Hi, my name is Hal Ringleben
Location: Lafayette, NJ
Printer: GeeTech Prusa i3 Pro
Years 3D Printing: 2 years
Background: Retired, worked in the hydraulic/pneumatic industry Quality Assurance Director, software development part time.
Interest: CGA Developement, Audio Engineering, VideoFX, SoundFX
Into 3D Printing: Fun, hobby, fixing RC parts, printing CGA Character Models
Favorite Cereal: Sorry, don't eat breakfast.
Interests: Raspberry projects, tennis, biking, refreshing my software skills.

I appreciate the MatterHackers forum and the people. I've gained lots of 3D printing skills and have gotten great help. Thanks.

@dgaylord this is great information. Thanks.

@dboath Damien, thanks so much. That drive was the missing link. You're a life saver. Thanks.

Hal.

Hi Dboath,
My printer is a GeeTech Pro i3 Prusa i3 copy dual extruder and heated bed. Printer baud is set to 250000 COM4, on windows 10 system. I can sit all day waiting for it to connect and it doesn't.

On my windows 7 system the baud is 250000 COM9 and the printer connects withing 20-secs.

I don't understand what's preventing the connection with the windows 10 system, other than windows 10 sucks.

I just upgraded to windows 10 (hate it) , downloaded MatterControl 2.0 and installed it on my new system. The interface loaded great and I got all my setups for the printer imported into MatterControl. Clicked on "Connect" and nothing, it couldn't find my printer. I tried manually connecting but with the same results. On my windows 7 system my printer uses COM9, that Com port doesn't show up on the list of available COM ports. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,

@michael-petitclerc , thanks so much for your assistance.

@larsbrubaker , thanks for your reply. Attached you shall see a pic of my desktop with MatterControl version 2.19.1.10116 which I just upgraded to.

As you see, the middle panel is not displaying correctly.
Thanks in advance.

@michael-petitclerc , the filament I'm using is from Monoprice, Premium 3D Printer Filament PLA 1.75mm 1kg/spool. I've been using this filament for over a year without any problems.

I don't use any adhesive on the glass plate because I don't have any sticking or warping problem since I increased the bed heat to 70 degrees C. Sometimes parts that take up a large amount of the bed space I'll spot glue corners and mid-points to prevent warping. But that's the only time I will use an adhesive.

I wish MC would continue updating MatterControl 32-bit.

After re-flashing the printer and making changes to the Extrusion Multiplier (Tuning Adjustment) from 1 to 2. Adjusting E steps per mm from 95 to 100 and slowing ALL speeds down by 20% and the fisrt layer down 50%, and the fan to cool the plastic in the rear of the hotends. I get this print. When I tried to make another print, the filament doesn't stick to the glass plate and accumulates on the hotend. I can't figure out why I the printer just doesn't duplicate a print when no changes have been made. I'm glad I look at this as a "fun" hobby, otherwise I think I'd be going crazy ... LOL!