Modified Ender-3 behaves strangely when starting to print

Tanel_76

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homez.g

I think these are pretty standard.

Veti

@Tanel_76 said in Modified Ender-3 behaves strangely when starting to print:

got the trigger height 2.4 and I have it in mu config.g

post you new config, you might have made a mistake

Tanel_76

The last conf file is here:
https://pastebin.com/npPJ2iSK

It's basically the same conf.g that I had uploaded earlier,
I just changed the M671 and also thermistor settings.

I copied the CaLviNx bed.g that he generously posted here.

When I start a print job, the nozzle goes down about 4.5mm,
I also recalibrated the Z height about 5 times,
the drop in Z height was constant every time.

Veti

@Tanel_76

so when you enter G28

and move to G0 Z0 then nozzle is above the bed?

Tanel_76

@CaLviNx said in Modified Ender-3 behaves strangely when starting to print:

I have an operational config.g if you want a copy

Is it possible to see the conf.g that you are using?

Tanel_76

@Veti said in Modified Ender-3 behaves strangely when starting to print:

@Tanel_76

so when you enter G28

and move to G0 Z0 then nozzle is above the bed?

No, and that's the strange thing. after resetting Z
I go G1 Z100 F400 and come down to G1 Z5 F400
the nozzle ploughs into the bed. When I move
down step by step, I see that the nozzle is above the
bed around Z55 which is not logical at all.

It's as if the G92 Z0 value is not entered correctly
and the Duet gets another value from somewhere,
which I can't find.

PS Im using this guide
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Test_and_calibrate_the_Z_probe#:~:text=In Duet Web Control%2C go,Save the file.

And Duet seems to have the same symptoms, as if when you forget the M500 command after resetting Z in Marlin.
I have to go to config-override.g and check that there are no G31 commands, when I'm near the printer again.

Veti

issue the G31 command to see if the duet got your offset set.

Phaedrux

Where are you sending G92 Z0? I don't see that anywhere in your homing files.

G90 ; absolute positioning
G1 X-5 Y-5 F6000 ; go to first bed probe point and home Z
G30 ; home Z by probing the bed

Also, from your homing files the G1 XY move makes no sense. It looks like it's just pushing it into the corner? The choice of an absolute negative value seems odd since your M208 minimum doesn't allow negative positions.

Regardless. You should choose a position that places the probe at the center of the bed.

Also, remove M564 H0 ; Allow unhomed movement from your config just to make sure it's not allowing moves that would otherwise fail. It can be hiding issues that should be fixed.

Tanel_76

@Phaedrux said in Modified Ender-3 behaves strangely when starting to print:

Where are you sending G92 Z0? I don't see that anywhere in your homing files.

When calibrating the Z height, I'm sending the command G92 Z0 to tell the firmware that the head is at Z=0,
it's not in the homing files.

I try to get access to the printer and go through the code once more.

Tanel_76

Got everything working, in the end I just ditched the line M564 H0
and everything else stayed as it was - and it's printing!

Thanks.