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    • Armatus
      Armatus last edited by Armatus

      I've read through a bunch of threads with people having issues getting the BLtouch to work with the Duetwifi and haven't found a solution to my specific issue. I'm running a DuetWifi with a Duex5 expansion and have wired the BL touch into the suggested 5pwm channel. When I power on the board, the red LED illuminates solid and the probe extends and retracts twice. I can extend and retract the probe with the normal M280 commands, M401 & 402 do nothing, however it always triggers as z0, never z 1000. I've swapped my wiring a few times and tried switching active high/low in the firmware, no change. I have two BLtouch probes, one with a metal pin and one newer one with plastic, they both react the same way. What am I missing here?

      Config.

      ; Axis Limits
      M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; Set axis minima
      M208 X900 Y600 Z1000 S0 ; Set axis maxima

      ; Endstops
      M574 X1 Y1 S1 ; Set active high endstops

      ; Z-Probe
      M574 Z1 S2 ; Set endstops controlled by probe
      M307 H7 A-1 C-1 D-1 ; Disable heater on PWM channel for BLTouch
      M558 P9 H5 F120 T6000 ; Set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
      G31 P1000 X200 Y200 Z2.5 ; Set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
      M557 X150:800 Y150:500 S35 ; Define mesh grid

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      • Phaedrux
        Phaedrux Moderator last edited by Phaedrux

        Have you seen this?

        https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/BLTouch_Troubleshooting

        https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Connecting_a_Z_probe#Section_BLTouch

        What firmware version are you using?

        Do you have those M280 commands to deploy and retract in your deployprobe.g and retractprobe.g macros? You'll need that for M401 and 402 to work.

        Change G31 P1000 to P25

        How do you actually have it wired right now? You say PWM channel 5, but you have M307 H7 in your config. So is it pin 5 or pin 7?

        If you're using the pins for the Duex, I think you need to NOT invert the signal.

        Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet with Duex 2 or Duex 5 expansion board
        First, you need to allocate an unused heater expansion channel to reconfigure as the servo control for the BLTouch. For example, if the E2Heat output is unused, you can use heater 3 which corresponds to the PWM1 connector.

        Connect the BLTouch as follows:

        Duet ZProbe connector pin DueXn PWM connector pin BLTouch pin Colour
        IN Out White
        GND GND Black
        +5V +5V Red
        PWM Control Orange
        GND GND Brown

        In the M280 commands (see below), you must invert the servo signal using “I1” in the M280 commands if you connect the BLTouch servo input to the expansion header pins, but not if you connect the BLTouch servo input to a Duex.

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        • Armatus
          Armatus last edited by

          I do have deploy and retract commands, I think I just found the issue though. I'm running 1.19.2, I thought the board was updated to 1.2 already. I'll give that a shot.

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          • Phaedrux
            Phaedrux Moderator @Armatus last edited by

            @armatus 2.01 is the later full release. 1.21 is quite old at this point. 2.02 is right around the corner.

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            • Armatus
              Armatus last edited by Armatus

              I've updated to what I think is all the latest settings. I've been switching the H pins between 5 and 7 to try to get proper triggering, so far I'm having the same issue. The pin now extends and retracts on M401 and 402 commands, but the Z probe sensor always says 0.

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              ; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 1.21)
              ; executed by the firmware on start-up
              ;
              ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2 on Sat Dec 22 2018 12:17:53 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)

              ; General preferences
              G90 ; Send absolute coordinates...
              M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves

              ; Network
              M550 P"Zeta-1" ; Set machine name
              M552 S1 ; Enable network
              ;*** Access point is configured manually via M587
              M586 P0 S1 ; Enable HTTP
              M586 P1 S0 ; Disable FTP
              M586 P2 S0 ; Disable Telnet

              ; Drives
              M569 P0 S1 ; Drive 0 goes forwards
              M569 P1 S1 ; Drive 1 goes forwards
              M569 P2 S0 ; Drive 2 goes forwards
              M569 P3 S0 ; Drive 3 goes forwards
              M569 P4 S0 ; Drive 4 goes forwards
              M569 P5 S1
              M569 P6 S1
              M569 P7 S1
              M584 X5 Y0:1 Z2:3:4 U6 E7 E8
              M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16:16 I1 ; Configure microstepping with interpolation
              M92 X161.00 Y161.00 Z1060.00 E420.00:420.00 ; Set steps per mm
              M566 X900.00 Y900.00 Z5.00 E120.00:120.00 ; Set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
              M203 X2000.00 Y2000.00 Z300.00 E1200.00:1200.00 ; Set maximum speeds (mm/min)
              M201 X300.00 Y300.00 Z8.00 E250.00:250.00 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
              M906 X1000.00 Y1000.00 Z2000.00 E800.00:800.00 I30 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
              M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

              ; Axis Limits
              M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; Set axis minima
              M208 X900 Y600 Z1000 S0 ; Set axis maxima

              ; Endstops
              M574 X1 Y1 S1 ; Set active high endstops

              ; Z-Probe
              M574 Z1 S2 ; Set endstops controlled by probe
              M307 H5 A-1 C-1 D-1 ; Disable heater on PWM channel for BLTouch
              M558 P9 H5 F120 T6000 ; Set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
              G31 P25 X200 Y200 Z2.5 ; Set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
              M557 X150:800 Y150:500 S35 ; Define mesh grid

              ; Heaters
              M140 H-1 ; Disable heated bed
              M305 P1 T100000 B4138 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1
              M143 H1 S280 ; Set temperature limit for heater 1 to 280C
              M305 P2 T100000 B4138 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 2
              M143 H2 S280 ; Set temperature limit for heater 2 to 280C
              M307 H7 A-1 C-1 D-1

              ; Fans
              M106 P0 S0.3 I0 F500 H-1 ; Set fan 0 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off
              M106 P1 S1 I0 F500 H-1 ; Set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off
              M106 P2 S1 I0 F500 H-1 ; Set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off

              ; Tools
              M563 P0 D0 H1 ; Define tool 0
              G10 P0 X0 Y0 Z0 ; Set tool 0 axis offsets
              G10 P0 R0 S0 ; Set initial tool 0 active and standby temperatures to 0C
              M563 P1 D1 H2 ; Define tool 1
              G10 P1 X0 Y0 Z0 ; Set tool 1 axis offsets
              G10 P1 R0 S0 ; Set initial tool 1 active and standby temperatures to 0C

              ; Automatic saving after power loss is not enabled

              ; Custom settings are not configured

              I haven't cleaned up my wiring at the board yet, excuse the mess. I'm holding the BL touch wires.
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              • Phaedrux
                Phaedrux Moderator last edited by

                It will only flash triggered on the DWC zprobe display very briefly due to the way it triggers and immediately releases, so that's not a very reliable way of testing the BLTouch.

                Does it stop the bed from moving if you go through the test procedure here: https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Test_and_calibrate_the_Z_probe

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                • Armatus
                  Armatus last edited by

                  Solved! I was afraid to try the live stop test when I couldn't see any readings, everything is working now. I should be doing my first print on this IDEX monster within the hour 😄

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                  Thanks for your help!!

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                  • Phaedrux
                    Phaedrux Moderator last edited by

                    That is a monster! Take video.

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                    • dc42
                      dc42 administrators last edited by

                      That's very good for a first print ☺

                      Duet WiFi hardware designer and firmware engineer
                      Please do not ask me for Duet support via PM or email, use the forum
                      http://www.escher3d.com, https://miscsolutions.wordpress.com

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                      • Armatus
                        Armatus last edited by Armatus

                        https://youtu.be/pFfbQU_8RHI
                        First print!

                        It's overextruding like a pig, I can't figure out why. I've turned down the extruder steps in the config, M92 E2.00 all the way from E60, seemingly not much change. First layers are alright, then it pushes much to fast for second layers and causes skips.

                        My changes in the config seem to be doing nothing, the machine panel details remain unchanged
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                        • Phaedrux
                          Phaedrux Moderator @Armatus last edited by

                          @armatus have you calibrated the extruder e steps?

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                          • Armatus
                            Armatus last edited by

                            I'm making progress, had to reconfigure the firmware from scratch and re-upload. I still have a lot of settings to tweak and an additional axis to wire up and get working, but I do have one nozzle printing now 🙂

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