BL Touch
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@Gost101
@fcwilt is correct you can't move Z unless it is first homed.
so G1 X15 Y15 Z10 F9000 will error because G30 should be before it .; homeall.g ; called to home all axes ; ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.1.4 on Mon Sep 28 2020 07:45:49 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) G91 ; relative positioning G1 H2 Z5 F9000 ; lift Z relative to current position G1 H1 X-505 Y-505 F21600 ; move quickly to X and Y axis endstops and stop there (first pass) G1 H2 X5 Y5 F9000 ; go back a few mm G1 H1 X-505 Y-505 F7200 ; move slowly to X and Y axis endstops once more (second pass) G90 ; absolute positioning G1 X15 Y15 Z10 F9000 ; go to first bed probe point and home Z G30 ; home Z by probing the bed ; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing ;G91 ; relative positioning ;G1 Z5 F150 ; lift Z relative to current position ;G90 ; absolute positioning
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@peter247 @fcwilt
Alrighty guys, to make sure we are all on the same page. I talked with @droftarts through the pm system on here. Wiring is verified in the correct position. The BL Touch is not defective. Because by unplugging the all connected wires to the BL Touch it will perform its power up sequence and status a solid red pin up status. After which by pressing the home all :; homeall.g ; called to home all axes ; ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.1.4 on Mon Sep 28 2020 07:45:49 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) G91 ; relative positioning G1 H2 Z5 F9000 ; lift Z relative to current position G1 H1 X-505 Y-505 F21600 ; move quickly to X and Y axis endstops and stop there (first pass) G1 H2 X5 Y5 F9000 ; go back a few mm G1 H1 X-505 Y-505 F7200 ; move slowly to X and Y axis endstops once more (second pass) G90 ; absolute positioning G30 ; home Z by probing the bed G1 X15 Y15 Z10 F9000 ; go to first bed probe point and home Z ; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing ;G91 ; relative positioning ;G1 Z5 F150 ; lift Z relative to current position ;G90 ; absolute positioning
The BL touch will status solid blue and pin down until contact with the build surface is made. After which the BL Touch will status solid red pin up. If home all is pressed again then the printer will home the X & Y axis in accordance with the home all gcode. Then the BL Touch will status solid blue and pin down while Z is trying to go down. However where it is trying to home is off the build platform here is the picture:
In doing so the Z Axis will continue to try and home z when it cannot.
Once in this state if the printer is reset and home all is executed it will perform the X & Y Axis homing however in doing so the BL Touch will status the following error code:G28 Z Error: Z probe already triggered at start of probing move Error: Homing failed
Due to the BL Touch striking the side of the bed.
Any recomendations? Or should I just throw the printer off the balcony and buy an i3 MK3S. Just kidding about throwing the printer and the i3 MK3S. -
you keep missing the important bits .
So back to the 20 questions .
if you tell it to home does it stop if you press the pin ? , if it does that part is working ?.
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OK you moved the G30 about the G1 that had the Z10 parameter in your home all file.
I think this is what you want to do.
G1 X213 Y250 ; this positions the probe near the center of the bed
G30
G1 Z10 ; this positions the nozzle at the desired height.Frederick
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@Gost101 Looks like it's the bed limits that need to change now. M208 sets the where the bed is in relation to the endstops. For example, at the moment you have:
M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; set axis minima ... M574 X1 S1 P"xstop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin xstop ... G31 P500 X37 Y0 Z2.5 ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
The above effectively says "the X endstop is at the low end (this should be on the left of the X axis, defined by M574), and when the X endstop is triggered, X is set to 0 (defined by M208 X0 S1). The probe is at X37 when the nozzle is at X0 (defined by G31)"
But when the X carriage hits the endstop, the nozzle is off the bed, by what looks to be about 50mm? If you jog X until the nozzle is right on the edge of the bed, it'll be around X50. That's where you want X0, so set
M208 X-50 Y0 Z0 S1
. Then repeat for the Y axis. Position X0 Y0 should be with the nozzle on the front left corner of the bed.Ian
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@peter247 @fcwilt @droftarts The printer homes fine now in addition to making the mesh configuration. Is there any code that I have to put in cura so that it will print based of the bed mesh? This is what I was able to get it to:
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@Gost101 Great! No, just need to load the mesh before printing; you can put
G28
thenG29 S1
in the slicer start gcode to load the mesh. Best to probe the bed when it's at temperature, in case heating the bed causes it to change shape.Not sure why the bed has got a 0.25 mm dip in it; you may want to check it really has. Sometimes it's actually caused by the cables pulling on a loose X carriage, and the bed isn't really that shape.
Ian
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G1 Z10
@droftarts I'm getting a heater fault notification every time the bed heats up past ~58C when it will heat up to ~70C before the firmware update. Is there a timer or something that I can remove to ignore the fault tripping in config?
; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 3) ; executed by the firmware on start-up ; ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.1.4 on Mon Sep 28 2020 07:45:49 GMT-0600 (Mountain Daylight Time) ; General preferences G90 ; send absolute coordinates... M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves M550 P"A.C.E." ; set printer name M918 P1 E4 F2000000 ; configure direct-connect display ; Network M551 P"SpaceForceHu2020!!" ; set password M552 S1 ; enable network M586 P0 S1 ; enable HTTP M586 P1 S0 ; disable FTP M586 P2 S0 ; disable Telnet ; Drives M569 P0 S1 ; X physical drive 0 goes backwards M569 P1 S1 ; Y physical drive 1 goes backwards M569 P2 S0 ; Z One physical drive 2 goes forwards M569 P2 S0 ; Z One physical drive 2 goes forwards M569 P3 S0 ; E physical drive 3 goes backwards M584 X0 Y1 Z2 E3 ; set drive mapping M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; configure microstepping with interpolation M92 X80.00 Y80.00 Z400.00 E415.00 ; set steps per mm M566 X1200.00 Y1200.00 Z24.00 E300.00 ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min) M203 X9000.00 Y9000.00 Z180.00 E6000.00 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min) M201 X500.00 Y500.00 Z100.00 E5000.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s^2) M906 X800 Y800 Z800 E1000 I50 ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout ; Axis Limits M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; set axis minima M208 X500 Y500 Z500 S0 ; set axis maxima ; Endstops M574 X1 S1 P"xstop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin xstop M574 Y1 S1 P"ystop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin ystop M574 Z1 S2 ; configure Z-probe endstop for low end on Z ; Z-Probe M950 S0 C"exp.heater7" ; create servo pin 0 for BLTouch M558 P9 C"^zprobe.in" H5 F600 T9000 ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds G31 P500 X37 Y0 Z2.150 ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height M557 X30:470 Y30:470 S25 ; define mesh grid ; Heaters M308 S0 P"bedtemp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4092 ; configure sensor 0 as thermistor on pin bedtemp M950 H0 C"bedheat" T0 ; create bed heater output on bedheat and map it to sensor 0 M307 H0 B1 S1.00 ; enable bang-bang mode for the bed heater and set PWM limit M140 H0 ; map heated bed to heater 0 M143 H0 S70 ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 70C M308 S1 P"e0temp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4092 ; configure sensor 1 as thermistor on pin e0temp M950 H1 C"e0heat" T1 ; create nozzle heater output on e0heat and map it to sensor 1 M307 H1 B0 S1.00 ; disable bang-bang mode for heater and set PWM limit ; Fans M950 F0 C"fan0" Q500 ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency M106 P0 S1 H-1 ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned off M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500 ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency M106 P1 S1 H1 T45 ; set fan 1 value. Thermostatic control is turned on M950 F2 C"fan2" Q500 ; create fan 2 on pin fan2 and set its frequency M106 P2 S1 H1:0 T45 ; set fan 2 value. Thermostatic control is turned on ; Tools M563 P0 S"Hot end" H1 D0 F1:2 ; define tool 1 G10 P1 X0 Y0 Z0 ; set tool 1 axis offsets G10 P1 R0 S0 ; set initial tool 1 active and standby temperatures to 0C ; Custom settings are not defined ; Miscellaneous M911 S10 R11 P"M913 X0 Y0 G91 M83 G1 Z3 E-5 F1000" ; set voltage thresholds and actions to run on power loss
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The error is as follows:
Error: Heater 0 fault: temperature rising much more slowly than expected 1.8*C/sec
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PID tune the bed using
M303 H0 S70
Save the values using
M500
Then either copy the values from the config-override to your config.g or add M501 to the end of config.g
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at around~63*C the M303 fails @jay_s_uk
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@Gost101 See https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Tuning_the_heater_temperature_control#Section_Troubleshooting_auto_tuning
If auto tuning fails with a message that the temperature is not rising fast enough, this indicates that either you are using too low a P value in the M303 command, or the dead time in the existing model is much too low for your heater. You can increase the dead time using the M307 command. For example, sending M307 H0 D30 will increase the dead time to 30 seconds. The actual dead time will be known after a successful auto tuning.
Edit: Send
M307 H0
to see current settings.Edit2: Has the bed always heated really slowly?
Ian
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@droftarts The bed has always heated slowly
M307 H0 Heater 0 model: gain 340.0, time constant 140.0, dead time 5.5, max PWM 1.00, calibration voltage 0.0, mode bang-bang
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@Gost101 send
M307 H0 D30
and try tuning again. Sounds like the bed heater is underpowered for the bed size.Ian
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Is the heated bed wired for 24v but using 12v for VIN or something?
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@Phaedrux just a generic creality 12v heated bed.
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Is there a fan blowing on or near it causing a draft?
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@Phaedrux There is not. I'm wanting to upgrade my bed to a keenvoo but don't have the money at the moment.
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What was the indicated bed temperature when you started tuning the bed heater? The low calculated A parameter suggests to me that it was well above room temperature, for example 45C or more.