@gloomyandy Ok, I understand, it is a interpretation thing I think because it is correct that DC made a clarification that I didnt read, I interpreted "time out" of the mnessage box, not of the whole maCRO AS IF CANCEL WAS PRESSED.

So lets see how can I achieve my objective, if you can help me on that would be great: As I posted, I run a macro, at the beginning I have that message , my objective is to be able on some situations, in order to save time, to just cancel the rest of the macro. So My message ask for a yes or no. But also, if Im not available, I want that message to time out and default behaviour should be to continue and execute the rest of the macro. Is there today a way to do that because if the time out jwill cancell everything, Im out of options

@ziggymanpopo Sorry, that was my quick reply, it was a busy day! For more research material, have a look at offerings from https://xtremeplasma.com/, they seem to be nicely-built machines. Looks like they use this controller and software: https://myplasmcnc.com.pl/. Video of one of these being set up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-0nW_NVlTA

To answer some of your questions specifically, bearing in mind I've never built a Plasma table:

Can you all maybe make suggestions on what path would be a good one. ..what board would be best.
Along with a fairly large table min 5 x6 ft. Some of the questions I had was stepper size
W/or without separate controllers for the larger steppers ect.

These three kind of go together. I'd say reasonable size NEMA23 would be plenty; you won't be moving the cutter fast, and it's not too heavy. So it's largely the same as regular CNC machines. Your choices are:

Duet 3 MB6HC - can easily power any NEMA23. Will keep the wiring simple. Duet 3 MB6XD with external motor drivers and stepper motors - wider choice of motors, eg big steppers, closed loop, servo motors etc. Complicates the wiring, more to go wrong. Duet 3 Mini 5+ with Duet 3 M23CL CAN connected motors - closed loop motors, simple wiring.

With all the wiring, including endstops, you'll want shielded wires that are properly grounded. Stepper motors bodies should also be grounded. For general guidance, see https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/Connecting_hardware/Power_wiring#grounding

I'm interested in using hight control

That depends on what kind of plasma cutter you go for, as some don't need height control. Looking through the other posts for plasma cutter recommendations would be sensible, though I'm not sure I've seen anyone do it yet. I don't have any experience wiring these up, so don't know how this may be achieved without seeing the specification/data sheet on the controller.

Also I'm assuming that a software package would also be needed. Instead of a slicer program.

It's 2D, so pretty basic. You can generate the paths in Inkscape, even. Most other CAM software will do it, eg Fusion 360. I can't remember if it's mentioned in the other plasma threads.

Please come back with any other questions, and keep us up to date with your build progress!

Ian

@Valveman For engraving front plates I'd use openScad. Very old school, I know.
I came from SolidWorks and Fusion, but the free license of fusion was getting harder to extend and the functionality got limitted.
Then used FreeCad, but found it too complicated. (didn't try to find tutorials, tho)

OpenScad is like a programming language and that's where I feel comfortable with. (IT background)
Plenty of libraries exist, e.g. fonts, threading and screw libraries.

Usually I export .dxf files and refine them in inkscape for my CO2-laser, but it has a CNC output module for sure.

Either way you'll have a long learning curve ahead of you, might as well wait for lightburn to come up with their CNC version.

@Kubunter Are there many retracts when printing the letters?

@tommyb According to this old post, you do use M913 in your homing files: https://forum.duet3d.com/post/270369

Ian

@flopes a DC motor controlled by a VFD would be a much better choice for a lathe. See https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/Machine_configuration/Configuration_CNC#connecting-a-spindle

The rest of that page will also be useful setting up the lathe in CNC mode.

Ian

@Esteban See my response to this thread, which has the same problem: https://forum.duet3d.com/post/344608

Basically, you need to calibrate the probe with M558.1. See https://docs.duet3d.com/en/User_manual/Tuning/scanning_z_probe_calibration#calibration

Ian

The M307 that it generates must be manually added to config.g. Or using M500 saves it to configoverride.g and M501 loads that at startup.

@dc42 Thank you for your suggestions.

Indeed, the issue was caused by motor currents inducing some noise in the sensor cable.

I followed the procedure I described above and then simply sent an M18 command to disable the motor, and it worked fine. However, when I sent an M17 command to enable the motors again, the issue reoccurred.

I’ve since changed the wiring, and now everything works perfectly.

Thank you so much for your help!

@DaveA it may be spurious but it would be worth checking the wiring on driver 0

To answer my question = YES

Tested OUT 0 and OUT 1 they do. So another issue with this board!

@R006 said in Issue with Heater 1 Predicted Maximum Temperature Warning:

Now, I want to add a comment about this in RRF 3.4b3, but I am encountering multiple errors.

Best to start a new thread about your build errors.

@dc42 I think the issue is finally solved! I may have had multiple issues, because I'm still not sure why this would affect homing direction, but you were correct, I had a wire on one of my two z axis motors that was hanging by a thread, sometimes not hanging at all. Because my issue appeared to be X/Y related I never took a real close look at the Z axis, I finally caught an error message about motor/driver 2 and phase, I realized the Z axis gets triggered to lift the head off the bed even for X/Y calibration.

Thanks for the help, everyone, the fact no one saw any issues with my firmware config and the wise men thought motor issues, that changed my target and enabled me to spot this unknown bad wire.

Thanks again!

@droftarts That is outstanding. I'm glad I could help. I'm the one that set this IDEX up in the beginning but I couldn't remember how. All it took was a clogged nozzle resulting in a nozzle change to throw all my work out of whack. I couldn't remember how I did it in the first place thus this post. As usual, you've managed to rescue me. I have a much better understanding of the offset and will hopefully retain it better. Thank you!

@droftarts and @dc42 thank you very much!

@droftarts I solved my issue, thank you.

@Phaedrux configtool.json How bout this?

@Phaedrux After connecting as you mention and issuing M552 S1 it says Printer is not online.
I now have it working after refreshing the firmware a second time.
Thanks for reaching out.
All good for now!