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    • observatoerundefined
      observatoer @observatoer
      last edited by observatoer

      Another interesting thing:

      If I have a config.g with this values:

      M92 X200 Y200 Z3200 E822
      M350 E16 X32 Y32 Z16 E32 I1

      ..and I switch of and on the machine, I get this in the console:

      28.8.2020, 12:07:28 M92
      Steps/mm: X: 400.000, Y: 400.000, Z: 3200.000, E: 822.000
      28.8.2020, 12:07:22 M350
      Microstepping - X:32(on), Y:32(on), Z:16(on), E:16(on) <<<<E16 instead of E32 <<<<

      Look like the steps/mm are correct calculated for X, Y and Z, but not for E.

      Checked the config.g for other instances of M92/M350 but there are non. The above ones are the only ones.

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      • engikeneerundefined
        engikeneer @observatoer
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        @observatoer you have two E entries in that config line. There's and E16 at the start, then an E32 at the end

        @observatoer said in Impossible to set extruder micro stepping above 16ms:

        M350 E16 X32 Y32 Z16 E32 I1

        I wonder if this could be the source of your issues?

        E3D TC with D3Mini and Toolboards.
        Home-built CoreXY, Duet Wifi, Chimera direct drive, 2x BMG, 300x300x300 build volume
        i3 clone with a bunch of mods

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        • observatoerundefined
          observatoer @engikeneer
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          @engikeneer Thanks for pointing it out. It was a mistake, introduced by me with this test. To reconfirm, I have done the test again and started with E32 in M92.

          Here is the console log of my changes during the print:

          28.8.2020, 14:12:56 M92
          Steps/mm: X: 400.000, Y: 400.000, Z: 3200.000, E: 1644.000
          28.8.2020, 14:12:52 M350
          Microstepping - X:32(on), Y:32(on), Z:16(on), E:32
          28.8.2020, 14:12:49 M350 E32
          28.8.2020, 14:12:29 M350
          Microstepping - X:32(on), Y:32(on), Z:16(on), E:16
          28.8.2020, 14:12:22 M92
          Steps/mm: X: 400.000, Y: 400.000, Z: 3200.000, E: 822.000 >>>>> correcting the steps healed the under extrusion. Normal layer from here
          28.8.2020, 14:12:15 M92 E822
          28.8.2020, 14:12:05 M92
          Steps/mm: X: 400.000, Y: 400.000, Z: 3200.000, E: 411.000
          28.8.2020, 14:11:59 M350
          Microstepping - X:32(on), Y:32(on), Z:16(on), E:16
          28.8.2020, 14:11:15 M92
          Steps/mm: X: 400.000, Y: 400.000, Z: 3200.000, E: 411.000
          28.8.2020, 14:11:10 M350 E16
          28.8.2020, 14:10:08 M92
          Steps/mm: X: 400.000, Y: 400.000, Z: 3200.000, E: 1644.000
          28.8.2020, 14:10:03 M350 E64
          28.8.2020, 14:09:28 M92
          Steps/mm: X: 400.000, Y: 400.000, Z: 3200.000, E: 822.000
          28.8.2020, 14:09:24 M350
          Microstepping - X:32(on), Y:32(on), Z:16(on), E:32
          28.8.2020, 14:09:20 M350 E32
          28.8.2020, 14:08:48 M92
          Steps/mm: X: 400.000, Y: 400.000, Z: 3200.000, E: 822.000 >>>>undee extrusion from start
          28.8.2020, 14:08:42 M350
          Microstepping - X:32(on), Y:32(on), Z:16(on), E:32(on)

          <<<<< startet with this config.g
          M92 X200 Y200 Z3200 E822
          M350 X32 Y32 Z16 E32 I1

          28.8.2020, 14:07:33 Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.148 0.125 0.051, points used 4, (mean, deviation) before (0.096, 0.035) after (-0.000, 0.005)
          28.8.2020, 14:07:33 Height map loaded from file heightmap.csv
          28.8.2020, 14:05:26 M32 "0:/gcodes/Extrusion_test_CoreXY_PLA_0.2000mm.gcode"
          File 0:/gcodes/Extrusion_test_CoreXY_PLA_0.2000mm.gcode selected for printing

          Same wrong start and miscalculation for E.

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          • droftartsundefined
            droftarts administrators @observatoer
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            @observatoer I don’t see any incorrect calculation. You said you started with M350 E32 and M92 E811. It should have been M350 E16, with E811 steps per mm. So it’s not surprising it underextruded, which you eventually correct with M92.

            Do you really need more extruder resolution than 811 steps per mm, at 16x microstepping?! Like you’ve already found out, your motor can’t handle it at the speeds you print.

            Ian

            Bed-slinger - Mini5+ WiFi/1LC | RRP Fisher v1 - D2 WiFi | Polargraph - D2 WiFi | TronXY X5S - 6HC/Roto | CNC router - 6HC | Tractus3D T1250 - D2 Eth

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            • observatoerundefined
              observatoer @droftarts
              last edited by

              @droftarts

              I understand, if I setup E to 32 and ask by M350, to get the correct steps/mm wich would be in this case 1644. But, it is giving me 822 which is wrong for E32. And I get under extrusion.
              Interesting for me, the values for X, Y and Z are calculated and displayed correct for X32, Y32 and Z16. Just not for E.

              The stepper can handle up to 256 micro steps and reports the astronomic step count correctly, if I correct the initially wrong handled E value. No under extrusion. Just questionable, if it's really extruding wis 256 micro steps or just reporting a value.

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              • droftartsundefined
                droftarts administrators @observatoer
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                @observatoer

                <<<<< startet with this config.g
                M92 X200 Y200 Z3200 E822
                M350 X32 Y32 Z16 E32 I1

                This is what you said it is set to in config.g. If you send M350 E32, nothing has changed, so steps per mm are still 822. When you sent M350 E64, the steps per mm were correctly doubled. This isn’t the firmware getting it wrong!

                The stepper can handle up to 256 micro steps

                Of course it can. At slower step rates. But microstepping beyond 16x is, in general, pointless. The spec sheet for your motor says the step accuracy is 9 degrees +/- 5% which is pretty standard. That means that there’s a 10% swing in accuracy at FULL step. It’s why Gecko drives only use 10x microstepping; you won’t get any more accuracy from the motor by increasing microstepping. However, using interpolation is worth it, as the driver can smooth the transition between steps.

                and reports the astronomic step count correctly

                Do you mean the Duet reports the step count? The motor definitely doesn’t.

                If you send M122 while printing, you can see if the motor is skipping steps. Look at the ‘Driver’ lines, eg:

                
                Driver 0: standstill, reads 37420, writes 12 timeouts 0, SG min/max 0/0
                Driver 1: standstill, reads 37422, writes 11 timeouts 0, SG min/max 0/0
                Driver 2: standstill, reads 37422, writes 11 timeouts 0, SG min/max 0/0
                Driver 3: standstill, reads 37422, writes 11 timeouts 0, SG min/max 0/0
                Driver 4: standstill, reads 37423, writes 11 timeouts 0, SG min/max 0/0
                Driver 5: standstill, reads 37423, writes 11 timeouts 0, SG min/max 0/0
                

                The ‘SG min/max’ shows the minimum and maximum torque on the motor. If ‘max’ is 1023, the motor has stalled/skipped steps.

                The issue here is that you have a pancake stepper as an extruder motor, with high inductance, that cannot step fast enough for the speed you want to print at, when you increase the E steps per mm. Get a more appropriate motor if you want to use high step rate and fast speed.

                Ian

                Bed-slinger - Mini5+ WiFi/1LC | RRP Fisher v1 - D2 WiFi | Polargraph - D2 WiFi | TronXY X5S - 6HC/Roto | CNC router - 6HC | Tractus3D T1250 - D2 Eth

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                • observatoerundefined
                  observatoer @droftarts
                  last edited by

                  @droftarts Thank you Ian. Is there any specific motor you would recommend for this application?

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                  • droftartsundefined
                    droftarts administrators @observatoer
                    last edited by

                    @observatoer I don’t really know what you’re trying to achieve. Faster speeds? On an extruder there’s many other limitations, eg how quick you can melt filament. Higher accuracy, ie more steps per mm? Gearing down the extruder would be a better bet than increasing microstepping for the reason I said above, but you may lose high speed. Both? Good luck!

                    Ian

                    Bed-slinger - Mini5+ WiFi/1LC | RRP Fisher v1 - D2 WiFi | Polargraph - D2 WiFi | TronXY X5S - 6HC/Roto | CNC router - 6HC | Tractus3D T1250 - D2 Eth

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                    • observatoerundefined
                      observatoer @droftarts
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                      @droftarts In the first place, I would really like to understand the behaviour of this software. Not more and not less.
                      As per description, if I set the M92 line for the correct steps at 16 micro step, I can change the steps/mm by typing M350 plus the command and value for X, Y, Z and E.
                      This is what I have done with this line:

                      M92 X200 Y200 Z3200 E822

                      These are the correct steps for a rate of 16 micro steps.

                      The next line in config.g is this:

                      M350 X32 Y32 Z16 E32 I1

                      I understand, the M350 command adapts step rates other than the baseline 16 in M92 to the mentioned values.

                      If I then type M92, I shall get the new calculated values for X, Y Z and E. Correct?

                      Why do I get the correct new M92 value vor X(=400@32), Y(=400@32) and Z(=3200@16) and an wrong Value of E. It shall be E1644 (for the requested 32) and is reported as E844.
                      Is there a difference, why these values are reported like this?

                      And regarding the stepper; I did reduce the current to 500mAh but this did not change anything regarding the above mentioned behaviour. Sorry, if I cannot describe it any better,

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                      • droftartsundefined
                        droftarts administrators @observatoer
                        last edited by droftarts

                        @observatoer right, I see where the problem is. If you set M92 and M350 in config.g, that’s the values used. Even if M350 is after M92, the M92 definition is not assumed to be at 16x microstepping. It would be strange to explicitly set something in the config.g, and for the firmware to then alter it. If you exclude M350 from config, or the E parameter, I would expect it defaults to 16x.

                        Any subsequent M350 changes M92. I appreciate this is not clear in the Gcode entries for M92 and M350.

                        Edit: the configuration tool puts M350 in config.g before M92. Though I think the order doesn’t matter in confi.g.

                        Ian

                        Bed-slinger - Mini5+ WiFi/1LC | RRP Fisher v1 - D2 WiFi | Polargraph - D2 WiFi | TronXY X5S - 6HC/Roto | CNC router - 6HC | Tractus3D T1250 - D2 Eth

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                        • observatoerundefined
                          observatoer @droftarts
                          last edited by observatoer

                          @droftarts OK. I refer to https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Gcode#Section_M350_Set_microstepping_mode

                          and this description:

                          When M350 is processed, the steps/mm will be adjusted automatically to allow for any changes in microstepping. Therefore you can either:

                          a) Set Steps/mm correctly for the default 1/16 microstepping, then set the microstepping to the desired amount using M350:

                          M92 X80 Y80 Z400 ; set axis steps/mm
                          M92 E420:430 ; set extruder 0 and 1 steps/mm
                          M350 X128 Y128 Z128 E128:128 ; set microstepping
                          or

                          b) Set the microstepping using M350 and then set the correct steps/mm for that microstepping amount:

                          M350 X128 Y128 Z128 E128:128 ; set microstepping
                          M92 X640 Y640 Z3200 ; set axis steps/mm @128 microstepping
                          M92 E3360:3440 ; set extruder 0 and 1 steps/mm
                          Assuming that in the first example the microstepping was initially at the default x16, both the above examples result in the same steps/mm settings.

                          Could you suggest me the two lines for M350 and M92 who will work?

                          Edit: I have now played with every thinkable combination and variation of microsteppings. One common thing happens:

                          Regardless of any previous setting (verified in the console), as soon as the print starts, the steps/mm for the extruder are reset to 822.
                          All other steppers keep the right values as defined.

                          PS: I got the hint regarding the adjustment of the micro stepping from dc42 posting in this forum.

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                          • Phaedruxundefined
                            Phaedrux Moderator
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                            Here's how I do it to keep it simple

                            M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1; set x16 microstepping with interpolation
                            M92 X80 Y80 Z400 E411 ; steps per mm set as if for x16 microstepping
                            M350 E64 ; alter microstepping for E axis

                            firmware now correctly calculates the new steps per mm required.

                            The key is to set everything for x16 first and don't change your M92, just have it set to work with x16. Then you can modify the microstepping after and it will correctly calculate.

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                            • fcwiltundefined
                              fcwilt @Phaedrux
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                              @Phaedrux said in Impossible to set extruder micro stepping above 16ms:

                              M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1; set x16 microstepping with interpolation
                              M92 X80 Y80 Z400 E411 ; steps per mm set as if for x16 microstepping
                              M350 E64 ; alter microstepping for E axis

                              That matches the documentation with the exception that the docs say that x16 is the default so the first M350 should not be needed.

                              Are the docs in need of a correction?

                              Frederick

                              Printers: a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duet 3 hardware running 3.4.6

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                              • observatoerundefined
                                observatoer @Phaedrux
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                                @Phaedrux said in Impossible to set extruder micro stepping above 16ms:

                                Here's how I do it to keep it simple

                                M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1; set x16 microstepping with interpolation
                                M92 X80 Y80 Z400 E411 ; steps per mm set as if for x16 microstepping
                                M350 E64 ; alter microstepping for E axis

                                firmware now correctly calculates the new steps per mm required.

                                The key is to set everything for x16 first and don't change your M92, just have it set to work with x16. Then you can modify the microstepping after and it will correctly calculate.

                                I did exactly this and the machine reported exactly these values back which is correct. BUT, as soon as I start a print job, ONLY the value for the extruder E is reset to the 16 micro stepping value!
                                I checked all possible macros who could alter the setting during start, but non of them includes M350 or M92 values.

                                Something is definitely not working on my machine. I have changed the stepper already but as you see, same issue. I have also made a new sd card for the PI and did the latest test with these sw. I'm hesitant to build new config files at the moment.

                                Still same status: This new setting is not working properly on my machine.

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                                • JoergS5undefined
                                  JoergS5 @observatoer
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                                  @observatoer can you please check config-override.g and the start codes of the printed g-code file, maybe they are changing the E setting. Do the startup macros include M501 maybe?

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                                  • observatoerundefined
                                    observatoer @JoergS5
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                                    @JoergS5 Did this in the beginning of the test already. I cleared the content of it and omitted the loading in config.g.

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                                    • JoergS5undefined
                                      JoergS5 @observatoer
                                      last edited by JoergS5

                                      @observatoer you seem to use IdeaMaker, is there something in the startup code which could change E?
                                      https://forum.raise3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=12893
                                      https://support.raise3d.com/ideaMaker/5-1-3-13-gcode-15-445.html
                                      especially the "Extruder Switch GCode tab". Lot of places to change something...

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                                      • observatoerundefined
                                        observatoer @JoergS5
                                        last edited by observatoer

                                        @JoergS5 Thanks for the hint, but I have removed all the default settings in Ideamaker from the start code and call a start macro on the duet3. This is all that remains:

                                        M98 P"0:/sys/print/start.g" ; call start.g

                                        M290 R0 S0 ;reset babystepping
                                        M290 S-0.05 ; set babystepping height delta

                                        M572 D0 S0.025 ;set pressure advance

                                        And nothing in the extruder level. Totally empty.

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                                        • JoergS5undefined
                                          JoergS5 @observatoer
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                                          @observatoer next I would check content of start.g and if babystepping or pressue advance change the E by disabling them.

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                                          • observatoerundefined
                                            observatoer @JoergS5
                                            last edited by observatoer

                                            @JoergS5 Looks OK to me.

                                            G29 S1 P"heightmap.csv" ; Load the height map from file and activate bed compensation.
                                            G90 ; use absolute coordinates
                                            M83 ; extruder relative mode

                                            M98 P"0:/sys/G828.g" ; home if not homed
                                            M98 P"0:/sys/G832.g" ; if not already leveled, level bed and re-home Z

                                            ; prime nozzle
                                            G1 X0 Y0 F99999.0 ; Go home
                                            G1 Z0.15 ; lower extruder

                                            G1 X2 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 ; move to start-line position
                                            G1 X2 Y200.0 Z0.3 F1500.0 E15 ; draw 1st line
                                            G1 X2 Y200.0 Z0.4 F5000.0 ; move to side a little
                                            G1 X3 Y20 Z0.4 F1500.0 E30 ; draw 2nd line
                                            G92 E0.0

                                            And the two calls look clean, too:

                                            ; G828.g
                                            ; Conditional variant of G28 home command.
                                            ; Homes all axes if not already homed.
                                            if !move.axes[0].homed || !move.axes[1].homed || !move.axes[2].homed
                                            G28

                                            ; G832.g
                                            ; Conditional variant of G32 bed command.
                                            ; Perform bed leveling if not already leveled.
                                            if move.calibration.numFactors == 0 ; if leveling has not yet been performed...
                                            G32 ; level bed
                                            G28 Z ; re-home Z
                                            else
                                            echo "Bed already leveled. Skipping..."

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