OK thats a good start but There is usually a longer message that follows.
You might want to expand the lower console a little upwards into the display area in case you missed it.
Should be similar to below but some numbers may be different and that would be normal as I changed a lot of my parameters.
**** Connected to COM32 @ 115200 baud ****
Grbl 1.1f ['
When shutting down these types of program always do a disconnect first as just closing can on occasion leave the COM port a little stuck in limbo.
If you see the longer message then that's the best sign as it means the program can not only see the board but fully communicate with it too.
Manually dial in the steppers so they are about half way across each lead screw.
Then play with the direction buttons and listen for any noise produced by the steppers etc.
Do you have anyone else you can call upon for help in any way that may be a little more experienced ?
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$0 = 10 (Step pulse time, microseconds)
$1 = 25 (Step idle delay, milliseconds)
$2 = 0 (Step pulse invert, mask)
$3 = 0 (Step direction invert, mask)
$4 = 0 (Invert step enable pin, boolean)
$5 = 0 (Invert limit pins, boolean)
$6 = 0 (Invert probe pin, boolean)
$10 = 1 (Status report options, mask)
$11 = 0.010 (Junction deviation, millimeters)
$12 = 0.002 (Arc tolerance, millimeters)
$13 = 0 (Report in inches, boolean)
$20 = 0 (Soft limits enable, boolean)
$21 = 0 (Hard limits enable, boolean)
$22 = 0 (Homing cycle enable, boolean)
$23 = 0 (Homing direction invert, mask)
$24 = 25.000 (Homing locate feed rate, mm/min)
$25 = 500.000 (Homing search seek rate, mm/min)
$26 = 250 (Homing switch debounce delay, milliseconds)
$27 = 1.000 (Homing switch pull-off distance, millimeters)
$30 = 1000 (Maximum spindle speed, RPM)
$31 = 0 (Minimum spindle speed, RPM)
$32 = 1 (Laser-mode enable, boolean)
$100 = 800.000 (X-axis travel resolution, step/mm)
$101 = 800.000 (Y-axis travel resolution, step/mm)
$102 = 400.000 (Z-axis travel resolution, step/mm)
$110 = 1200.000 (X-axis maximum rate, mm/min)
$111 = 1200.000 (Y-axis maximum rate, mm/min)
$112 = 250.000 (Z-axis maximum rate, mm/min)
$120 = 25.000 (X-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2)
$121 = 25.000 (Y-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2)
$122 = 20.000 (Z-axis acceleration, mm/sec^2)
$130 = 300.000 (X-axis maximum travel, millimeters)
$131 = 200.000 (Y-axis maximum travel, millimeters)
$132 = 85.000 (Z-axis maximum travel, millimeters)
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When shutting down these types of program always do a disconnect first as just closing can on occasion leave the COM port a little stuck in limbo.
If you see the longer message then that's the best sign as it means the program can not only see the board but fully communicate with it too.
Manually dial in the steppers so they are about half way across each lead screw.
Then play with the direction buttons and listen for any noise produced by the steppers etc.
Do you have anyone else you can call upon for help in any way that may be a little more experienced ?