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    • janb
      janb last edited by

      If purchased a smart effector. When powered the green led flashes twice but after a few seconds the green led randomly flashes continue. When I touch the heat sink or heater the led get continue on even when I approach the effector whith my hand within af few centimeters the led turns constant on. Everything ( heater, thermistor, fan) works fine accept the flashing led. At last I removed all connections from the effector and only powered the probe connector (INPUT 2) with the 3.3V output from the duet probe connector. The problem stays. What’s wrong?

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      • dc42
        dc42 administrators last edited by dc42

        Assuming you don't have a large coil carry AC mains current, or a radio transmitter or similar in the immediate vicinity, or a lot of vibration, then I think your Smart Effector is faulty. Please ask your supplier to replace it.

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        • Quadcells
          Quadcells last edited by

          Hi,
          I have had my Smart Effector since Febuary 2018, The Z-Probe led started Random flashing and cannot auto cal.
          What can I do?

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          • dc42
            dc42 administrators last edited by

            First check whether there is a bad crimp connection in the +3.3V or the ground wire in the 8-pin connector.

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            • Quadcells
              Quadcells last edited by

              The 3.3v looks stable at the connector on the effector, but I am going to re-do the crimps and see what happens.

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              • Quadcells
                Quadcells last edited by

                I have the same results:
                Turn on printer, green LED flashes twice, then a few seconds later the green LED just randomly flashes. A weeks ago I had posted that I was not receiving any measurements after sending command G30 S-1 but that suddenly worked after a reboot. Not sure if the two are related.

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                • dc42
                  dc42 administrators last edited by

                  Has there been any damage to the strain gauge traces on the PCB?

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                  • Quadcells
                    Quadcells last edited by

                    is the strain gauge traces the ones that go from r11 and r13, if so I measure 46.4 ohms.

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                    • dc42
                      dc42 administrators last edited by dc42

                      That's one of them. The other goes between the same point on R11 and one end of R14. Schematic at https://github.com/T3P3/SmartEffector/blob/master/SmartEffector/SmartEffector_v1.3/SmartEffector_Schematic_v1.3.pdf. Both strain gauge traces should have approximately the same resistance.

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                      • Quadcells
                        Quadcells last edited by

                        R11 to R14 is 16k ohms , R11 to R13 is 47 ohms, problem:(

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                        • dc42
                          dc42 administrators last edited by

                          R14 to R11 is the strain gauge trace on the top side of the PCB. Can you see any damage to it?

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                          • Quadcells
                            Quadcells @dc42 last edited by

                            @dc42 sadly I do. I must of scraped when I re-assembled the hotend after a jam. I have to be more careful in the future.
                            I can order a PCB from Filastruder, better than buying the whole setup.

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                            • dc42
                              dc42 administrators @Quadcells last edited by dc42

                              @quadcells, if you can see the damage and it is localised, and you have a fine-tipped soldering iron, it might be possible to repair it by soldering a single strand from some stranded wire over the break. The traces are only 0.15mm wide, OTOH I've hand-soldered 0201 SMD components (0.25 mm × 0.125 mm) before now.

                              It would probably be OK to paint some polyurethane varnish or similar on to the PCB to help protect the traces in future.

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