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    • Phaedruxundefined
      Phaedrux Moderator
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      Looking at your config from one of your older posts https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/12941/auto-bed-leveling-went-bad?_=1576682639924

      I see that you're indeed using x256 microsteps for all axis and extruder. This will greatly limit your maximum speed before the step pulse generator is overwhelmed and hiccups occur.

      For best results it's recommended to use x16 microstepping with interpolation to x256 enabled. This reduces the load on the CPU and still allows the drivers to use x256 microstepping for the motors.

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      • BlueDustundefined
        BlueDust @Phaedrux
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        @Phaedrux
        I have had this configuration since I first setup the Duet2 last year.
        M350 X256 Y256 Z256 I0 ; Configure microstepping without interpolation
        M350 E16 I1 ; Configure microstepping with interpolation

        Did something change in the 2.04+ ( I haven't tried older versions when testing this issue) to make this now cause an issue and the problem mentioned. Or are you saying what I have is not proper config (and causing errors... er Hiccups) and should be fixed. Possibly contributing to this problem.

        As always. Thanks!

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        • Phaedruxundefined
          Phaedrux Moderator @BlueDust
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          @BlueDust said in Duet Stops mid print:

          should be fixed. Possibly contributing to this problem.

          Yes. It's not recommended to use x256 microstepping for all axis. It will likely result in high hiccup counts which may result in unexpected behaviour. I'm not sure if something changed in recent firmwares to make the lockup issue more prevalent, or if it has something to do with the Pallette 2 and the way it uses ping/pong pulses of the extruder that could be causing some issues.

          Regardless, you'll likely see better behaviour by using x16 microstepping with x256 interpolation.

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          • BlueDustundefined
            BlueDust @Phaedrux
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            @Phaedrux

            OK...
            Trying to setup x16 w/Interpolation...

            Should x16 with I be enabled for all axis? Are you saying that Z can be x256, but the rest should be X16 w/ i?

            I just setup x16 with Interpolation for all axis and am just asking to confirm best practice on what should or shouldn't be x16i or x256.

            Thanks!

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            • droftartsundefined
              droftarts administrators @BlueDust
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              @BlueDust I’d go with all on x16i.

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              • BlueDustundefined
                BlueDust @droftarts
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                @droftarts

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                @Phaedrux

                I am now getting a higher pitch squeal on the Z axis when moving at speed. Other axis are also slightly louder, but haven't printed anything yet... Just getting setup to do so...
                Is there a way to stop this sound other than slowing it down to a crawl?

                hmmm...
                I don't think I enabled Silent Step or anything. Its been awhile since I setup the initial config to remember all the details... Something to look into...

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                • Phaedruxundefined
                  Phaedrux Moderator
                  last edited by

                  M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1

                  And adjust the M92 steps per mm accordingly.

                  Just as an aside to make testing alternative microstepping easier, if you set the microstepping to x16 first and then set the steps per mm accordingly for x16, you can then change the microstepping on a later line and the firmware will automatically calculate the steps per mm for you.

                  example:

                  M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1
                  M92 X80 Y80 Z400 E410
                  M350 E256
                  

                  That would leave the XYZ using x16i and set the extruder as x256 and you wouldn't need to alter the M92 at all.

                  This should make it easier to experiment.

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                  • Phaedruxundefined
                    Phaedrux Moderator @BlueDust
                    last edited by

                    @BlueDust said in Duet Stops mid print:

                    getting a higher pitch squeal on the Z axis when moving at speed

                    What are the commands you are using? Did you remember to recalculate your steps per mm?

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                    • BlueDustundefined
                      BlueDust @Phaedrux
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                      @Phaedrux

                      That step trick is pretty NEAT! Good Show!

                      That would leave the XYZ using x16i and set the extruder as x256 and you wouldn't need to alter the M92 at all.

                      This should make it easier to experiment.

                      Old Settings
                      M350 X256 Y256 Z256 I0
                      M350 E16 I1
                      M92 X2560 Y2560 Z12800 E819.8589

                      Current Settings
                      M350 X16 Y16 Z16 I1
                      M350 E16 I1 ; I know I can turn this into one M350 line now.... just haven't yet.
                      M92 X160 Y160 Z800 E819.8589

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                      • Phaedruxundefined
                        Phaedrux Moderator @BlueDust
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                        @BlueDust said in Duet Stops mid print:

                        when moving at speed

                        Does it seem to be moving faster than before? With such a high hiccup count it likely wasn't ever actually reaching the full requested speed. You may need to revise your speed assumptions?

                        Is the squeal coming from the motors?

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                        • BlueDustundefined
                          BlueDust @Phaedrux
                          last edited by

                          @Phaedrux

                          Yes, it seems quicker now. Also, stall guard/sensorless homing seems to be working much better, but have only homed it 3 times so far since the changes....

                          I think it is is coming from the motors, but need to let the printer run a few minutes to confirm. About to start a small D&D character as a test print I have printed a few times last week (that worked each time I attempted it). Its small so the printer will not get up to any real speeds but should be an easy baseline as it was a recent print.

                          Thanks!

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                          • BlueDustundefined
                            BlueDust
                            last edited by

                            @Phaedrux
                            IMG_20191218_190842~2.jpg

                            Blue is from last week before x16i and Silver is after. Same code. Very close to the same time too. But as it's small, not able to get up to speed.

                            Just to make sure it's clear. The issue with my printer stopping was first noticed on a non Palette2 print. I tried many times only using S3d when printing on the Duet2 and having this problem. I shared the Palette2 gcode file as it occured on the same file many times/attempts.
                            Trying to print that same Palette2 gcode file I shared, right now and it has already gotten past the first time/layer the Duet2 would stop. If it prints another 15 layers without issue, I expect it to finish properly.
                            Hiccups currently say 0
                            Thanks!

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                            • BlueDustundefined
                              BlueDust
                              last edited by

                              @Phaedrux
                              IMG_20191218_195741.jpg

                              Worked that time! Looks like you figured it out @Phaedrux!
                              Thank you! This has been driving me crazy! I don't know why this started, but now believe it is over! Hopefully I am not jumping the gun after 1 print... Lol

                              Marking this fixed!
                              Thanks again @Phaedrux!

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                              • Phaedruxundefined
                                Phaedrux Moderator
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                                Glad it's sorted.

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                                • BlueDustundefined
                                  BlueDust @Phaedrux
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                                  @Phaedrux

                                  I think I met you at MRRF 2019.
                                  If your at MRRF 2020, I would like to thank you in person. This problem really ruined a lot of prints.

                                  Thanks again!

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                                  • Phaedruxundefined
                                    Phaedrux Moderator @BlueDust
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                                    @BlueDust said in Duet Stops mid print:

                                    I think I met you at MRRF 2019.

                                    Yup that was me at the Duet booth. I remember you. MRRF was a lot of fun. Would be great to go again.

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                                    • BlueDustundefined
                                      BlueDust @Phaedrux
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                                      @Phaedrux

                                      So.. I haven't been able to actually test this properly, but it used to be if I enabled the magnetic filament sensor after a print started, it would stop the print for lack of movement.
                                      I would have to pause the print, start the filament sensor, and resume the print. Sometimes it would still pause right before the measurements came in, but that wasn't as often.
                                      I started an 8+ hr print with copper filament. I would hate to waste/lose this filament so enabled the Magnetic Filament monitor, but after I started the print (forgot) and it didn't stop the print. I will make sure to test this again to confirm this wasn't a one off fluke, but am now thinking that these Hiccups may have been the cause of most of the abnormal issues/behavior I have been having. Many of which I have asked for help here, on this forum.

                                      Thanks again!

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                                      • NitroFreakundefined
                                        NitroFreak
                                        last edited by NitroFreak

                                        I had the same issue. Even started a thread on it i think, but it never got resolved. My suspicion was s3d , after i switched to cura i never had that problem again. After i tried s3d again for a specific print and it happened again, i just wrote it off on s3d being weird.
                                        I however had set x16 microstepping with interpolation everywhere, so i doubt it came from that.

                                        Edit: Here is the link to my thread with the same issue;
                                        https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/11886/duet-just-stopping-mid-print/8

                                        I only had it with s3d and printing thin walled things, the first were lithophanes and the second were some engine covers, all about 2-3mm thick in the xy direction

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                                        • BlueDustundefined
                                          BlueDust @NitroFreak
                                          last edited by BlueDust

                                          @NitroFreak

                                          Did you see the M122 you posted shows crazy high Hiccups too?

                                          Hiccups: 10265739

                                          Your hiccups may not have been caused by the same reason as mine, but that may be the problem. I only use S3d or Canvas when I paint a model. I don't remember if I tried using Canvas or not and saw this issue...

                                          I no longer have any Hiccups on my Duet2.

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                                          • Phaedruxundefined
                                            Phaedrux Moderator @NitroFreak
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                                            @NitroFreak I can't believe I missed the hiccup count in your m122 in that thread.

                                            I suspect that the junky gcode generated by s3d was the cause. When doing things walled objects it inserts a ton of tiny moves (as I pointed out in that thread) to try and print a line thinner than usual. On a slow 8bit marlin board maybe it all gets glossed over by quad stepping. But the duet dutifully tries to execute every single move and gets overwhelmed?

                                            Curse thinwall performance isn't great either. Instead of tiny extrude moves it sometimes tries to use tiny zigzag fill which shakes the hell out of the machine.

                                            Slic3r and (prusaslicer by extension) is the only slicer I've seen that does a decent job of thin walls since it will allow for a variable thickness single line when appropriate rather than trying to vainly enforce a double wall.

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