Need assistance w/ Monoprice Cadet

meandmybadself · May 15, 2020, 7:21pm

What is the problem?
Cannot get OctoPrint to connect to the Monoprice Cadet 3D printer (product link)

What did you already try to solve it?

Tried automatic detection, got Error: No more baudrates to test, and no suitable baudrate found.
Could not find any documentation detailing the required baudrate for the printer over USB (manual).
Selected /dev/ttyUSB0
Have tried all of the baudrates, some of which result in gibberesh sent back, others send back nothing at all.

Details

OctoPrint Version 1.4.0
Printer is an IIIP printer

b-morgan · May 15, 2020, 7:42pm

It is a mystery to me why people asking for help supply everything in the template but...

Logs (octoprint.log, serial.log or output on terminal tab at a minimum, browser error console if UI issue ... no logs, no support!)

Hint: note that logs above are links to a document that details how to find and supply them.

meandmybadself · May 15, 2020, 7:43pm

Logs for 250000 baudrate:

Connecting to: /dev/ttyUSB0
Changing monitoring state from "Offline" to "Opening serial port"
Connected to: Serial<id=0x6a972bb0, open=True>(port='/dev/ttyUSB0', baudrate=250000, bytesize=8, parity='N', stopbits=1, timeout=10.0, xonxoff=False, rtscts=False, dsrdtr=False), starting monitor
Changing monitoring state from "Opening serial port" to "Connecting"
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Recv: 1\x95\x961¥\x95%\x01!%¡!\x94\x84\x05\x11\x08
Recv: -¯¡51¡-\x10\xffÔ!çõ\xffÆ\xff-¡1¡!á!1\xff1\xff-0±\xff-0±\xff·\xff·\xff¯¡%õ\x14¤\x08\x94Ñ\x10F\xff±\x10\x08¡õ\x10\x081\xff0\x12nVF\xff¡0\x12\x86V\x08\x84\xff0\x12\x86VF\xff1ú0\x12\x86\x16÷F\xff1ú0\x12\x86\x16÷\x08¡0½R\x08!ú0\x90F\xffñõ°\x80Vç\x86\xff°F\xff\x84\xff°\x02F\xff!Õ\x8e\x10F\xff!Ô°\x10¤\x08ÆÑY
Recv: \x7f\x08Ä\xff°\x00F\xff%\xff\x000±F\xff¡\x00ð\x86V\x08\x04\xff\x000±F\xff1ú\x000±\x10F\xff1ú\x100±\x10\x08¡\x000±¾R\x08!ÕÀ0±\x00F\xff%\xff\x000±\x80F\xff\x86\xff\x000±\x96\x08\x84\xff\x000±\x10F\xffñÔ\x000±\x10¤\x08ÆÑ\x08w\x08Æ\xff\x08\x7f\x08\x96\xff\x12¡õ¯á%õ»¤\x08\x94Ñ\x10F\xff±\x10\x08¡õ\x10\x081\xff0\x12\x86VF\xff¡0\x12\x86V\x08\x84\xff0\x12\x86VF\xff1úð\x000±\x10F\xff1ú0\x12\x86~\x10\x08¡0åF\xff!ú°\xffF\xff!õ°\x80F\xff\x86\xff°F\xff\x84\xff°\x02F\xff!Õ°\x10F\xff!Ô°\x10¤\x08ÆÑ0

Logs for 230400 baudrate

Connecting to: /dev/ttyUSB0
Changing monitoring state from "Offline" to "Opening serial port"
Connected to: Serial<id=0x6a9d88f0, open=True>(port='/dev/ttyUSB0', baudrate=230400, bytesize=8, parity='N', stopbits=1, timeout=10.0, xonxoff=False, rtscts=False, dsrdtr=False), starting monitor
Changing monitoring state from "Opening serial port" to "Connecting"
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Recv: \x8b¶©\x14\x99Z\x8aå\x05Ñ\x1e\x8bÀÀ|±<Í`
\x92àÂþ\x9a°\x19ç\xff\x98\xffÙÏÆÄ\x93\x99¦Mý[TÏ\xff[r\x12$³\xff\Ð±ù\x93Eâvö\x14\x8aþ]³\x8dÙ\xff\x95Ì\x06\xff0\x84&\x93ë\xff\x14Ñ\x85&\x93â:\xff\x98\x84\x1aÓ5f\xff\x83¡Ó³\x8dF\xff\x92ó>Ã·Ì]°b¤þ½\xffØ\x99\x8aþFø\x98È\x8bþ&\x91\x8aþP\xff;\â
ÁRë\x8d\x06\xff5ÛeÌÙÝ5¬\x03ó$\xff\x18ESãd\xffLæ¶\x8aþ]\x14\x9a\x99\x18$\xffÌ\x98pÓ\x8dOø\x85Ó\x93\x8b\xffÍø\x85\x9a\x93â¥\xffÌæ¶¦ãÍöÌ8¶\x0c\x8dt\xffL\x9aÓææ\x90Å\x85\x9a\x996_þ ù\x85Ó\x93\x8bþ\x06\xff\x98\x1aö\x8b5\x12ô<fæ\x92\xffíBãÑ\xff²\x8b\xff\\x89´\xff>E|{ÍÜ\x8a\xff\x06\x9cÌ\x0fðÜ\x9d\xff
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Logs for `115200` and below:
```Connecting to: /dev/ttyUSB0
Changing monitoring state from "Offline" to "Opening serial port"
Connected to: Serial<id=0x6aa110b0, open=True>(port='/dev/ttyUSB0', baudrate=115200, bytesize=8, parity='N', stopbits=1, timeout=10.0, xonxoff=False, rtscts=False, dsrdtr=False), starting monitor
Changing monitoring state from "Opening serial port" to "Connecting"
Send: N0 M110 N0*125```

Ewald_Ikemann · May 15, 2020, 7:45pm

You may install this:
Malyan/Monoprice Connection Fix

b-morgan · May 15, 2020, 7:46pm

That is a typical response when the baudrate is not correct. OctoPrint should keep trying other rates until it 1) finds one it likes or 2) runs out of baudrates to try. My guess is that one of the baudrates selected may be the right one but the printer response is not what OctoPrint expects.

Edit: What @Ewald_Ikemann said!

meandmybadself · May 15, 2020, 8:02pm

Unfortunately, the Monoprice plugin doesn't appear to resolve the issue.

Will continue my search & reply when I've found a solution. Thanks to all who've provided pointers thus far.

Connecting to: /dev/ttyUSB0
Using Malyan/Monoprice Connection Fix Plugin to create serial connection
Changing monitoring state from "Offline" to "Opening serial port"
Connected to: Serial<id=0x6f616e10, open=True>(port='/dev/ttyUSB0', baudrate=115200, bytesize=8, parity='N', stopbits=1, timeout=10.0, xonxoff=False, rtscts=False, dsrdtr=False), starting monitor
Starting baud rate detection...
Changing monitoring state from "Opening serial port" to "Detecting baudrate"
Trying baudrate: 9600
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Recv: {ùý\xffû>lþ\xff¿\xffþþ_þ÷\xff\xff\xff\x7fþ\x9bßo\xff÷6<þüû
Recv: ¿
Recv: \x9f¿
Baudrate test retry #1
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #2
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #3
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #4
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Trying baudrate: 115200
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #1
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #2
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #3
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #4
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Trying baudrate: 250000
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Recv: \x9011ú@\x01\x91\x91?
Baudrate test retry #1
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #2
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #3
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #4
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Trying baudrate: 230400
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #1
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #2
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #3
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Recv: \x11\x05o
Recv: ä\x00\x1b\xff
Baudrate test retry #4
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Trying baudrate: 57600
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #1
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #2
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #3
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #4
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Trying baudrate: 38400
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #1
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Recv: é\x91
Baudrate test retry #2
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #3
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #4
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Trying baudrate: 19200
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #1
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #2
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #3
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Baudrate test retry #4
Send: N0 M110 N0*125
Recv: þþ
Changing monitoring state from "Detecting baudrate" to "Error: No more baudrates to test, and no suitable baudrate found."
Changing monitoring state from "Error: No more baudrates to test, and no suitable baudrate found." to "Offline (Error: No more baudrates to test, and no suitable baudrate found.)"
Connection closed, closing down monitor```

meandmybadself · May 16, 2020, 4:07am

Inquired with Monoprice team in the Questions section at:
https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=40108

worklife_balance · June 21, 2020, 5:41pm

Hello, I had the same problem. I found out by looking at the included WiiBuilder configuration for the Monoprice Cadet that the serial port communicates at 1000000 baud. Yes, that is 1 million baud. you can confirm by connecting to the serial port with a terminal, but the short fix is to modify your local octoprint to show 1 million baud. You would need to modify the octoprint/util/comm.py file to include 1000000 in the list of potential baud rates.

meandmybadself · June 21, 2020, 6:17pm

Nice! I'll try that today! Thank you @worklife_balance!

foosel · June 22, 2020, 7:10pm

No, you would not. Adding additional baudrates is what Settings > Serial > Additional Baudrates is for.

meandmybadself · June 30, 2020, 11:19pm

Worked great. Thanks, @worklife_balance & @foosel!