3.01-RC10 - Extruder cooling fan not turn on

radekzl · 29 Apr 2020, 15:42

Hello,
I have IDEX printer and I use slicer Simplify3D and after upgrade firmware from 3.01-RC8 to 3.01-RC10 I have the problem with cooling fan of extruder. When I start printing extruder cooling fan do not turn on. When I cancel print extruder coling fan turn on. Manually I can turn on extruder cooling fan, when I manualy adjust extruder temperature then cooling fan works.

This is really strange behavior and I do not know why. Do you have any ideas?

Here is part of starting g-code from Simplify3D:

G90
M82
M106 S0
M140 S110
M190 S110
M104 S0 T0
M104 S230 T1
M109 S230 T1
G28 X0 Y0 U0
G0 X100 Y100
G28 Z0 ; home all axes
M557 X15:195 Y5:195 S20
G29 S1
; process Process1
; layer 1, Z = 0.200
T1
G92 E0.0000
G1 E-0.8000 F2100
; feature skirt
; tool H0.200 W0.400
G1 Z0.200 F1002
G1 X73.147 Y59.322 F7200
G1 E0.0000 F2100
G92 E0.0000
G1 X73.509 Y58.780 E0.0217 F2520

Thank you.

dc42 · 29 Apr 2020, 15:46

There is a known issue in RC10 that may be causing this depending on your config.g file. Previously, a minimum 50% PWM was enforced for any thermostatic cooling fan. So if you have this in config.g:

M106 P1 T45 H1 S0

then in effect the S0 would be ignored and 50% PWM is used. That doesn't happen in RC10.

Use S1 in any M106 command that declares a fan to be thermostatic, or whatever lower value you want to use.

radekzl · 29 Apr 2020, 16:05

Before I had this settings of fans in config.g file:

; Fans
M950 F1 C"fan1"
M106 P1 H1 T45 ; Set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F0 C"fan0"
M106 P0 H2 T45 ; Set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F3 C"duex.fan3"
M106 P3 H-1 C"Chlazeni levy"
M950 F4 C"duex.fan4"
M106 P4 H-1 C"Chlazeni pravy"
M950 F5 C"duex.fan5"
M106 P5 T32:40 H100:101:102 C"Duet Fan" ;cooling fan that starts to turn on when the MCU temperature (virtual heater 100) reaches 45C and reaches full speed when the MCU temperature reaches 65C or if any TMC2660 drivers (virtual heaters 101 and 102) report that they are over-temperature

For your advice I edited config.g file. Now I have this settings of fans:

; Fans
M950 F1 C"fan1"
M106 P1 H1 T45 S1 ; Set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F0 C"fan0"
M106 P0 H2 T45 S1 ; Set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F3 C"duex.fan3"
M106 P3 H-1 C"Chlazeni levy"
M950 F4 C"duex.fan4"
M106 P4 H-1 C"Chlazeni pravy"
M950 F5 C"duex.fan5"
M106 P5 T32:40 H100:101:102 C"Duet Fan" ;cooling fan that starts to turn on when the MCU temperature (virtual heater 100) reaches 45C and reaches full speed when the MCU temperature reaches 65C or if any TMC2660 drivers (virtual heaters 101 and 102) report that they are over-temperature

Unfortunately the behavior is the same. Cooling fan of extruder still not turn on after starting print.

I tried another settings M106 P1 H1 T45 S255 and M106 P0 H2 T45 S255, but without any changes cooling fan of extruder still not turn on after starting print.

dc42 · 29 Apr 2020, 21:17

Please post your entire config.g file.

radekzl · 30 Apr 2020, 04:28

Here is my complete config.g file:

; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 1.21)
; executed by the firmware on start-up
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool on Fri Feb 01 2019 23:24:57 GMT+0100 (Středoevropský standardní čas)

; General preferences
G90 ; Send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M555 P1 ; Set firmware compatibility to look like RepRapFirmare

; Network
M550 PZBox Mk. I ; Set machine name
M552 S1 ; Enable network
M587 S"kluci" P"723753155" ; Configure access point. You can delete this line once connected
M586 P0 S1 ; Enable HTTP
M586 P1 S1 ; Enable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; Disable Telnet

M584 X0 Y1:6 Z2 U5 E3:4 ; Create U axis for second X carriage before we try to configure it

; Drives
M569 P0 S1 D2 ; Drive 0 goes forwards
M569 P1 S0 D2 ; Drive 1 goes forwards
M569 P2 S0 D2 ; Drive 2 goes forwards
M569 P3 S1 D2 ; Drive 3 goes forwards
M569 P4 S0 D2 ; Drive 4 goes forwards
M569 P5 S0 D2 ; Drive 5 goes forwards
M569 P6 S1 D2 ; Drive 5 goes forwards

M350 X256 Y256:256 U256 Z256 E256:256 I0 ; Configure microstepping without interpolation
M201 X700 Y700:700 U700 Z15 E800 ; Accelerations (mm/s^2)
M203 X5000 Y5000 U5000 Z100 E3600 ; Maximum speeds (mm/min)
M566 X450 Y450 U450 Z30 E20 ; Maximum jerk speeds mm/minute

M208 X0:276 Y-75:200 U-59:208 Z-10:200 ; Set axis minima:maxima (adjust to suit your machine) x-60:216 u0:250
M92 X2582.48954 Y2593.77082 U2579.6913 Z6546.644 ; Set axis steps/mm
M92 E6592.55:6592.55 ; Set extruder steps per mm
M906 X800 Y900:900 U800 Z500 E1000:1000 I70 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

; Endstops
M574 X2 S1 P"xstop" ; Set active high endstops
M574 Y2 S1 P"ystop" ; Set active high endstops
M574 U1 S1 P"e0stop" ; Set active high endstops
M574 Z0 P"nil" ; Z has no endstop

; Disable heaters H3-H7 to free up pins
M950 H3 C"nil"
M950 H4 C"nil"
M950 H5 C"nil"
M950 H6 C"nil"
M950 H7 C"nil"

; Z-Probe
M558 P9 C"^zprobe.in" H5 F800 T3000 R0.5 ; Set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
M950 S0 C"duex.pwm5" ; create servo pin 0 for BLTouch
G31 P25 X1.0 Y-31.25 Z1 ; Set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height Z+ pousouva osu Z smerem dolu k podlozce (stará tisková hlava X7.9 Y58.8)
M557 X15:195 Y5:175 S20 ; Define mesh grid

; Laser sensor
M591 D0 P5 C"zstop" R5:130 E6.0 S1 ; Duet3D laser sensor for extruder drive 0 is connected to endstop input 3 (E0), tolerance 40 to 120%, 3mm comparison length
M591 D0 ; display filament sensor parameters for extruder drive 0
M591 D1 P5 C"e1stop" R15:250 E6.0 S1 ; Duet3D laser sensor for extruder drive 0 is connected to endstop input 3 (E0), tolerance 40 to 120%, 3mm comparison length
M591 D1 ; display filament sensor parameters for extruder drive 0

; Heaters
M308 S0 P"bedtemp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 0
M950 H0 C"bedheat" T0 ; create bed heater output on bedheat and map it to sensor 0
M140 H0 ; Set temperature limit for heater 0 to 120C
M143 H0 S120

; Hot end - levý
M308 S1 P"spi.cs1" Y"rtd-max31865" A"EXTRUDER LEVY" ; Configure thermocouple for heater 1
M950 H1 C"e0heat" T1 ; create nozzle heater output on e0heat and map it to sensor 1
M307 H1 A361.3, C127.9, D11.9 S1
M143 H1 S400 ; Set temperature limit for heater 1 to 280C

; Hot end - pravý
M308 S2 P"spi.cs2" Y"rtd-max31865" A"EXTRUDER PRAVY" ; Configure thermocouple for heater 2
M950 H2 C"e1heat" T2 ; create nozzle heater output on e1heat and map it to sensor 2
M307 H2 A364.1 C146.0 D4.5 S1.00 V23.8 B0
M143 H2 S300 ; Set temperature limit for heater 2 to 280C

M308 S3 Y"drivers" A"DRIVERS" ; configure sensor 2 as temperature warning and overheat flags on the TMC2660 on Duet
M308 S4 Y"mcu-temp" A"MCU" ; configure sensor 3 as thermistor on pin e1temp for left stepper

; Fans
M950 F1 C"fan1"
M106 P1 H1 T45 S255 ; Set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F0 C"fan0"
M106 P0 H2 T45 S255 ; Set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F3 C"duex.fan3"
M106 P3 H-1 C"Chlazeni levy"
M950 F4 C"duex.fan4"
M106 P4 H-1 C"Chlazeni pravy"
M950 F5 C"duex.fan5"
M106 P5 T32:40 H100:101:102 C"Duet Fan" ;cooling fan that starts to turn on when the MCU temperature (virtual heater 100) reaches 45C and reaches full speed when the MCU temperature reaches 65C or if any TMC2660 drivers (virtual heaters 101 and 102) report that they are over-temperature

; Tools
M563 P0 D0 H1 X3 F3 ; Define tool 0
G10 P0 X0 Y0 U0 Z0 ; Set tool 0 axis offsets
G10 P0 R0 S0 ; Set initial tool 0 active and standby temperatures to 0C
M563 P1 D1 H2 F4 ; Define tool 1
G10 P1 X0 Y0.05 U9.6 Z0.4 ; Set tool 1 axis offsets
G10 P1 R0 S0 ; Set initial tool 1 active and standby temperatures to 0C

;Pressure advance
;M572 D0:1 S0.05:0.05

;Configure motor stall detection
M915 P0:1:5:6 S10 F1 R3

; Automatic saving after power loss is not enabled
M911 S22 R23.0 P"M913 X0 Y0 G91 M83 G1 Z3 E-5 F1000"

; Custom settings are not configured

At afternoon I catch video on camera of this problem with extruder cooling fan.At afternoon I catch video on camera of this problem with extruder cooling fan.

radekzl · 30 Apr 2020, 06:34

I check settings of tools in my config.g and I think that maybe I have mistake in parameter M563 and mapping fans for tools.

Current:
M563 P0 D0 H1 X3 F3 ; Define tool 0

M563 P1 D1 H2 F4 ; Define tool 1

New settings:
M563 P0 D0 H1 X3 F0:3 ; Define tool 0

M563 P1 D1 H2 F1:4 ; Define tool 1

What do you think? Now I am at work. After I will come home I check it.

dc42 · 30 Apr 2020, 14:55

You original settings look correct to me, because it is only the part cooling fan that you should declare in M563, not the heatsink cooling fan.

Please try upgrading to 3.01-RC11 when we release it later this afternoon.

radekzl · 30 Apr 2020, 16:25

Thank you. After update firmware to 3.01-RC11 extruder fan turn on and works after starting print.