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    • jlimburgundefined
      jlimburg
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      Hi all, and apologies if this has already been answered. I believe i did a thorough search but may have missed something.
      I connected an inductive sensor to my Duet Wifi, revision 1.04C running firmware 3.3, VIN 24V. The sensor is a NPN NO with 6-36V. I connected the wires according to the wiki, brown and black to VIN / Ground, respectively, and blue to the Z probe input pin in the Z Probe terminal.

      Here are my FW settings:
      ; Endstops
      M574 X1 S1 P"xstop" ; configure switch-type (e.g. microswitch) endstop for low end on X via pin xstop
      M574 Y1 S1 P"ystop" ; configure switch-type (e.g. microswitch) endstop for low end on Y via pin ystop
      M574 Z1 S2 ;P"zstop" ; configure Z-probe endstop for low end on Z

      ; Z-Probe
      M558 P1 C"!zprobe.in" H5 F300 T6000
      G31 P7 X100 Y100 Z-0

      I tried M558 with P5 as described in the wiki but that just shows '0' in the Z Probe field no matter if the probe LED is on or not. If i use P1 i at least get something, the Z Probe indictor show 6-7 when warm (?) so i can trigger on 7 and that works. The issue is that the 6-7 value is not reliable, on startup it show 30-50 and then slowly wanders down to 6, sometimes 7 even when there is no proximity to the bed.
      My Z-Probe output is connected directly, no diode or resistors since i have 1.04C they should not be required.

      I measured the Z-Probe output with a multimeter and it has 0V when there is no proximity to the bed and 0.5V when the bed is near and the probe LED is on.

      Any help with this would be appreciated!

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      • fcwiltundefined
        fcwilt @jlimburg
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        @jlimburg

        Try adding a ^ character to the C parameter of the M558.

        0.5 volts isn't high enough to give a solid logic high.

        I think the ^ character will enable the pullup on the input.

        Check the voltage readings to see if it made a difference.

        Frederick

        Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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        • jlimburgundefined
          jlimburg @fcwilt
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          @fcwilt Thanks, i tried that, unfortunately it made no difference. I am starting to think my sensor is faulty. I'll order another one and try that.

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          • fcwiltundefined
            fcwilt @jlimburg
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            @jlimburg said in Inductive sensor NPN NO not working:

            @fcwilt Thanks, i tried that, unfortunately it made no difference. I am starting to think my sensor is faulty. I'll order another one and try that.

            It could be. I had a cheap Chinese inductive unit that worked fine at first but failed in the same way.

            I since have been getting my sensors from this place. They have actual specs for their products. 😉

            AutomationDirect

            Frederick

            Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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            • jlimburgundefined
              jlimburg @fcwilt
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              @fcwilt Thanks for sharing the link! I'll order a couple from them 🙂

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              • jlimburgundefined
                jlimburg @jlimburg
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                @jlimburg Well, here goes, i am wearing my silly hat! I had the wires switched on the sensor, switching output and ground. Interesting that the sensor LED still lit up. Fixed it, sensor works, Z-Probe now show 0 when the bed is away and 798 when the sensor LED comes on. Sorry for wasting people's time 😞

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                • fcwiltundefined
                  fcwilt @jlimburg
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                  @jlimburg said in Inductive sensor NPN NO not working:

                  @jlimburg Well, here goes, i am wearing my silly hat! I had the wires switched on the sensor, switching output and ground. Interesting that the sensor LED still lit up. Fixed it, sensor works, Z-Probe now show 0 when the bed is away and 798 when the sensor LED comes on. Sorry for wasting people's time 😞

                  Glad to hear it is working.

                  Frederick

                  Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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