DWC 1.17+1 (and 2) controlling extruders issues?
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I would think you would need all extruder motors on regardless of how many are in actual use at any given moment in time. If the unused motors were turned off what would keep pressure on the unused filaments?
Frederick
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Ref 1.17+2 - didn't know there was one - my fault for not keeping abreast. I've just stripped the machine down so it's a pile of bits right now and I can't check anything.
@Frederick - I haven't fitted the 5 colour hot end or extruders to the machine yet I just mapped the drives ready as I'm moving all the extruders to the Duex5. It's 3 colour at the moment (actually is no colours right now - just a pile of bits).
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@Frederick - …actually is no colours right now...
Something to be said for a "no color" unit - it always work perfectly and never needs cleaning or adjustment.
Frederick
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Ok so I've updated to DWC and the drive buttons still only work on drive 1 and "All". I'm still on firmware 1.19 beta8 so I'll update that as well and reports back.
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Upgraded to 1.19.beta11 and still have the problem in that only Drive1 and "All" work. Maybe this is related to the other problem I have in that I can't change the XY direction on my coreXY by swapping plugs. Maybe something to do with M584 mapping?
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Shameless bump because this is actually quite a problem for me right now as I'm trying to commission 5 extruders. The only way I can move a particular extruder is to use the gcode console and enter a series of commands like T(nn), then G1 E(nn) F(nnn) and repeat for all 5 extruders. This works by the way so I now know that my wiring and configuration are OK. It's just the fact that making a tool active in DWC now makes all the other tools that share that heater active as well, even though they have different extruders. I could probably live with that if the drive buttons worked but they only work for Drive 1. Selectiong "All" sort of works but it only moves drive 1 and none of the other 4. Also the fact that drive buttons are labelled 1 to 5 but I haven't used S1 on M563 so my extruders are 0 to 4, my tools are 0 to 4, my extruder mount has the numbers 0 to 4 embedded into the surface and having to use buttons 1 to 5 is driving me nuts (or it would if they worked).
Rant over (but I'd be happier if I saw some comment like "we'll look into it" or some such)
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Only one tool can be active at a time in RRF, so this must be an issue with how DWC is reporting them.
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Hope Chris Ham sees this thread - be nice to have it fixed before September.
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I've alerted Chris.
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Any news on this?
