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    BLTouch doesn't always deploy Duet 3 6HC

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    • Nuramoriundefined
      Nuramori
      last edited by

      Your “P500” in your config.g may be too high. I had a similar issue a while back, and I have mine set at P100. I haven’t had an issue since.

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      • Vetiundefined
        Veti @Nuramori
        last edited by

        @Nuramori said in BLTouch doesn't always deploy Duet 3 6HC:

        Your “P500” in your config.g may be too high. I had a similar issue a while back, and I have mine set at P100. I haven’t had an issue since.

        the bltouch is digital. the signal is either 0 or 1000.

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        • ctilley79undefined
          ctilley79 @dc42
          last edited by ctilley79

          @dc42 said in BLTouch doesn't always deploy Duet 3 6HC:

          In my case, g29 isn’t really involved. I ran g29 several times in succession and that didn’t seem to lock up the probe. I can home the machine, deploy and retract the probe just fine, walk away for an hour, and when I come back the probe is unresponsive. I’ll do some more investigation today. Switching io ports didn’t help for me.

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          • ComedianTF2undefined
            ComedianTF2
            last edited by ComedianTF2

            I've had a similar issue, and managed it to narrow it down to the yellow BLTouch cable not being connected properly. I did a quick check disconnecting the cables one by one, and homing, and these are the results:

            • white cable: no self-test, red LED on like normal, Z-probe value 1000, ejects pin but instantly retracts it and errors out
            • black cable: no self-test, red led like normal, z-probe value 0 until homing, then goes to 1000 and errors out
            • Yellow cable: completes self test, red LED works like it should, the Z-probe value is 0, but does not detect the homing, and will continue to move down even after pin gets disturbed
            • red cable: does not do self test, no red LED, Z-probe value 1000
            • brown cable: completes self test, red LED works, Z-probe value 0, ejects pin, works like normal

            Note that my bltouch does not always do the self-test on bootup, and I'm not sure why so that part of the test might not be accurate

            This is with a Duet 2 on RRF2 by the way

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            • Nuramoriundefined
              Nuramori @Veti
              last edited by Nuramori

              @Veti there was an issue in a previous firmware version that P500 was a problem, and reducing it to P100 would help, per David’s suggestion. It did. After that version I went back to P500 as a mid value and the problem re-emerged. Going to P100 fixed it, so I’ve kept the value.

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              • ctilley79undefined
                ctilley79 @Nuramori
                last edited by

                @Nuramori Is your issue that the probe deploys and doesn't trigger, or are you having an issue with the probe not deploying at all?

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                • Nuramoriundefined
                  Nuramori @ctilley79
                  last edited by

                  @ctilley79 It was that it would deploy but not trigger.

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                  • ctilley79undefined
                    ctilley79 @Nuramori
                    last edited by

                    @Nuramori ok. That’s different than my issue. If I can get mine to deploy, it works flawlessly. Mine is not reacting to m401 or m402 commands after a given period of time.

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                    • User3Dundefined
                      User3D @ctilley79
                      last edited by User3D

                      @ctilley79 I wanna know if you have deployprobe.g and retractprobe.g in /sys only !!!!! (If you do , can you post them here)

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                      • ctilley79undefined
                        ctilley79 @User3D
                        last edited by

                        @User3D Yes. They are automatically generated if you select P9 as the probe type if i'm not mistaken. Here's a copy of mine

                        M280 P0 S10 ; deploy BLTouch
                        
                        M280 P0 S90 ; retract BLTouch
                        
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                        • User3Dundefined
                          User3D @ctilley79
                          last edited by

                          @ctilley79 said in BLTouch doesn't always deploy Duet 3 6HC:

                          @User3D Yes. They are automatically generated if you select P9 as the probe type if i'm not mistaken. Here's a copy of mine

                          Yes they are, I just wanted to see if you've changed something that is causing all .

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                          • ctilley79undefined
                            ctilley79
                            last edited by

                            Any update on this? just broke a bltouch probe because of this issue.

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                            • SJIundefined
                              SJI
                              last edited by

                              I was having issues on IO_6, no deploy. checked wiring etc, all ok from that end. Changed to IO_7, now it works.

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                              • Phaedruxundefined
                                Phaedrux Moderator @ctilley79
                                last edited by

                                @ctilley79 said in BLTouch doesn't always deploy Duet 3 6HC:

                                Any update on this? just broke a bltouch probe because of this issue.

                                I've poked DC42 to take a look again when he has a moment.

                                Were you able to try a different BLTouch?

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                                • bzadundefined
                                  bzad
                                  last edited by

                                  Hi was this issue solved? I’m having this issue ive brand new bltouch connected to io7

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                                  • Phaedruxundefined
                                    Phaedrux Moderator @bzad
                                    last edited by

                                    @bzad said in BLTouch doesn't always deploy Duet 3 6HC:

                                    Hi was this issue solved? I’m having this issue ive brand new bltouch connected to io7

                                    Probably best to start a new thread with your issue.

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