Thick layers

[likevvii]

Hello, I am using prusament galaxy black filament with duet wifi V2.

I got two bands on my print.
This is the second time it happened out of about 70 prints on this machine. All other prints are flawless.
I was not able to watch it live as it happened.

The other time it happened was long ago at 10mm heigjt and I think the printer moved 20% the speed than usual.
Please help me find out what may have caused this.
This may be totally unrelated events.

I can provide more details as needed

Thank you

[dc42]

My guess is that your Z acceleration and/or jerk are set a little too high, so that you occasionally lose steps. Or, if your printer uses external drivers for the Z axis, you have one of the M569 timings set too low.

[Phaedrux]

Can you post your config.g?
Can you post your homeall.g?
Can you post the entire gcode file or at least the first 50 or so lines of it?
Can you send M122 and post the results?
Can you send M98 P"config.g" and post the results?

[likevvii]

Thank you for the suggestions. I personally don't know what would a high value for Z is. Hopefully I can get some recommendations.

I am using external drivers for X and Y axis
Z and E axis are using the built in duet drivers.

X and Y driver:
orientalmotor 5-phase stepper driver
I am not sure exactly what pulse timing I will need for these drivers.

I played around with the microstepping of the X Y Z and E axis to not get any stuttering as my X and Y axis are very high resolutions at 1 full step per 0.01mm
Z axis is also 1 full step per 0.01mm

I used M122 to check if I was getting any timeouts.
Linear advance + mesh bed compensation is on.

Sorry if I am missing any other info you need. Please let me know.
Thank you for taking a look at my issue!

Config.G

; Drives
M569 P5 S0 T3                                 ; physical drive 0 goes forwards
M569 P6 S1 T3                                 ; physical drive 1 goes forwards
M569 P2 S1                                    ; physical drive 2 goes forwards
M569 P3 S1                                    ; physical drive 3 goes forwards
M584 X5 Y6 Z2 E3                              ; set drive mapping
M350 X1 Y1 Z4 I0                              ; configure microstepping without interpolation
M350 E16 I1                                   ; configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X200.00 Y200.00 Z400.00 E402.00           ; set steps per mm
M566 X450.00 Y450.00 Z18.00 E70.00          ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X15000.00 Y15000.00 Z180.00 E3600.00     ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X2400.00 Y2400.00 Z3000.00 E2000.00      ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X800 Y800 Z1000 E1000 I30                 ; 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 X200 Y200 Z180 S0                        ; set axis maxima
 
: LCD
M575 P1 S1 B57600
 
; 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 F120 T5000            ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds C"zprobe.in+zprobe.mod"
G31 P500 X0 Y-35.4 Z3.75                       ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X20:180 Y20:180 S20                      ; define mesh grid
 
; Heaters
M308 S0 P"spi.cs2" Y"rtd-max31865"            ; configure sensor 0 as thermocouple via CS pin spi.cs2
M950 H0 C"bedheat" T0                         ; create bed heater output on bedheat and map it to sensor 0
M143 H0 S120                                  ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 120C
M307 H0 B0 S1.00                              ; disable bang-bang mode for the bed heater and set PWM limit
M140 H0                                       ; map heated bed to heater 0
M308 S1 P"e0temp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4138 ; 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
M143 H1 S280                                  ; set temperature limit for heater 1 to 280C
M307 H1 B0 S1.00                              ; disable bang-bang mode for heater  and set PWM limit
 
; Fans
M950 F0 C"fan0" Q6000                        ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency
M106 P0 C"FAN0 E0 Blower" S0 H-1              ; set fan 0 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned off
M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500                          ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency
M106 P1 C"FAN1 E0 Heatsink" S1 H1 T45         ; set fan 1 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned on
 
M950 F2 C"fan2" Q500                          ; create fan 2 on pin fan2 and set its frequency
M106 P2 C"FAN2 E0 Heatsink" S1 H1 T45         ; set fan 2 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned on
 
; Tools
M563 P0 D0 H1 F0                              ; define tool 0
G10 P0 X0 Y0 Z0                               ; set tool 0 axis offsets
G10 P0 R0 S0                                  ; set initial tool 0 active and standby temperatures to 0C
 
; Custom settings are not defined
 
M501                                          ; Enable config.g override
M572 D0 S0.042                                ; PRESSURE ADVANCE
 

HomeAll.g

; homeall.g
; called to home all axes
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2.1.8 on Thu May 21 2020 14:14:26 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
G91                     ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F6000          ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 X-205 Y-205 F3000 ; move quickly to X and Y axis endstops and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 X5 Y5 F6000       ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 X-205 Y-205 F360  ; move slowly to X and Y axis endstops once more (second pass)
G90                     ; absolute positioning
G1 X100 Y135.4 F6000    ; go to first bed probe point and home Z
G30                     ; home Z by probing the bed
 
G29 S1             ; LOAD MESH COMP
M376 H5            ; MESH COMP HEIGHT
 
 
; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing
;G91                    ; relative positioning
;G1 Z5 F100             ; lift Z relative to current position
;G90                    ; absolute positioning
 

M122

m122
=== Diagnostics ===
RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet version 3.1.1 running on Duet WiFi 1.02 or later
Board ID: 08DGM-9T6BU-FG3S0-7J1F0-3S06K-KA43D
Used output buffers: 3 of 24 (10 max)
=== RTOS ===
Static ram: 27980
Dynamic ram: 93968 of which 44 recycled
Exception stack ram used: 304
Never used ram: 8776
Tasks: NETWORK(ready,424) HEAT(blocked,1224) MAIN(running,1824) IDLE(ready,80)
Owned mutexes: WiFi(NETWORK)
=== Platform ===
Last reset 00:05:13 ago, cause: power up
Last software reset at 2020-11-06 17:41, reason: User, spinning module GCodes, available RAM 8520 bytes (slot 0)
Software reset code 0x0003 HFSR 0x00000000 CFSR 0x00000000 ICSR 0x0441f000 BFAR 0xe000ed38 SP 0xffffffff Task MAIN
Error status: 0
MCU temperature: min 24.1, current 32.8, max 32.9
Supply voltage: min 24.2, current 24.3, max 24.5, under voltage events: 0, over voltage events: 0, power good: yes
Driver 0: standstill, SG min/max not available
Driver 1: standstill, SG min/max not available
Driver 2: standstill, SG min/max not available
Driver 3: standstill, SG min/max not available
Driver 4: standstill, SG min/max not available
Date/time: 2020-11-13 18:51:54
Cache data hit count 544101499
Slowest loop: 5.80ms; fastest: 0.12ms
I2C nak errors 0, send timeouts 0, receive timeouts 0, finishTimeouts 0, resets 0
=== Storage ===
Free file entries: 10
SD card 0 detected, interface speed: 20.0MBytes/sec
SD card longest read time 1.3ms, write time 0.0ms, max retries 0
=== Move ===
Hiccups: 0(0), FreeDm: 169, MinFreeDm: 169, MaxWait: 0ms
Bed compensation in use: none, comp offset 0.000
=== MainDDARing ===
Scheduled moves: 0, completed moves: 0, StepErrors: 0, LaErrors: 0, Underruns: 0, 0  CDDA state: -1
=== AuxDDARing ===
Scheduled moves: 0, completed moves: 0, StepErrors: 0, LaErrors: 0, Underruns: 0, 0  CDDA state: -1
=== Heat ===
Bed heaters = 0 -1 -1 -1, chamberHeaters = -1 -1 -1 -1
=== GCodes ===
Segments left: 0
Movement lock held by null
HTTP is idle in state(s) 0
Telnet is idle in state(s) 0
File is idle in state(s) 0
USB is idle in state(s) 0
Aux is idle in state(s) 0
Trigger is idle in state(s) 0
Queue is idle in state(s) 0
Daemon is idle in state(s) 0
Autopause is idle in state(s) 0
Code queue is empty.
=== Network ===
Slowest loop: 150.97ms; fastest: 0.00ms
Responder states: HTTP(2) HTTP(0) HTTP(0) HTTP(0) FTP(0) Telnet(0), 0 sessions
HTTP sessions: 1 of 8
- WiFi -
Network state is active
WiFi module is connected to access point 
Failed messages: pending 0, notready 0, noresp 0
WiFi firmware version 1.23
WiFi MAC address 84:f3:eb:42:b4:ca
WiFi Vcc 3.33, reset reason Unknown
WiFi flash size 4194304, free heap 23880
WiFi IP address 192.168.50.138
WiFi signal strength -55dBm, reconnections 0, sleep mode modem
Socket states: 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

M98

M98 P"config.g"
HTTP is enabled on port 80
FTP is disabled
TELNET is disabled
Error: Driver 5 does not support x1 microstepping
Driver 6 does not support x1 microstepping
Error: Bad command: : LCD
Warning: Heater 0 appears to be over-powered. If left on at full power, its temperature is predicted to reach 365C
Warning: Heater 0 appears to be over-powered. If left on at full power, its temperature is predicted to reach 284C

[Phaedrux]

@likevvii said in Thick layers:

Error: Bad command: : LCD

That appears to be from a bad comment in your config.g

: LCD
M575 P1 S1 B57600

: instead of ;

@likevvii said in Thick layers:

Warning: Heater 0 appears to be over-powered. If left on at full power, its temperature is predicted to reach 365C Warning: Heater 0 appears to be over-powered. If left on at full power, its temperature is predicted to reach 284C

These are normal warnings. https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/FAQ#Section_M307_Heater_1_appears_to_be_over_powered_If_left_on_at_full_power_its_temperature_is_predicted_to_reach_521C

@likevvii said in Thick layers:

Error: Driver 5 does not support x1 microstepping Driver 6 does not support x1 microstepping

@dc42 said in Thick layers:

Or, if your printer uses external drivers for the Z axis, you have one of the M569 timings set too low.

I don't think this is the case here since you're using the internal drivers for Z and E. But I'm not sure why it's complaining about x1 microstepping.

M569 P5 S0 T3 ; physical drive 0 goes forwards
M569 P6 S1 T3 ; physical drive 1 goes forwards

https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Gcode#Section_M569_Set_motor_driver_direction_enable_polarity_and_step_pulse_timing

https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Using_external_stepper_motor_drivers

@likevvii said in Thick layers:

M376 H5 ; MESH COMP HEIGHT

You may want to try increasing the taper height value, though I can't see why it would cause those bands. https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Using_mesh_bed_compensation#Section_Compensation_Taper

Otherwise the homeall looks fine.

M201 X2400.00 Y2400.00 Z3000.00 E2000.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)

The Z axis acceleration looks really high though. Z3000. Given the low Z jerk and low top speed and small moves involved in a layer change I wouldn't think it would cause an issue, but you may want to reduce that to something more reasonable for a heavy slow axis like Z. Try Z300.

For microstepping on Z I would stick with x16 with interpolation.

If you compare the printed model to the slicer gcode preview is there anything in that layer range that might cause a bulge? Error in the model causing a layer gap that's being filled by bridging or something?

[likevvii]

@Phaedrux

Thank you for the suggestions.
Fixed the issues and followed your recommendations.

I changed Z accel:
3000 to 300

My Cura slicer shows zero signs of bands or imperfections.

I wont touch step width and pulse timing for now since I don't fully understand it yet.

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Regarding the Z, I'm afraid it would be detrimental to my performance due to step rate maxing out. But I guess i'm just paranoid since a little timeout would barely be noticeable.

I will see what happens for my future prints!

[Phaedrux]

@likevvii said in Thick layers:

Regarding the Z, I'm afraid it would be detrimental to my performance due to step rate maxing out. But I guess i'm just paranoid since a little timeout would barely be noticeable.

Why do you think changing your Z axis microsteps to x16 would max out the step rate? Especially given the low max speed you have set.

[likevvii]

@Phaedrux

I don't fully recall the exact values, but I did some math when doing a simultaneous (~150mm/s) X and Y move paired with extruder working and mesh bed leveling + sometimes Z hop it would pass 85KHz step rate (I am using duet wifi 2) and would get some stutters.

So I thought getting Z microstepping to as low as possible would be a good idea to help out with the reducing step commands since my mechanical resolution was so good anyways.

I would also love to double my X and Y microstepping rates too. Just not enough commands to keep up sadly!