Installing Duet Maestro in FlashForge Creator Pro (2016)
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The 12864 display pinout used on the Duet Maestro conforms to the pinout used on the original RepRapDiscount display. The clones of that controller that are widely sold on Amazon and eBay mostly use the same pinout. Sadly, there are some semi-clones that use the reverse connection.
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edit . . . , removed because I made an error
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Ok, so this is the homing file that was generated, it is using H1 instead of S1?
what is the deal with that?; homey.g
; called to home the Y axis
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; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2.1.2 on Thu Nov 14 2019 11:58:35 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F6000 ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 Y150 F1800 ; move quickly to Y axis endstop and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 Y-5 F6000 ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 Y150 F360 ; move slowly to Y axis endstop once more (second pass)
G1 H2 Z-5 F6000 ; lower Z again
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@Fireflynj said in Installing Duet Maestro in FlashForge Creator Pro (2016):
Ok, so this is the homing file that was generated, it is using H1 instead of S1?
what is the deal with that?; homey.g
; called to home the Y axis
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; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2.1.2 on Thu Nov 14 2019 11:58:35 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F6000 ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 Y150 F1800 ; move quickly to Y axis endstop and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 Y-5 F6000 ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 Y150 F360 ; move slowly to Y axis endstop once more (second pass)
G1 H2 Z-5 F6000 ; lower Z again
G90 ; absolute positioningS is being used for laser mode, so H has taken it's place.
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Thank you for that info!
so now I got an issue where my stepper motors on extruder creating interference to the Thermocouplers. I am looking for some kind of shielding now. but I thought i'll ask what did anyone else do to fix this? which option best or works, shielding thermocoupler wires or stepper motor wires?, or twisted pair wires on stepper motors? -
@Fireflynj said in Installing Duet Maestro in FlashForge Creator Pro (2016):
Thank you for that info!
so now I got an issue where my stepper motors on extruder creating interference to the Thermocouplers. I am looking for some kind of shielding now. but I thought i'll ask what did anyone else do to fix this? which option best or works, shielding thermocoupler wires or stepper motor wires?, or twisted pair wires on stepper motors?I try to keep all wire pairs twisted. If you can get shielding or distance between the wires that's even better.
It can also help to ground the motors and printer frame.
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@Fireflynj said in Installing Duet Maestro in FlashForge Creator Pro (2016):
Thank you for that info!
so now I got an issue where my stepper motors on extruder creating interference to the Thermocouplers. I am looking for some kind of shielding now. but I thought i'll ask what did anyone else do to fix this? which option best or works, shielding thermocoupler wires or stepper motor wires?, or twisted pair wires on stepper motors?Thermocouples are most sensitive to inductive interference, so use twisted pair stepper motor cables, 1 pair for each phase. I assume your thermocouple wires are already twisted pair.
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Ok, I made progress. I took the time to pull stepper wires out and twisted each pair, tedious task that needed to be done, Whew! I also lowered the stepper motors amps but, I still had to pull the Thermocoupler wires out of the umbilical cord, as it was still picking up noise, yes it was also twisted. I thought of using shielded Ethernet wire but I don't have anymore crimps left.
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Crimps are readily available in most countries on eBay and Amazon. See https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Connector_and_spare_part_numbers. At least one of or distributors (Filastruder) sells a kit of spare connectors.
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I stalled on this project, looking at finishing it.
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@Fireflynj said in Installing Duet Maestro in FlashForge Creator Pro (2016):
I stalled on this project, looking at finishing it.
If you need any help, feel free to tag me! I just successfully finished my conversion, except for some annoying blobs!
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@JadonM Hi, thank you for the post, hmm I didn't get notified and I need to check on that. So another 7 months has past, but I am sitting in front of it now reviewing stuff trying to figure out where I left off. so looks like I need get code setup for priming and do a test print.
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it's working, printed a 20cm cube, it's so nice to have variable speed part cooling fan!, something the FlashForge Creator Pro couldn't do before , just on/off.
so now I think I want to do the BLTouch tool on this printer next. I do find my nozzle gap differs from middle of print bed to edges, even with the 6.5mm glass, so my smooth rods must not be straight, is this what the BLTouch can help with?
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@Fireflynj said in Installing Duet Maestro in FlashForge Creator Pro (2016):
, is this what the BLTouch can help with?
Yes if you use mesh compensation to create a heightmap of the bed.
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Cool! Ok, will be doing the BLTouch then, Thank you @Phaedrux .
I saw @JadonM did a new graphical display menu
https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/14774/how-to-add-a-graphical-display-to-your-printer/18
with external SD card access, awesome! Thank you!I need to update the firmware first , ran M115 to see:
FIRMWARE_NAME: RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 Maestro FIRMWARE_VERSION: 2.04 ELECTRONICS: Duet Maestro 1.0 FIRMWARE_DATE: 2019-11-01b1 -
@dc42
I am a little nervous doing this, I'm reading up on updating firmware and document says to make sure I have correct firmware, I understand I need to do 3.0.0 first before I get 3.1.1
https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/tag/3.0but I don't see anywhere saying that this firmware is for Duet 2 Maestro.
can you confirm?Thank you.
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@Fireflynj said in Installing Duet Maestro in FlashForge Creator Pro (2016):
but I don't see anywhere saying that this firmware is for Duet 2 Maestro.
can you confirm?It contains all firmwares (duet2-wifi/ethernet/maestro and duet3) when you download the .zip file
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If you upload this zip file as is, without extracting it, to the system tab in DWC it should update everything needed for all Duet2 boards including the Maestro. Then do the same with the 3.1.1 zip file.
https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/download/3.0/Duet2and3Firmware-3.0.zip
https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/download/3.1.1/Duet2and3Firmware-3.1.1.zip
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I got the firmware updated, whew, little scary, but learned just uploading zip files and the machine takes care of it is cool, but I have a question for @JadonM, in your instructions you said
*upload it to your printer via the blue "Upload" button on the display tab of the web interface. *
I use the "Upload menu files" button in display, to upload UltimateDuetMenuSystem-master.zip
and it made a subfolder UltimateDuetMenuSystem-master
is it suppose to be like that?
display is still blank here and I did put the M918 P1 E-4 F2000000 code in the config. -
I think you're going to need to manually place the files from UltimateDuetMenuSystem-master.zip into a folder in the root of the SD card
menu.
