Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly
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I'm not using 1XD I'm using 3HC with 3 integrated drivers...
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@mauriciomartins said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
I'm not using 1XD I'm using 3HC with 3 integrated drivers...
My bad - 121 is the default address for a 1LC - sorry about the confusion - I should not trust to my memory.
In any case for a 3HC a M906 command should work.
Frederick
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@mauriciomartins Why do you think that the stepper motor current settings are not being applied correctly?
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@deckingman because it's clear that there's no torque.
I'm using the same type of nema23 in all axis, the 4 Z motors are connected to the 6HC and I can set the current and it's working,
X and Y not, if I replace it with a nema17 just for debugging it works ,but without a strong torque. -
@mauriciomartins said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
because it's clear that there's no torque.
I have a 6HC/3HC setup on my bench which I just started to work with.
I connected one stepper to the 6HC and one to the 3HC.
I made what I believe are the correct entries in config.g.
Both steppers will move with the DWC jog buttons.
The stepper on 3HC has no torque - which is consistent with your experience.
Now to determine why.
Frederick
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@mauriciomartins Ahh, so the real issue is that your XY motors don't appear to have enough torque. Your configuration file shows that the steps per mm for Z are 4 times higher than for X or Y, so it will effectively have 4 times better gearing - and you have 4 motors for that single axis, yet only one for Y and 2 for X. So comparing the Z axis behaviour to the X and Y axes is hardly fair.
What do you get if you send M906 without any parameters? The console should tell you want the motor currents are.
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@fcwilt No problems here. I have XY and Z connected to a 3HC expansion board. X and Y are Nema 17s set to 1800mA, Z is a single Nema 23 set to 2300 mA.
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@deckingman Could you please share your config.g?
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@fcwilt Thanks for you feedback!
Could you try what @deckingman is suggesting, sending just M906 without parameters to check the motors currents?
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@deckingman said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
@fcwilt No problems here. I have XY and Z connected to a 3HC expansion board. X and Y are Nema 17s set to 1800mA, Z is a single Nema 23 set to 2300 mA.
Interesting. I wonder what the difference will turn out to be.
Frederick
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@mauriciomartins said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
@fcwilt Thanks for you feedback!
Could you try what @deckingman is suggesting, sending just M906 without parameters to check the motors currents?
Thanks!I rebooted a few times using different M906 values in the config file.
After the reboot I executed M906 from the console and the values reported always matched.
Interesting situation.
Frederick
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@mauriciomartins said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
@deckingman Could you please share your config.g?
Thanks!I don't how mush use it'll be to you - it's a CoreXYUVAB with a 6 input (that's 6 extruders) mixing hot end. But as you asked......config.g
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@mauriciomartins said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
@fcwilt yah, weird behaviour...
Let's try to bring @dc42 to this topic to help us understanding it
I just returned to my workbench and powered up the boards.
Still no torque from the stepper on the 3HC.
A temp sensor connected to 3HC was reading correctly.
I tried resetting the boards - first M999 B1 and then M999 - no change to the torque.
I cycled power and now the torque was as expected.
I reset the boards again.
The torque was gone and the temp sensor reading was way off.
I cycled power and now the torque was as expected.
It seems to me that a reset using M999 should restore the boards to the same state as cycling power but it doesn't seem to be
Frederick
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@fcwilt Welcome to my world!
How are you powering the expansion board? Does M122 B1 show anything? All voltages good?
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@fcwilt how long have you had it?
might be a lazy crystalOwns 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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@jay_s_uk said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
@fcwilt how long have you had it?
might be a lazy crystalGood point. Also, crazy things happen with RRF 3.2 which seem to be fixed in RRF3.2.2. (I had extruders running backwards and fixed with a power cycle). So if either of you are using 3.2 upgrade to 3.2.2..
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@deckingman said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
@fcwilt Welcome to my world!
I thought this kind of problem sounded familiar.
How are you powering the expansion board? Does M122 B1 show anything? All voltages good?
In this picture I removed the CAN bus cables as they obscured the power wiring:
The 24 volt power is coming from a bench top power supply with voltage and current settings. The current limit is set at 1.5 amps.
The power wiring is 14 gauge except for the wiring to the 1LC board - which is currently not doing anything - just lighting up the LEDs.
M122, M122 B1 and M122 B121 report power is good.
Frederick
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@fcwilt said in Expansion 3HC M906 not working properly:
M122, M122 B1 and M122 B121 report power is good.
@fcwilt and @mauriciomartins would you be able to share your M122 reports for the main board and expansion?
