How to setup bltouch and Z touch plate for 3 in 1 cnc.

Ambros

Hi guys,
Can anyone help me setting up bltouch and touch plate simultaneously for 3 in 1 CNC. I am working over this build for quite a while and now stuck onto this issue. I am using duet wifi with 2.04 rc4 firmware. Please help me.
I am able to install bl- touch for printer side but don't know how to set up it for CNC. I think i need another end stop for Z-axis for CNC side to home the z-axis according to the workpiece height but I am not able to do setup that, I don't have that much knowledge regarding that. Kindly help!!!!

Veti

have you read this guide?
https://betrue3d.dk/bltouch-on-duet-wifi-configuratio-and-usage/

Ambros

Yes dear, I read that, but there is nothing inside this about that setup. I have to install both the end-stops to Z min. whatever triggered first got registered by the machine. I am already using a bl-touch for my 3d printer, and for the cnc I want to use limit switch or any other kind of switch.

Veti

in rrf2 by default you can not have a probe and a switch for z at the same time.

if you need that you will need to modify the configuration in your script before executing the action. and then configuring it back after the action has been performed.

Phaedrux

@Ambros said in How to setup bltouch and Z touch plate for 3 in 1 cnc.:

whatever triggered first got registered by the machine.

That won't be possible unfortunately. You can intentionally do one or the other.

Ambros

please tell me, dear, if there is anything, is it possible to create a macro and then home the z-axis according to those macros, if yes then can you tell those. I mean if I auto home x and y and leave the z and then home z from those macros. Is it possible if yes then how? thanks

fcwilt

Hi,

Well you certainly can have one (or more) Z endstop switches for homing and a Z probe for all other Z probe functions, like probing to set Z=0 and probing for creating the heightmap needed for mesh compensation.

But I don't know what a touch plate is or does.

Frederick

Ambros

@fcwilt Dear my purpose is that if I am working on 3d printer side I use Bltouch sensor and if I use CNC router I am able to use a limit switch or any other type of switch which helps to zero the CNC router when a bit is installed. Although touch plate is mostly used in CNC router to zero the z-axis, Setup is made like a gator clip attached to the router bit which also connected to the plate as well. Here is the link showing about touch plate.

Ambros

This is my setup

Ambros

@Veti but then it became a nightmare for me if i have to change the configuration again and again. And I really dont have any idea regarding the script. If you can help then I would be thankful to you.

Veti

basically any action where you need the switch would need to be preceeded with for example
M574 Z1 S1

while at the end of the of the action you would execute a
M574 Z1 S2
to restore the probe operation.

please explain in more detail when you need the probe and when you need the switch

Ambros

@Veti so what you are saying is that if i put these code in start and end of any program that will automatically active that limit switch which i want to triggered.
;Endstops
M574 X1 Y1 Z1 S0 ; set active low and disabled endstops

; Z-Probe
M574 Z1 S2 ; set endstops controlled by probe
M307 H3 A-1 C-1 D-1 ; disable heater on PWM channel for BLTouch
M558 P3 H3 F200 T7200 ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
G31 P500 X0 Y0 Z.9 ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X0:300 Y15:635 S50 ; define mesh grid

So the above-written thing is my current setting for end stops in the config file. What I want to say is that during RepRap configurator tool if you select both probe and limit switch then it creates this type of program which written above about the end stops. So If this code is generated then why this doesn't active both the switches. Or did I understand wrong about what written in the config file. becasue in the homez.g file the program is entirely different about using Z probe and limit switch.

For Limit switch homez.g is
; homez.g
; called to home the Z axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2.1.3 on Sun Dec 08 2019 19:52:09 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F6000 ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 Z-755 F1800 ; move Z down until the endstop is triggered
G92 Z0 ; set Z position to axis minimum (you may want to adjust this)

; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing
;G91 ; relative positioning
;G1 H2 Z5 F100 ; lift Z relative to current position
;G90 ; absolute positioning

For Z-probe its
; homez.g
; called to home the Z axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2.0.4 on Wed Oct 16 2019 02:43:19 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 Z5 F7200 S2 ; lift Z relative to current position
G90 ; absolute positioning
G1 X62 Y15 F7200 ; go to first probe point
G30 ; home Z by probing the bed

; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing
;G91 ; relative positioning
;G1 S2 Z5 F120 ; lift Z relative to current position
;G90 ; absolute positioning

So isn't there any way to merge both of these files and tell the machine that chose one which triggered first and registered Z on the bases of that switch.

Veti

@Ambros said in How to setup bltouch and Z touch plate for 3 in 1 cnc.:

So isn't there any way to merge both of these files and tell the machine that chose one which triggered first and registered Z on the bases of that switch.

no

dc42

To switch between 3D printer and CNC modes, there are more changes you need to make to the configuration apart from just changing the Z homing mechanism, for example M453 or M451 to set the mode. You can use M505 to set up multiple configurations in different subfolders of /sys. Then you can create macros to switch between them.

Phaedrux

Now that I understand your aim, M505 is definitely the way to go. It would let you configure two different personalities for your machine which you could easily switch between.

https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Gcode#Section_M505_Set_configuration_file_folder

In your sys/ folder you could have two folders, one called 3dprinter and one called cnc. Inside each folder would be your normal system macros like config.g and homing files etc. They could be customized for their purposes and you could switch personalities with M505 P3dprinter M98 Pconfig.g and M505 Pcnc M98 Pconfig.g

Ambros

@Phaedrux Thanks to both of you guys for helping, Currently printing a big print on the machine and it's going to take 34hr to print but after that follow this method and tells the report. Again thanks

Ambros

@dc42 Sir can you tell the structure of those files here because I tried and not able to switch the files. To me, it seems that I am doing something wrong because I am not able to understand the structure. What I did is that in the main folder I made two folders 3d printer and CNC and then I put config.g file in that folder one having CNC settings other having 3d printer settings. And then in macro, I create two files named CNC and 3dprinter and inside them, I wrote M505 P3dprinter M98 Pconfig.g and M505 Pcnc M98 Pconfig.g but its gives error says unable to locate config.g. I am not able to understand the whole thing first I thought ahhh... got the point and then it's just lost completely......................... can you write here that structure please. Thanks.....

droftarts

@Ambros two folders in sys is correct. But you still need a config.g in sys for startup. Something like:

M505 P"3D printer"
; M505 P"CNC”
M98 P"config.g"

You can comment/uncomment the M505 commands to have one or other active at start up.

You can also create two macros in the macro folder to switch between the two, similar to above.

Make sure you keep the firmware binary files and iap4e.bin file in the sys folder for firmware updates.

Ian

Ambros

@droftarts An apology for my dumb question. what you are saying is that after making two different folders of 3d printer and CNC and putting only config file. In the main sys folder, I need to create a config.g file and put the code.
M505 P"3D printer"
; M505 P"CNC”
M98 P"config.g"

And that's all.
One more thing I wanted to know that if you take a look on homeall.g, homex.g, homey.g and homez.g file and few more files as well they have code written inside them. But since in my CNC I am using a limit switch to zero the z-axis and in my main folder, the file homeall.g and homez.g doesn't contain any parameter to use those limit switch. Did i need to put any separate file for them? Or I need to put all the files inside those folders which I created named CNC and 3d printer and in the main folder, there is only custom config.g file. And there are only 3 files shown in main system folder CNC, 3d printer folder and a config.g file and that's all I need. Which one is correct. down below I made a file structure in the main folder kindly suggest which one is correct.

File structure in sys mains folder
3d printer(with all the files)
CNC (with all the files)
Config.g(which created custom having those three parametre)

or

3d printer(only the config.g)
CNC (only the config.g)
Config.g(which created custom having those three parametres)
bed.g
deployprobe.g
homeall.g
homex.g
homey.g
homez.g
pause.g
resume.g
resurrect.g
sleep.g
retractprobe.g
stop.g
tfree0.g
tpost0.g
tpre0.g

dc42

@Ambros said in How to setup bltouch and Z touch plate for 3 in 1 cnc.:

File structure in sys mains folder
3d printer(with all the files)
CNC (with all the files)
Config.g(which created custom having those three parametre)

This one is correct, except that you also need the iap file in /sys in order to upgrade the firmware from DWC. New firmware files must also be uploaded into /sys, not into one of the subfolders.