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    • Frederikundefined
      Frederik @dc42
      last edited by

      @dc42 Ok, good to know.

      What would the correct way ?
      Connecting to a 2pin connector like out 7-9 ?

      What do i have to change in my configt.g ?

      Regards
      Frederik

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      • Vetiundefined
        Veti
        last edited by

        you could try different pwm frequencies

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        • dc42undefined
          dc42 administrators @Frederik
          last edited by

          @Frederik said in Switching from 4 Pin to 2 Pin Fan won´t work:

          @dc42 Ok, good to know.

          What would the correct way ?
          Connecting to a 2pin connector like out 7-9 ?

          What do i have to change in my configt.g ?

          Regards
          Frederik

          You can connect 2-pin fans to 4-pin connectors, between the VFAN pin and the FAN- pin. Connected in this way, they behave just like the 2-pin outputs.

          Some 2-pin fans only work with PWM if you reduce the PWM frequency.

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          • Frederikundefined
            Frederik @dc42
            last edited by

            @dc42 do you mean with the oins nr 2 and 4 when i am looking at the online wiring guide ?

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            • Frederikundefined
              Frederik
              last edited by

              i mean for example: out 6: voutlc1 and the out6 ?

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              • Frederikundefined
                Frederik @dc42
                last edited by

                @dc42 i have tried both out 9 and out 6. Now Function.
                Hotend Fan on out8 working on or off. but the other fan wont start with the same values

                ; Fans
                M950 F0 C"out8" Q500                                  ; create fan 0 on pin out8 and set its frequency
                M106 P0 C"Hotend" S1 H1 T45                           ; set fan 0 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned on
                M950 F1 C"out9" Q500                                 ; create fan 1 on pin !out4 and set its frequency
                M106 P1 C"Bauteildüse" S1 H-1                         ; set fan 1 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned off
                
                
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                • Vetiundefined
                  Veti
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                  @Frederik said in Switching from 4 Pin to 2 Pin Fan won´t work:

                  Q500

                  try Q10

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                  • Vetiundefined
                    Veti @Veti
                    last edited by

                    @Frederik

                    I bought some 2 pin sunon fans.
                    at 500 i had the same result as you.
                    at 25000 they are somewhat adjustable.

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                    • Frederikundefined
                      Frederik @Veti
                      last edited by Frederik

                      @Veti what model are you using? Meanwhile I got it working. I connected them on the toolboard to out 2 and out1, used pwm 255 and connected to pwm out and 12v.
                      The control is for me good enough at the moment, I would guess that I'm getting ~10% steps.

                      What range did you get with 25000?

                      Thats the one I'm using:

                      Screenshot_20201231_162517.jpg

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                      • Vetiundefined
                        Veti @Frederik
                        last edited by

                        @Frederik said in Switching from 4 Pin to 2 Pin Fan won´t work:

                        What range did you get with 25000?

                        i was able to go down to 10% with the fan still spinning.

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                        • Frederikundefined
                          Frederik @Veti
                          last edited by

                          @Veti I tested with 25000 as value.

                          My Fans don't even start to spin.
                          Only at 100%, they start running

                          but at 99 it's standing still... why these big differences from similar Fans?

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                          • Vetiundefined
                            Veti
                            last edited by

                            some fans do no like the pwm signal.

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                            • Phaedruxundefined
                              Phaedrux Moderator
                              last edited by

                              You can try adding B1 to give it a blip of full power for 1 second to overcome any starting resistance.

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