13:02.010 : echo:endstops hit: Z:-0.66
08:13:12.432 : echo:endstops hit: X:0.00
08:13:31.793 : echo:endstops hit: X:-16.99

I tried disconnecting my Z endstop from the control board and it made no difference.

Is there a way to re-set the Endstops or something? Any advice/direction would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you<o:p></o:p>

Repetier

You are not using repetier-firmware so check on your firmwares pages for how to change endstop settings. But yes, I think your endstops show triggered when not and that prevents move in triggered direction. That is quite normal and needs just a different firmware configuration inverting the signal or maybe also adding a pullup if it is a mechanical endstop.