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    • OwenDundefined
      OwenD @RatRig0331
      last edited by

      @ratrig0331
      Make sure
      M98 P"0:/sys/setDefaultProbePoints.g"
      Comes after your G31 in your BlTouch section

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      • RatRig0331undefined
        RatRig0331 @OwenD
        last edited by

        @owend ok I’ll move it and give it a shot

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        • RatRig0331undefined
          RatRig0331 @OwenD
          last edited by

          @owend that did the trick but now i need to turn down the amount of probe points
          var MinSpace = 10 ; put default minimum spacing
          var MaxSpace = 30 ; put default maximum spacing
          var ProbeNumX = 8 ; put default probe points
          var ProbeNumY = 8 ; put default probe points.
          var ProbeCenterX = 285 ; will be updated to probe centre of print
          var ProbeCenterY = 270 ; will be updated to probe centre of print

          with my 100x100mm print its trying to do a 13x13 grid what do i tweak to lower that?

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          • RatRig0331undefined
            RatRig0331 @OwenD
            last edited by

            @owend ok after letting it 100% there were more errors

            8/14/2022, 10:15:03 PM Error: M557: bad grid definition: Spacing too small
            8/14/2022, 10:14:19 PM Error: in GCode file line 773: G1: expected '}'

            line 773 is your
            G01 X0 Y{move.axes{1}.max} Z0.6 F1500 ; Move to back corner while heating

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            • OwenDundefined
              OwenD @RatRig0331
              last edited by OwenD

              @ratrig0331
              Change your minSpace and maxSpace in the macro to reduce number of probe points
              Try 50 & 100

              The G1 is my bad
              I did a search and replace when I was changing the braces, but changed one that should remain a square bracket

              Change this line in superslicer
              G01 X0 Y{"{move.axes{1}.max}"} Z0.6 F1500 ; Move to back corner while heating
              To
              G01 X0 Y{"{move.axes[1].max}"} Z0.6 F1500 ; Move to back corner while heating

              Or delete the line if you don't want to move there while heating

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              • RatRig0331undefined
                RatRig0331 @OwenD
                last edited by

                @owend

                One down one to go I’m still getting the m557 error with the 50/100 spacing will this be normal a normal error from down sizing the bed mesh or is there a fix

                Error: M557: bad grid definition: Spacing too small

                ——-Error: in GCode file line 773: G1: expected '}'———- is now fixed

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                • jay_s_ukundefined
                  jay_s_uk @RatRig0331
                  last edited by

                  @ratrig0331 the most probe points you can have on a duet 2 are 121 and on a duet 3 are 441

                  Owns various duet boards and is the main wiki maintainer for the Teamgloomy LPC/STM32 port of RRF. Assume I'm running whatever the latest beta/stable build is

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                  • RatRig0331undefined
                    RatRig0331 @jay_s_uk
                    last edited by

                    @jay_s_uk too many points isn’t the issue I think, it must be too few points? With the settings first told to me it wanted to do a 13x12 grid on a 100mmx100mm print 156 points total, than I changed the min max to 50/100 and it only probed the middle and 4 conners and gave the same error

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                    • OwenDundefined
                      OwenD @RatRig0331
                      last edited by OwenD

                      @ratrig0331

                      I believe the problem you are having is that I didn't allow for a probe that was offset to the other side of the extruder to mine.

                      Try these files.
                      I think it should sort it out.

                      ;setDefaultProbePoints.g - to be called from config.g after Z probe configuration section and any time defaults need to be reset.
                      
                      var SafeZone = 10 ; probing won't be done closer than this amount from bed edge - adjust as required
                      var defaultProbeSpacing = 50 ; default mesh grid spacing in mm - adjust as required
                      
                      ; shouldn't need to edit after here
                      var MinReachableX = max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) + var.SafeZone
                      var MaxReachabeX = move.axes[0].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) - var.SafeZone
                      var MinReachableY =  max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) + var.SafeZone
                      var MaxReachabeY = move.axes[1].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) - var.SafeZone
                      
                      M557 X{var.MinReachableX,var.MaxReachabeX} Y{var.MinReachableY,var.MaxReachabeY} S{var.defaultProbeSpacing}; define mesh grid
                      ;echo "M557 X"^{var.MinReachableX}^","^{var.MaxReachabeX}, "Y"^{var.MinReachableY}^","^{var.MaxReachabeY}, "S"^{var.defaultProbeSpacing}
                      if !exists(global.minProbeX)
                      	global minProbeX = move.compensation.probeGrid.mins[0]
                      else
                      	set global.minProbeX = move.compensation.probeGrid.mins[0]
                      
                      if !exists(global.minProbeY)
                      	global minProbeY = move.compensation.probeGrid.mins[1]
                      else
                      	set global.minProbeY = move.compensation.probeGrid.mins[1]
                      
                      if !exists(global.maxProbeX)
                      	global maxProbeX = move.compensation.probeGrid.maxs[0]
                      else
                      	set global.maxProbeX = move.compensation.probeGrid.maxs[0]
                      
                      if !exists(global.maxProbeY)
                      	global maxProbeY = move.compensation.probeGrid.maxs[1]
                      else
                      	set global.maxProbeX = move.compensation.probeGrid.maxs[1]
                      
                      

                      revised mesh.g

                      ;0:/sys/mesh.g
                      ; run when G29 with no paramters is called.
                      ; if this file not found G29 S0 will run
                      var SafeZone = 3 ; safety margin for probing near edge.
                      var MinSpace = 20 ; put default minimum spacing
                      var MaxSpace = 60 ; put default maximum spacing
                      
                      ; these values are place holders aand will be calculated later
                      var m557MinX = 40;  ; put your default here
                      var m557MaxX = 180;  ; put your default here
                      var m557MinY = 20;  ; put your default here
                      var m557MaxY = 180;  ; put your default here
                      var ProbeCenterX = 90 ; will be updated to probe centre of print
                      var ProbeCenterY = 90 ; will be updated to probe centre of print
                      var ProbeNumX = 8 ; put default number of probe points
                      var ProbeNumY = 8 ; put default number probe points.
                      
                      
                      var MaxProbePoints = max(floor(move.axes[0].max / var.MaxSpace),floor(move.axes[1].max / var.MaxSpace)) ; maximum points in either axis
                      
                      ;echo "Maximum allowed probe points is " ^ var.MaxProbePoints ^ " using max space of " ^ var.MaxSpace
                      
                      
                      if exists(global.minProbeX)
                      	if global.minProbeX < max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) + var.SafeZone
                      		echo "minProbeX (" ^ global.minProbeX ^ ") unreachable - reset to " ^ (sensors.probes[0].offsets[0] + var.SafeZone)
                      		set global.minProbeX = max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) + var.SafeZone
                      	set var.m557MinX = global.minProbeX
                      
                      if exists(global.maxProbeX)
                      	if global.maxProbeX < (global.minProbeX + (var.MinSpace*2))
                      		set global.maxProbeX = (global.minProbeX + (var.MinSpace*2))
                      	if global.maxProbeX > (move.axes[0].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) - var.SafeZone)
                      		echo "maxProbeX (" ^ global.maxProbeX ^ ") unreachable - reset to " ^ (move.axes[0].max - sensors.probes[0].offsets[0] - var.SafeZone)
                      		set global.maxProbeX = move.axes[0].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) - var.SafeZone
                      	set var.m557MaxX = global.maxProbeX
                      
                      if exists(global.minProbeY)
                      	if global.minProbeY < max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) + var.SafeZone
                      		echo "minProbeY (" ^ global.minProbeY ^ ") unreachable - reset to " ^ (sensors.probes[0].offsets[1] + var.SafeZone)
                      		set global.minProbeY = max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) + var.SafeZone
                      	set var.m557MinY = global.minProbeY
                      
                      
                      if exists(global.maxProbeY)
                      	if global.maxProbeY < (global.minProbeY + (var.MinSpace*2))
                      		set global.maxProbeY = (global.minProbeY + (var.MinSpace*2))
                      	if global.maxProbeY > (move.axes[1].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) - var.SafeZone)
                      		echo "maxProbeY (" ^ global.maxProbeY ^ ") unreachable - reset to " ^ (move.axes[1].max - sensors.probes[0].offsets[1] - var.SafeZone)
                      		set global.maxProbeY = (move.axes[1].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) - var.SafeZone)
                      	set var.m557MaxY = global.maxProbeY
                      
                      echo "Probing grid - X" ^ var.m557MinX ^ ":" ^ var.m557MaxX ^ " Y" ^ var.m557MinY ^ ":" ^ var.m557MaxY
                      
                      var MinProbesX = floor((var.m557MaxX - var.m557MinX) / var.MaxSpace)
                      ;echo "Min Probes X is " ^ var.MinProbesX
                      
                      var MaxProbesX = floor((var.m557MaxX - var.m557MinX) / var.MinSpace)
                      ;echo "Max Probes X is " ^ var.MaxProbesX
                      
                      set var.ProbeNumX = min(var.MaxProbePoints,var.MaxProbesX)
                      
                      var MinProbesY = floor((var.m557MaxY - var.m557MinY) / var.MaxSpace)
                      ;echo "Min Probes Y is " ^ var.MinProbesY
                      
                      var MaxProbesY = floor((var.m557MaxY - var.m557MinY) / var.MinSpace)
                      ;echo "Max Probes Y is " ^ var.MaxProbesY
                      
                      set var.ProbeNumY = min(var.MaxProbePoints,var.MaxProbesY)
                      
                      ; sanity check probe points
                      if var.ProbeNumX<2
                      	set var.ProbeNumX=2
                      if var.ProbeNumY<2
                      	set var.ProbeNumY=2
                      
                      if var.ProbeNumX > var.MaxProbePoints
                      	set var.ProbeNumX = var.MaxProbePoints
                      
                      if var.ProbeNumY > var.MaxProbePoints
                      	set var.ProbeNumY = var.MaxProbePoints
                      
                      if (var.ProbeNumX * var.ProbeNumY) > 441
                      	if var.ProbeNumX > 21
                      		set var.ProbeNumX = 21
                      		echo "Too many X points - reduced to 21"
                      	if var.ProbeNumY > 21
                      		set var.ProbeNumY = 21
                      		echo "Too many Y points - reduced to 21"
                      	
                      echo "Probing " ^ var.ProbeNumX ^ " points in X direction & " ^ var.ProbeNumY ^ " points in Y direction"
                      
                      ;check state of heaters
                      var bedState = heat.heaters[0].state
                      var bedActiveTemp = heat.heaters[0].active
                      var bedStandbyTemp = heat.heaters[0].standby
                      var nozzleState = heat.heaters[1].state
                      M140 P0 S-276 ; turn off bed heater
                      M568 P0 A0 ; turn off nozzle heater
                      
                      ; do probing
                      set var.ProbeCenterX = (global.maxProbeX - ((global.maxProbeX - global.minProbeX)/2)) ; calculate centre point of probe area
                      set var.ProbeCenterY = (global.maxProbeY - ((global.maxProbeY - global.minProbeY)/2)) ; calculate centre point of probe area
                      echo "Setting Z datum point at X" ^ var.ProbeCenterX ^ " Y" ^ var.ProbeCenterY
                      ; set Z = 0 to centre of probe area
                      G1 X{var.ProbeCenterX- sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]} Y{var.ProbeCenterY- sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]} Z{sensors.probes[0].diveHeight+2} F3600
                      G30
                      echo "Mesh probing"
                      M557 X{var.m557MinX,var.m557MaxX} Y{var.m557MinY,var.m557MaxY} P{var.ProbeNumX,var.ProbeNumY}
                      if result != 0
                      	abort "ERROR: could not create mesh" 
                      else
                      	G29 S0
                      	if result != 0
                      		abort "ERROR: Mesh probing failed"
                      	else
                      		echo "Mesh probing successful.   Loading mesh.."
                      
                      ; set Z = 0 to centre of probe area
                      echo "Reset Z datum in mesh centre"
                      G1 X{var.ProbeCenterX - sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]} Y{var.ProbeCenterY - sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]} Z{sensors.probes[0].diveHeight+2} F3600
                      G30
                      
                      ; turn the heaters back on if needed
                      if var.bedState != "off"
                      	M140 S{var.bedActiveTemp} R{var.bedStandbyTemp}
                      	if var.bedState="active"
                      		M144 P0 S1 ; put bed on active temp
                      	else
                      		M144 P0 S0 ; put bed on standby temp
                      if var.nozzleState	!= "off"
                      	if var.nozzleState = "active"
                      		M568 P0 A2 ; set nozzle to active
                      	else
                      		M568 P0 A1 ; set nozzle to standby
                      
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                      • dc42undefined
                        dc42 administrators @RatRig0331
                        last edited by dc42

                        @ratrig0331 the minimum spacing between points allowed is 0.1mm in each of X and Y. "Spacing too small" means you have tried to specify a smaller spacing than that.

                        Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
                        Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
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                        • OwenDundefined
                          OwenD @dc42
                          last edited by

                          @dc42 said in Only probe where the part will be printed:

                          the minimum spacing between points allowed is 0.1mm in each of X and Y. "Spacing too small" means you have tried to specify a smaller spacing than that.

                          In that case I'm at a bit of a loss how @RatRig0331 is getting that error using my code.
                          It's early morning here (Australia) and I have to go to work, so I can't look at till I get home.
                          @RatRig0331 Can you please un-comment all the lines in the mesh.g that show the calculations and post the output from the console.

                          At the start I work out the maximum possible number of probes if a full bed was done using maxSpace.
                          Later I use the object size to recalculate the number of probes also using maxSpacing.
                          The lesser of these two numbers is used (or should be).

                          There must be a fundamental flaw in my logic (at least with your bed size and probe configuration). 😕

                          It also occurs to me that I haven't catered for deltas or printers where X0, Y0 is in the center of the bed.

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                          • RatRig0331undefined
                            RatRig0331 @OwenD
                            last edited by

                            @owend

                            8/15/2022, 8:04:58 PM Error: M557: bad grid definition: Spacing too small
                            8/15/2022, 8:04:26 PM Reset Z datum in mesh centre
                            8/15/2022, 8:04:26 PM Mesh probing successful. Loading mesh..
                            8/15/2022, 8:04:26 PM 36 points probed, min error -0.141, max error 0.093, mean -0.020, deviation 0.066
                            Height map saved to file 0:/sys/heightmap.csv
                            8/15/2022, 8:01:59 PM Mesh probing
                            8/15/2022, 8:01:50 PM Setting Z datum point at X250.0000 Y250.0000
                            8/15/2022, 8:01:50 PM Probing 6 points in X direction & 6 points in Y direction
                            8/15/2022, 8:01:50 PM Probing grid - X183.907:316.093 Y188.907:311.093
                            8/15/2022, 8:01:32 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: -0.014 0.008 0.009, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.001, 0.010) after (-0.000, 0.000)
                            8/15/2022, 8:01:12 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.015 0.022 0.001, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.014, 0.008) after (-0.000, 0.000)
                            8/15/2022, 8:00:52 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.102 0.033 -0.002, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.046, 0.040) after (0.000, 0.000)
                            8/15/2022, 8:00:32 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.503 0.279 0.452, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.404, 0.087) after (-0.000, 0.000)
                            8/15/2022, 7:58:35 PM M32 "0:/gcodes/First_Layer_Test_0.2mm_PLA_10mhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.gcode"
                            File 0:/gcodes/First_Layer_Test_0.2mm_PLA_10mhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.gcode selected for printing

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                            • RatRig0331undefined
                              RatRig0331 @OwenD
                              last edited by

                              @owend

                              8/15/2022, 8:17:42 PM Error: M557: bad grid definition: Spacing too small
                              8/15/2022, 8:17:10 PM Reset Z datum in mesh centre
                              8/15/2022, 8:17:10 PM Mesh probing successful. Loading mesh..
                              8/15/2022, 8:17:10 PM 36 points probed, min error -0.105, max error 0.079, mean -0.005, deviation 0.044
                              Height map saved to file 0:/sys/heightmap.csv
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:43 PM Mesh probing
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:34 PM Setting Z datum point at X250.0000 Y250.0000
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:34 PM Probing 6 points in X direction & 6 points in Y direction
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:34 PM Max Probes Y is 6
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:34 PM Min Probes Y is 2
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:34 PM Max Probes X is 6
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:34 PM Min Probes X is 2
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:34 PM Probing grid - X183.907:316.093 Y188.907:311.093
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:34 PM Maximum allowed probe points is 8 using max space of 60
                              8/15/2022, 8:14:16 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.002 0.008 0.006, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.005, 0.002) after (0.000, 0.000)
                              8/15/2022, 8:13:56 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.016 0.016 0.011, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.015, 0.002) after (0.000, 0.000)
                              8/15/2022, 8:13:36 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.168 0.055 0.022, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.084, 0.057) after (-0.000, 0.000)
                              8/15/2022, 8:13:16 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.413 0.322 0.388, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.372, 0.035) after (0.000, 0.000)
                              8/15/2022, 8:12:01 PM M32 "0:/gcodes/First_Layer_Test_0.2mm_PLA_10mhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.gcode"
                              File 0:/gcodes/First_Layer_Test_0.2mm_PLA_10mhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.gcode selected for printing

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                              • OwenDundefined
                                OwenD @RatRig0331
                                last edited by

                                @ratrig0331
                                The M557 that is causing the error seems to be well after all the stuff I did.
                                Check for an M557 somewhere else in your slicer start gcode

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                                • RatRig0331undefined
                                  RatRig0331 @OwenD
                                  last edited by

                                  @owend

                                  your right sorry it was in my start code purge line for some reason thank you so much for your time and patients with me this is all still vary new to me

                                  8/15/2022, 9:22:31 PM Reset Z datum in mesh centre
                                  8/15/2022, 9:22:31 PM Mesh probing successful. Loading mesh..
                                  8/15/2022, 9:22:31 PM 36 points probed, min error -0.174, max error 0.083, mean -0.012, deviation 0.067
                                  Height map saved to file 0:/sys/heightmap.csv
                                  8/15/2022, 9:20:04 PM Mesh probing
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:56 PM Setting Z datum point at X250.0000 Y250.0000
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:55 PM Probing 6 points in X direction & 6 points in Y direction
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:55 PM Max Probes Y is 6
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:55 PM Min Probes Y is 2
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:55 PM Max Probes X is 6
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:55 PM Min Probes X is 2
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:55 PM Probing grid - X183.907:316.093 Y188.907:311.093
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:55 PM Maximum allowed probe points is 8 using max space of 60
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:55 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: -0.003 0.011 0.016, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.007, 0.007) after (-0.000, 0.000)
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:34 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.006 -0.003 0.004, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.002, 0.003) after (0.000, 0.000)
                                  8/15/2022, 9:19:14 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: 0.046 0.021 0.031, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.032, 0.009) after (-0.000, 0.000)
                                  8/15/2022, 9:18:54 PM Leadscrew adjustments made: -0.011 0.368 0.277, points used 3, (mean, deviation) before (0.213, 0.149) after (-0.000, 0.000)

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                                  • RatRig0331undefined
                                    RatRig0331 @OwenD
                                    last edited by

                                    @owend

                                    sorry one more question so far every time the start code hits your lines the hotend and bed turn off during the mesh than back on after. i tryed moving some things around but it still turns off all heaters during the mesh. here is my full start code

                                    BED_TEMP=[first_layer_bed_temperature]
                                    G90 ; use absolute coordinates
                                    M83 ; extruder relative mode
                                    M140 S[first_layer_bed_temperature] ; set final bed temp
                                    M104 S150 ; set temporary nozzle temp to prevent oozing during homing and auto bed leveling
                                    G4 S10 ; allow partial nozzle warmup
                                    G28 ; home all axis
                                    G1 Z50 F240
                                    G1 X50 Y50 F3000
                                    M116 ; Wait for all temps to stabilise
                                    G32; (TRIM BED)
                                    G32; (TRIM BED)
                                    G32; (TRIM BED)
                                    G32; (TRIM BED)

                                    ;;;;;;auto probe print area only;;;;;;

                                    set global.minProbeX = {first_layer_print_min[0]}
                                    set global.maxProbeX = {first_layer_print_max[0]}
                                    set global.minProbeY = {first_layer_print_min[1]}
                                    set global.maxProbeY = {first_layer_print_max[1]}
                                    M561 ; clear any bed transform
                                    M140 S[first_layer_bed_temperature] ; set final bed temp
                                    M104 S150 ; set temporary nozzle temp to prevent oozing during homing and auto bed leveling
                                    G4 S10 ; allow partial nozzle warmup
                                    G29 ; do mesh for printed area
                                    G29 S1 ; load small mesh
                                    G01 X0 Y{"{move.axes[1].max}"} Z0.6 F1500 ; Move to back corner while heating
                                    M568 P{current_extruder} R{"{heat.coldExtrudeTemperature+5}"} S{first_layer_temperature[current_extruder]} A2 ; (set standby and active temperatures for active tool. Standby is 5 degrees above cold extrude temp )
                                    M116 ; Wait for all temps to stabilise

                                    ;;;;final temp and purge line;;;;

                                    M104 S{first_layer_temperature[initial_extruder]+extruder_temperature_offset[initial_extruder]} ; set final nozzle temp
                                    M190 S[first_layer_bed_temperature] ; wait for bed temp to stabilize
                                    M109 S{first_layer_temperature[initial_extruder]+extruder_temperature_offset[initial_extruder]} ; wait for nozzle temp to stabilize
                                    G4 S10 ; allow partial nozzle warmup
                                    G1 Z2.0 F3000; (MOVE Z AXIS UP LITTLE)
                                    G1 X0.1 Y20 Z0.35 F5000.0; (MOVE TO PURDGE START)
                                    G1 X0.1 Y200.0 Z0.35 F1500.0 E25; (DRAW FIRST LINE)
                                    G1 X0.4 Y200.0 Z0.35 F5000.0; (MOVE TO THE SECOND LINE)
                                    G1 X0.4 Y20.0 Z0.35 F1500.0 E30; (DRAW SECOND LINE)
                                    G92 E0; (EXTRUDER RESET)

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                                    • OwenDundefined
                                      OwenD @RatRig0331
                                      last edited by

                                      @ratrig0331
                                      The turning off of the heaters is deliberate and is done in mesh.g
                                      I find that the accuracy of my bltouch suffers if they are on when probing
                                      I run a 240v bed.
                                      I'll have a look later and add an option to not turn off heaters.

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                                      • dc42undefined
                                        dc42 administrators @OwenD
                                        last edited by

                                        @owend you can turn off heaters temporarily during probing by using the B1 parameter in your M558 command.

                                        Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
                                        Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
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                                          OwenD @dc42
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                                          Roger that..
                                          That makes that section of code superfluous.
                                          Does it turn off the bed heater as well?

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                                            OwenD @RatRig0331
                                            last edited by OwenD

                                            @ratrig0331 said in Only probe where the part will be printed:

                                            You can remove these lines in your slicer as you have set your temps elsewhere in your start code.

                                            M568 P{current_extruder} R{"{heat.coldExtrudeTemperature+5}"} S{first_layer_temperature[current_extruder]} A2 ; (set standby and active temperatures for active tool.  Standby is 5 degrees above cold extrude temp )
                                            M116 ; Wait for all temps to stabilise
                                            

                                            This version removes all the code related to heating from mesh.g

                                            ;0:/sys/mesh.g
                                            ; run when G29 with no paramters is called.
                                            ; if this file not found G29 S0 will run
                                            var SafeZone = 3 ; safety margin for probing near edge.
                                            var MinSpace = 20 ; put default minimum spacing
                                            var MaxSpace = 60 ; put default maximum spacing
                                            
                                            ; these values are place holders aand will be calculated later
                                            var m557MinX = 40;  ; put your default here
                                            var m557MaxX = 180;  ; put your default here
                                            var m557MinY = 20;  ; put your default here
                                            var m557MaxY = 180;  ; put your default here
                                            var ProbeCenterX = 90 ; will be updated to probe centre of print
                                            var ProbeCenterY = 90 ; will be updated to probe centre of print
                                            var ProbeNumX = 8 ; put default number of probe points
                                            var ProbeNumY = 8 ; put default number probe points.
                                            
                                            
                                            var MaxProbePoints = max(floor(move.axes[0].max / var.MaxSpace),floor(move.axes[1].max / var.MaxSpace)) ; maximum points in either axis
                                            
                                            ;echo "Maximum allowed probe points is " ^ var.MaxProbePoints ^ " using max space of " ^ var.MaxSpace
                                            
                                            
                                            if exists(global.minProbeX)
                                            	if global.minProbeX < max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) + var.SafeZone
                                            		echo "minProbeX (" ^ global.minProbeX ^ ") unreachable - reset to " ^ (sensors.probes[0].offsets[0] + var.SafeZone)
                                            		set global.minProbeX = max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) + var.SafeZone
                                            	set var.m557MinX = global.minProbeX
                                            
                                            if exists(global.maxProbeX)
                                            	if global.maxProbeX < (global.minProbeX + (var.MinSpace*2))
                                            		set global.maxProbeX = (global.minProbeX + (var.MinSpace*2))
                                            	if global.maxProbeX > (move.axes[0].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) - var.SafeZone)
                                            		echo "maxProbeX (" ^ global.maxProbeX ^ ") unreachable - reset to " ^ (move.axes[0].max - sensors.probes[0].offsets[0] - var.SafeZone)
                                            		set global.maxProbeX = move.axes[0].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]) - var.SafeZone
                                            	set var.m557MaxX = global.maxProbeX
                                            
                                            if exists(global.minProbeY)
                                            	if global.minProbeY < max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) + var.SafeZone
                                            		echo "minProbeY (" ^ global.minProbeY ^ ") unreachable - reset to " ^ (sensors.probes[0].offsets[1] + var.SafeZone)
                                            		set global.minProbeY = max(0,sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) + var.SafeZone
                                            	set var.m557MinY = global.minProbeY
                                            
                                            
                                            if exists(global.maxProbeY)
                                            	if global.maxProbeY < (global.minProbeY + (var.MinSpace*2))
                                            		set global.maxProbeY = (global.minProbeY + (var.MinSpace*2))
                                            	if global.maxProbeY > (move.axes[1].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) - var.SafeZone)
                                            		echo "maxProbeY (" ^ global.maxProbeY ^ ") unreachable - reset to " ^ (move.axes[1].max - sensors.probes[0].offsets[1] - var.SafeZone)
                                            		set global.maxProbeY = (move.axes[1].max - abs(sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]) - var.SafeZone)
                                            	set var.m557MaxY = global.maxProbeY
                                            
                                            echo "Probing grid - X" ^ var.m557MinX ^ ":" ^ var.m557MaxX ^ " Y" ^ var.m557MinY ^ ":" ^ var.m557MaxY
                                            
                                            var MinProbesX = floor((var.m557MaxX - var.m557MinX) / var.MaxSpace)
                                            ;echo "Min Probes X is " ^ var.MinProbesX
                                            
                                            var MaxProbesX = floor((var.m557MaxX - var.m557MinX) / var.MinSpace)
                                            ;echo "Max Probes X is " ^ var.MaxProbesX
                                            
                                            set var.ProbeNumX = min(var.MaxProbePoints,var.MaxProbesX)
                                            
                                            var MinProbesY = floor((var.m557MaxY - var.m557MinY) / var.MaxSpace)
                                            ;echo "Min Probes Y is " ^ var.MinProbesY
                                            
                                            var MaxProbesY = floor((var.m557MaxY - var.m557MinY) / var.MinSpace)
                                            ;echo "Max Probes Y is " ^ var.MaxProbesY
                                            
                                            set var.ProbeNumY = min(var.MaxProbePoints,var.MaxProbesY)
                                            
                                            ; sanity check probe points
                                            if var.ProbeNumX<2
                                            	set var.ProbeNumX=2
                                            if var.ProbeNumY<2
                                            	set var.ProbeNumY=2
                                            
                                            if var.ProbeNumX > var.MaxProbePoints
                                            	set var.ProbeNumX = var.MaxProbePoints
                                            
                                            if var.ProbeNumY > var.MaxProbePoints
                                            	set var.ProbeNumY = var.MaxProbePoints
                                            
                                            if (var.ProbeNumX * var.ProbeNumY) > 441
                                            	if var.ProbeNumX > 21
                                            		set var.ProbeNumX = 21
                                            		echo "Too many X points - reduced to 21"
                                            	if var.ProbeNumY > 21
                                            		set var.ProbeNumY = 21
                                            		echo "Too many Y points - reduced to 21"
                                            	
                                            echo "Probing " ^ var.ProbeNumX ^ " points in X direction & " ^ var.ProbeNumY ^ " points in Y direction"
                                            
                                            
                                            ; do probing
                                            set var.ProbeCenterX = (global.maxProbeX - ((global.maxProbeX - global.minProbeX)/2)) ; calculate centre point of probe area
                                            set var.ProbeCenterY = (global.maxProbeY - ((global.maxProbeY - global.minProbeY)/2)) ; calculate centre point of probe area
                                            echo "Setting Z datum point at X" ^ var.ProbeCenterX ^ " Y" ^ var.ProbeCenterY
                                            ; set Z = 0 to centre of probe area
                                            G1 X{var.ProbeCenterX- sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]} Y{var.ProbeCenterY- sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]} Z{sensors.probes[0].diveHeight+2} F3600
                                            G30
                                            echo "Mesh probing"
                                            M557 X{var.m557MinX,var.m557MaxX} Y{var.m557MinY,var.m557MaxY} P{var.ProbeNumX,var.ProbeNumY}
                                            if result != 0
                                            	abort "ERROR: could not create mesh" 
                                            else
                                            	G29 S0
                                            	if result != 0
                                            		abort "ERROR: Mesh probing failed"
                                            	else
                                            		echo "Mesh probing successful.   Loading mesh.."
                                            
                                            ; set Z = 0 to centre of probe area
                                            echo "Reset Z datum in mesh centre"
                                            G1 X{var.ProbeCenterX - sensors.probes[0].offsets[0]} Y{var.ProbeCenterY - sensors.probes[0].offsets[1]} Z{sensors.probes[0].diveHeight+2} F3600
                                            G30
                                            
                                            
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