effector tilting into bed on print

[TimVukman]

Thanks Danal
Here is the new beg.g file
; bed.g file for RepRapFirmware, generated by Escher3D calculator
; 10 points, 6 factors, probing radius: 10, probe offset (0, 0)
G30 P0 X0.00 Y10.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P1 X8.66 Y5.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P2 X8.66 Y-5.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P3 X0.00 Y-10.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P4 X-8.66 Y-5.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P5 X-8.66 Y5.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P6 X0.00 Y5.00 Z-99999 H0
G30 P7 X4.33 Y-2.50 Z-99999 H0
G30 P8 X-4.33 Y-2.50 Z-99999 H0
G30 P9 X0 Y0 Z-99999 S6

My bed is 220mm. I used 100mm as the radius in the formula

I get no messages, and nothing is recorded in the g-code console.

I watched it very carefully as something caught my eye while doing this so many times.

The effector goes off to a spot between my X and Z columns and lowers, but not enough to trip the Z switch, and then it moves left to just past the Z column and dips down again without triggering. It then centers and triggers.

I think it is doing the same thing 10 times and then stops.

Do you think maybe I've got a couple of axis motors mixed up?

I will check, but that is going to make me feel terrible if this has been for a dumb mistake.
If that's the case, it would still home properly, right? and I could still set my trigger height?
I'll update soon

Tim

[TimVukman]

my columns are

 Z

Y X

Is this correct?

[TimVukman]

Ok, The correct wires from the board go to the correct motors.

Whew!!

[dc42]

@timvukman said in effector tilting into bed on print:

The effector goes off to a spot between my X and Z columns and lowers, but not enough to trip the Z switch, and then it moves left to just past the Z column and dips down again without triggering. It then centers and triggers.

If you have deployprobe.g and retractprobe.g files in /sys that you didn't create yourself, delete them.

[Danal]

Looking at the printer, Z tower (motor, endstop) in the back, X to your left, Y to your right.

Then check movement. Make all moves with web control, if any validation step fails, stop and report back:

1. Home All (or G28) Validation: Proper home move.

2. Move Z downward, so web commands will be "negative" buttons. Move -50. Validation: Effector moves down, and stays centered between towers.

3. Move Y +100. Validation: Effector should move STRAIGHT TOWARD Z TOWER; and effector does not change height above bed at all. Yes, confusingly enough, Y+ is straight toward Z tower.

4. Move Y -100. Validation: Effector moves back to center, does not change height above bed.

5. Move X +100. Validation: Effector moves to a position NOT aligned with ANY tower... it will be between the Z and Y towers, about 2/3 toward the Y tower. (Of course, it is 90 degrees from the Y axis we found in step(3)... and 90 degrees is about 2/3 off from the 120 degree spacing of the towers). Height above bed should not change.

That validates every kind of move.

[TimVukman]

Home All (or G28) Validation: Proper home move.
Confirmed to have worked properly and registered in the system (web buttons Home X, Home Y, and Home Z turned blue. X is 0. Y is 0. Z is 198

Move Z downward, so web commands will be "negative" buttons. Move -50. Validation: Effector moves down, and stays centered between towers.
Confirmed that effector moved down 5 shots of 10 and is still centered. X is 0. Y is 0. X is Z is 148

Move Y +100. Validation: Effector should move STRAIGHT TOWARD Z TOWER; and effector does not change height above bed at all. Yes, confusingly enough, Y+ is straight toward Z tower.
Effector has moved to sit directly in front of the Z column. Height is 148. X is 0, Y is 80. Diagonal rods are almost, but not quite vertical.

Move Y -100. Validation: Effector moves back to center, does not change height above bed.
Effector has moved back to about center. Height is 148 X is 0, Y is -15

Move X +100. Validation: Effector moves to a position NOT aligned with ANY tower... it will be between the Z and Y towers, about 2/3 toward the Y tower. (Of course, it is 90 degrees from the Y axis we found in step(3)... and 90 degrees is about 2/3 off from the 120 degree spacing of the towers). Height above bed should not change.
It looks about right. X is 84.1 Y is -12.6 Z is 148

I took the top apart before I did what was above, because I had a small gap on one rail.

I had my motors / columns as described above which mean that I needed to swap X with Y to match the positions as you described them. I swapped the end stops as well.

One significant observation came when I removed the bed to trace the wires. On the left side, the bracket that clips on the rail and holds the female nut for the bed was not sitting down flat on the rail. It look like one end bent into the side of the rail. There was a definite fold line in the clip. I straightened that and put the clip back in place. It is now sitting flat. I believe that to be cause of the problem, IE the be was 1/8" higher there.

I ran Auto Delta Configuration from the browser interface. The start is not registered in the G-Code Console. There are no messages indicating pass, fail, or error in the G-Code Console.

There have been no changes in Config-Override.g.

I noticed that in my bed.g file, I had entered the radius as 10 instead of 100.

Fixed, created a new bed.g file.

The Auto Configuration certainly changed where it was probing and now appears appropriately spread out.

The was no on screen message during or after running Auto Configuration. There are no new messages in the G-Code Console. There are no changes or additions to the H values in the Bed.G file. There are no changes in Config-Override.g,

[dc42]

Did you see my earlier reply?

If you have deployprobe.g and retractprobe.g files in /sys that you didn't create yourself, delete them.

[TimVukman]

Hi dc42
Yes, I read it, but I did not delete the files as I forgot about it in swapping everything else around. I have now deleted the files and am pleased to report that I got a message on the screen and in G-Code console at the end of the AutoConfig.

"G32
Calibrated 6 factors using 10 points, deviation before 2.988 after 0.107"

M665 reported different settings than those that I entered in my Config.g.

**M665

Diagonal 360.200, delta radius 124.727, homed height 204.383, bed radius 85.0, X -0.501°, Y -4.385°, Z 0.000°**

**× M666

Endstop adjustments X2.88 Y1.39 Z-4.27, tilt X0.00% Y0.00%**

[TimVukman]

Ok
I ran Auto Configuration again, and I should not have done that.

My effector left the area defined by the bed. I killed it with emergency stop after one of the magnetic rods popped off the carriage. I don't think M500 was a good idea.

I have my original values for Config.g G31 written down.

Please advise as to how I should proceed. I will leave it alone until I hear back.

[dc42]

Your Y tower angle offset of more than 4 degrees sounds suspicious. If the 3 sides of your base and upper triangles are all of equal lengths, it should be much smaller than that.

Your endstop adjustments are also rather large, assuming you attempted to get all 3 endstop switches at more of less the same height (getting them equal to within 1mm isn't normally difficult).

What type of Z probe are you using?

[TimVukman]

When you mention y tower offset, are you referring to the -4.385 that was returned in M665?

This was an FLSun kit, so my verticals are all the same length(3) as are each of the cross members(9)

As I recall, the end stops were not too hard to adjust. Maybe I should redo them after all the moving I have been doing?

[dc42]

And what type of Z probe does it have?

[TimVukman]

The probe is a 3 pin switch that can be set to either normally open or normally closed.
The switch is on the side of the effector and is triggered by pushing the nozzle into the bed.

Is the Duet effector with carriages hard to install? I would like to stop pushing the nozzle into the bed to trigger it. It seems to really push on it around the outer diameter of the bed when all the rods are on an angle.

[T3P3Tony]

@timvukman The Smart effector has carriage adaptor that are sized to screw into "standard" linear rails that alot of the wheeled carriages are modelled on as well:

https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Smart_effector_and_carriage_adapters_for_delta_printer#Section_Carriage_Adaptor_Dimensions

You will need to do some requiring to use it:
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Smart_effector_and_carriage_adapters_for_delta_printer#Section_Connectors_and_Wiring

[dc42]

@timvukman said in effector tilting into bed on print:

The probe is a 3 pin switch that can be set to either normally open or normally closed.
The switch is on the side of the effector and is triggered by pushing the nozzle into the bed.

I suggest you watch carefully as it probes the bed, to see if you can see any reason why the height at which the probe triggers may change with different XY positions.

[TimVukman]

@t3p3tony
Hi:
I have reviewed that documentation in quite a bit of detail. As I read it, it indicates that it would support rails or wheels. My current factory setup has three wheels spread over a fair amount of vertical carriage height. The measurements for the duet carriages indicate that the wheels would be vertically closer together which I feel would be more stable. I have lots of extra wheels, so I feel that adding a fourth wheel would be fairly straight forward.

I am not a huge fan of trying to install crimp connectors on small wires / sockets. I'd like to feel comfortable that these are large enough to work with. I'm not as good as I once was with these things.

[TimVukman]

@dc42
I would think that the height must change at various XY positions to some degree, by virtue of the diagonal rods following pendulum arcs. I thought that was why there was an H value in the G30 codes so that offsets could be put in to level the effector.

I think I am still confused between calibration and height adjustments. The documentation shows a beautiful light green flat surface for the mesh. I get something that looks more like a coffee cup with lots of blue. I think it is all indicated above.

I honestly think that my tilting problem was the nozzle contacting the bed because the plastic clip on the bottom rail between the X and Z columns was not sitting flat. On that basis, I think it is "fixed"

I guess I don't get what Auto Configuration means. It doesn't seem like it is automatic since it changed values and now put the nozzle off the bed diameter.

[dc42]

If the height map is cup shaped, then most likely your delta radius is out. But that wouldn't result in an error of 4 degrees in one of the tower positions. Perhaps you should try using a smaller probing radius, at least for now.

[TimVukman]

Ok
I started over from the beginning.

I home my printer. I took out the little screws from the top of the carriages. My switches click at pretty much the exact same time.

My Z shows as 245 in DWC
I move Z down until it traps a piece of paper.
My Z shows as 34 in DWC
I issue a G92 Z0 to set that as my 0 height
I issue G30 S-1 to get my trigger height of 1.17
I issue an M500 to save the settings.
I power off the printer to give it time think about what it's going to do when I power it back up.

Power Up
Home All
Z registers 245

I have adjust my height to 216 since when I home it, it drops by 5. Once there, the actual distance to the bed surface is 211. If I send my printer z to 0, it is perfectly aligned on a sheet of paper.

I thought I should be able to print from here, but I can't. The nozzle digs into the bed.

So, I guess I need to run auto config, even though that screwed up all my settings last time.

No idea what I should do next.

Obviously there are people who have working delta printers. Also obvious is that some of these working printers are also using these boards as well..

Unless someone has a suggestion I am going to leave it for a bit, until I get the duet effector / carriage kits.

[adavidm]

@dc42 his probing radius is 10mm according to that bed.g. that doesn't look right but I don't think going smaller is going to help....

I think there is confusion over Cartesian coordinates Vs the naming of the three towers as X,Y and Z and that is causing a mismatch between expectation and reality, both in understanding the G31 offsets and the general movement of the effector.