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Replaced the stop switch and have not been able to reproduce the problem on demand as of yet.. Finished the current project without issues. Started the printer today and homed Y .. slowed half way to the switch but after that, could not reproduce it again. Will see what happens. I do not believe I have found root cause but will be a while until I use it again, so If you want to close this, that is fine, will just post any updates if the issue returns.
Thanks

@droftarts Thanks! There is also some weirdness with Y homing when loading a Hight map, so maybe the upgrade will take care of that as well.
Here are the 2 macros.. The pause and resume using the GUI works as expected and if I add the M226 at the start of the layer is is also working correctly for the most part.

; pause.g ; called when a print from SD card is paused ; ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.3.10 on Sun Nov 28 2021 16:12:33 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) M83 ; relative extruder moves G1 E-10 F3600 ; retract 10mm of filament G91 ; relative positioning G1 Z5 F360 ; lift Z by 5mm G90 ; absolute positioning G1 X0 Y250 F6000 ; go to X=0 Y=250

Resume

; resume.g ; called before a print from SD card is resumed ; ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.3.10 on Sun Nov 28 2021 16:12:33 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) G1 R1 X0 Y0 Z5 F6000 ; go to 5mm above position of the last print move G1 R1 X0 Y0 Z0 ; go back to the last print move M83 ; relative extruder moves G1 E10 F3600 ; extrude 10mm of filament

@EasyTarget That is what I have been doing and yes it works fine but one needs to baby sit the layer to stop. I will revisit this at a later time when I have more time to experiment. I did try the M226 but the other code must have messed things up as it did not work as expected.. think I probably need to use M226 with some way to wait x number of second before doing the code to resume.. Clicking the button to resume after M226 does not work as it did in Octoprint years ago. If I remember from what I had read and tired to understand.. M25 and M226 do the same thing but one is for data coming from the SD card gcode and the other the Gui?? Anyway, thanks everyone for the ideas and insight into your own experiences!
Also I found that coating the top of the washer with glue stick and heating it as was suggested worked best. I was using TPU so probably the easiest to get to stick...

@chrishamm Yes, as I said in previous post, the current 64bit OS was dog slow on this old pi, so reinstalled an older 32bit version and all works as it does on windows.
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@deckingman Thanks so much for the highly detailed explanations! Yes, I assumed making the loop/slack just right so the X carriage can move from end to end without the filament binding or getting caught on something may be the tricky part. Will come back to this thread once I get to this portion of the project! This really does not look as difficult as I had thought.
Thanks again!

@droftarts Yup.. works as expected. Had I know 402 read those config files I would have figured it out last night.. thanks and sorry for the wasted time.

@oliof Thanks, all seems to work as it and apparently been that way for a long time, just was curious why. I am almost complete, just have to get the macros copied over, set the bltouch up, run a grid and test a print job. Thanks again!

@droftarts Thank you soo much!
Bed heater is 60w and slow auto tune say
M307 H0 R0.150 K0.155:0.000 D15.28 E1.35 S1.00 B0
If I change to B1 will it heat faster?

@droftarts & @dc42 Thanks guys! I looked at that several time but it was a long day.. Makes more sense now! I am sure I will have more questions as I move into the configure stage, but will try and find the answers before I ask!
Have a great week

To add a bit of further clarification for others reading this thread. As of April 2024 the Duet 2 WIFI EA and Duet 2 Ethernet are not EOL, they are Not Recommended for New Designs. They will remain NRND but not EOL for at least the rest of 2024 and possibly further, based on our customers demand for existing machines part way through their hardware lifecycle. When we do make a decision to EOL the Duet 2 Wifi EA and Ethernet there will be at least 6 months notice.

The trigger time on a BLtouch is very short and then resets. The DWC display might not always refresh at the right time to catch it.

@Freddy said in How To upgrade DWC:

@airscapes where did you get the latest dwc zip file? I am trying to update mine.

They're posted here.

@deckingman My apologies, that was exactly what I needed, but took a bit more searching and test print to figure out how to implement it
In the S3D post processing box
{REPLACE "; layer 29" "M226/n; layer 29"}
Caveat is that the layer number must specify the layer to stop before it prints.. i.e. to stop after Layer 28 you have to enter 29..
Print head move to park as if you hit pause on the gui and once you are ready, hit resume. .. for those who come later looking for the same thing 🙂
Thanks!
Doug

The advanced forum search is worth looking at. You can limit the range in certain ways to keep from getting every post under the sun, but it also helps to have a more unique term. This is true of all keyword search. You can also use google to search the forum.

@airscapes have a look at btncmd https://plugins.duet3d.com/plugins/BtnCmd.html

@Phaedrux Excellent explanations and exactly what I was not grasping, that make perfect sense now!! As you could tell I was fixated on the bed changing height since I had to deal with that compensation manually without the probe. probe to nozzle offset does not change other than the heat of the nozzle vs cold.
It is little details like that that those main instructions are missing. They are more quick reference to get you going but not detailed on "how it works" which I do understand since there are lots of different probes and printers.
Thanks again, I have to find some time to get back to the printer and spend a few hours to get it finished.

@Phaedrux I did try that last night and I think when I homed it, it was at the edge but then printing ignored it.. I did post in the nearly dead MG forum about adjust the x limit switch.. no response, but things are bleak for MG.. still in business but not by much..

@Phaedrux Thanks and Merry Christmas!

When tuning it as a tool (T0) it tries to use the part cooling fan so that it can predict how much heat loss there would be and compensate. Perhaps your cooling fan has an unusual impact on the cooling.

Hard to say without seeing the temp graph and the exact error message.

But if it's working well after tuning as a heater (H1) then that's fine, no reason to go further.

@dc42 @Stephen6309 Thank you both, the DWC is working, it is an intermitant network issue that can only be rectifed by reseting the board. Will grab everything now and if that does not work for me can alway copy the card externally.
Have a great weekend!