PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi

mrehorstdmd

I don't know if it will help, but I did a blog post on setting up the origin and endstops so that the origin is at the center of the bed. If you use Cura, setting the origin at the center makes it especially easy to set up a custom printer because you simply check the "origin is at center" box and Cura will drop prints at the center of the bed.

See: https://drmrehorst.blogspot.com/2018/07/ummd-better-way-to-set-up-origin-and.html

firex726

@Phaedrux said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

@firex726 said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

Both endstops are triggered near Alpha in the previously posted photo.

Are your motors at the back of the printer, or the front?

Front... So in the previous diagram, Beta is to my right, and Alpha to my left.
The home for X and Y is the corner near Alpha; where both endstops are.

My intention is that Alpha corner is X0, and Beta is X+280. But with all my flipping it keeps wanting positive movement commands to move it further into Alpha.

I'll have to get home to test exactly, but as I recall if Alpha is 0 then positive moments will move it further into Alpha. And if it's set for +280 then I'll need to command it to move -280 over to Beta where it'll be at 0, and then positive commands will move like normal.

firex726

Found an old photo, it has the motor mounts and I added the coordinates on where it's trying to move.

Phaedrux

Have you gone through the corexy setup link I posted above?

firex726

@Phaedrux said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

Have you gone through the corexy setup link I posted above?

I'll double check, but as I recall I did, and the motor movement is OK unless I home them. Since it'll think they are someplace they are not.

I think the issue is I have a Left hand system:

Important: make sure that you have chosen a right-hand axis system. That is, looking down on the printer the +Y direction should be 90 degrees anticlockwise from the +X direction. If instead it is 90 degrees clockwise, you have a left-hand axis system, which will give you mirror-image prints.

Phaedrux

@firex726 said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

I think the issue is I have a Left hand system

Yes, exactly.

If you go through that link again you can at least verify that the motors are turning correctly.

The rest comes down to getting the M208 min and max sizes correct, getting the endstop positions reflected accurately in M574, and then having the homing move directions correct in the homing macros.

dbot axis.png
Using this photo as an example

M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; axis minima
M208 X300 Y200 Z300 S0 ; axis maxima
M574 X1 Y2 Z2 S1 ; x endstop at low end, y at high end, Z at high end.

X homing moves are negative, Y homing moves are positive.

Compare your setup to that photo and see what differs.

firex726

If you go through that link again you can at least verify that the motors are turning correctly.

The rest comes down to getting the M208 min and max sizes correct, getting the endstop positions reflected accurately in M574, and then having the homing move directions correct in the homing macros.
M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; axis minima
M208 X300 Y200 Z300 S0 ; axis maxima
M574 X1 Y2 Z2 S1 ; x endstop at low end, y at high end, Z at high end.

X homing moves are negative, Y homing moves are positive.
Compare your setup to that photo and see what differs.

OK two parts...

Now I remember, the article listed seems a bit out dated, I keep getting warnings of obsolete commands. As @dc42 noted, the commands I should use are "G1 H2 X20", which based off the article looks like it's working as intended. The carriage moves in a diagonal path towards +X/+Y.

If the head moves diagonally in the +X and +Y directions, all is well.

For your example photo, I redid mine to match, with the endstop in the back, and set X to low and Y to high.

I tried the following config settings all with the same effect; the carriage follows negative homing commands moving it to the right (Beta) and away from the endstop (Alpha).

M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; axis minima
M208 X280 Y280 Z280 S0 ; axis maxima
M574 X1 S1 P"xstop"
M574 Y2 S1 P"ystop"

M208 X280 Y0 Z0 S1 ; axis minima
M208 X0 Y280 Z280 S0 ; axis maxima
M574 X1 S1 P"xstop"
M574 Y2 S1 P"ystop"

M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; axis minima
M208 X280 Y280 Z280 S0 ; axis maxima
M574 X2 S1 P"xstop"
M574 Y2 S1 P"ystop"

Phaedrux

@firex726 said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

I should use are "G1 H2 X20"

Did you send G91 first?

Phaedrux

@firex726 said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; axis minima
M208 X280 Y280 Z280 S0 ; axis maxima
M574 X1 S1 P"xstop"
M574 Y2 S1 P"ystop"

This one is correct. The others are not.

firex726

Hello,

Did you send G91 first?

Yes, I followed all the commands on the article as written, save for the movement syntax noted earlier.

This one is correct. The others are not.

Then those are currently loaded.

I got an updated photo.

firex726

If I reverse the X/Y motor directions, then that fixes X, but transfers the issue to Y.

So it'll HomeAll at the corner of Alpha, but any +Y command will make the carriage try to move more towards the front. So I can neither move it +Y since it'll hit the frame, nor -Y since the firmware wont let it move to less than 0.

And if I then swap the Y limits it appears to have no effect.

; Axis Limits

M208 X0 Y280 Z0 S1 ; set axis minima

M208 X280 Y0 Z280 S0 ; set axis maxima

I can set the Y endstop to the highside but then when I home it'll think it's at 0, 280, 0. Which atleast then will allow further movement, but only in a negative. And then when I try to print something it'll use +Y commands and thus hit the frame.

firex726

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infiniteloop

@firex726

M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; axis minima
M208 X280 Y280 Z280 S0 ; axis maxima
M574 X1 S1 P"xstop"
M574 Y2 S1 P"ystop"

I’m not quite sure, it’s a complicated thread, but if your endstop for Y is at the front of your printer and if you want the X/Y origin to be in the front left corner, I think you must change the last line to

M574 Y1 S1

because - if I’m right - the Y-endstop sits at the low end.

firex726

@infiniteloop said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

@firex726

M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; axis minima
M208 X280 Y280 Z280 S0 ; axis maxima
M574 X1 S1 P"xstop"
M574 Y2 S1 P"ystop"

I’m not quite sure, it’s a complicated thread, but if your endstop for Y is at the front of your printer and if you want the X/Y origin to be in the front left corner, I think you must change the last line to

M574 Y1 S1

because - if I’m right - the Y-endstop sits at the low end.

Double checked to try that, and it'll set it to 0, 0, 0. But any +Y command will keep it going towards the front of the frame.

I guess I want to mirror the Y while also keeping 0 at the corner, but instead of moving forward for +Y it'll go back.
Make sense?

infiniteloop

@firex726 That makes sense, if you want to have the origin of the X/Y coordinate system to be front/left.

– Just to be clear: at this point in space and time, your end stops and your min./max. settings are perfect. Don’t touch these lines again. –

Now, the question is how to change the direction of a single axis on a coreXY: honestly, I don’t know. With my cartesian, it’s simple, but here, either you know what to do, or one of the coreXY experts has to chime in.

Last, you will likely have to adjust your homeXY moves - possibly to a negative Y value.

firex726

@infiniteloop said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

Last, you will likely have to adjust your homeXY moves - possibly to a negative Y value.

Tried that too... Sadly the issue is just when it's home. If I just move it around manually it'll be OK.

The motors and endstops seem to be OK based off the linked articles; it's just logically it think's it's mirrored once it hits home.

I think it was noted earlier that the firmware is expecting a Right hand build, but I have a Left hand one, so one axis will be flipped.

infiniteloop

@firex726

I think it was noted earlier that the firmware is expecting a Right hand build, but I have a Left hand one, so one axis will be flipped.

I noticed that. What I do not understand is this:

logically it think's it's mirrored once it hits home.

You mean that before homing, positive Y values move the head to the back of the printer?

firex726

@infiniteloop said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

You mean that before homing, positive Y values move the head to the back of the printer?

Sadly no... Whichever is mirrored will move in the opposite direction. But due to the design of the mount it's easier to deal with on the Y.

I think I may just rebuild it to how the firmware thinks it's designed. I had assumed there would just be a simple setting I could flip to mirror whatever axis I want.

Phaedrux

Alright, let's take one more shot at this.

Please post your current config.g and homing files.

Also please confirm where your Y endstop is located. Your photo shows X but not Y. From previous descriptions it sounds like it's located at the front as labeled on your last photo?

Danal

@firex726 said in PanelDue and Motors will not function properly with Duet Wifi:

there would just be a simple setting I could flip to mirror whatever axis I want

There are such settings. Any function of this whole setup can be flipped with a single change to config.g.

The issue is: Endstops at which end of the machine vs. travel direction vs. homing with + or - numbers in the homing files. They all have to match each other. And the VERY first thing that has to work is CoreXY movement.

Work through ONE of these at a time, and it can all be figured out.

Since we can't see your printer, nor exact results of various commands, it is very difficult to remote support (btw, I'm just a customer) unless we get so very meticulous in our terminology and photos and etc that everyone gets impatient... and then there is an ever so slight miscommunication and the whole 9 way (3 axis, 3 things to get aligned with each other) thing becomes confusing again.

Which is a really long winded way of saying: Work slowly, first movement (NO HOME), then endstops (still no home), then home to endstops and you will actually be able to figure this out faster on your own than all the interaction on the forum here.

We will all still try to help (I've been in workshops all day, so I didn't post much earlier today)... at the same time, the "do not attempt the next thing until the first thing works" approach can iron this out in minutes.