Posts made by coffman34

@dc42 said in Independent Z Motors, leveling until acceptable deviation?:

It's not supported yet,but it's in the firmware wish list.

Awesome. Thanks for the quick response.

I am trying to speed up my print start times, and just make things a little more efficient. Such as not heating the hotend until it's closer to time to print, rather than 10 minutes before while it does it's probing, leveling, etc.

My questions is, is there a way to setup the independent Z leveling so that it continues to probe the points in my bed.g file until the deviation is lower than a set amount?

I'd like to set it to probe until deviation is less than or equal to 0.01, as I frequently print at 0.05mm layer heights.

Basically I want similar to the Z probe setting, where it continues to probe until it's close but on the multiple Z motors bed leveling.

@c310:

i tried to generate g-code and than manually upload it to duet.
my issue is - generated gcode makes printer crazy (moves are not following the model at all..)

on the other hand my slic3r works…. i have copied settings from slic3r printer startup gcode to simplify3d and selected delta printer, but it did not help.
i guess there is some kind of setting im missing...

This isn't related to controlling a heated chamber. You would have better luck making a new post and asking for help there.

@c310:

@coffman34:

… into Simplify3d?

i was trying to make Simplify3D to work with duetWiFi but no luck….

may i ask you to share your settings?
many thanks!

What issue are you having? Are you trying to connect Simplify3D directly to the Duet? If so, I do not use it this way. I slice my gcode, then upload it to the web control page.

Ok. After updating to the newest 1.21RC3 it broke again. I had to revert back to the old way of doing it. However, this time I changed the starting script.

I left in the new temperature controller "Chamber Temperature" and instead of manually setting the temp in the starting script, my M141 commands looks like this:

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M141 S[extruder1_temperature]

So, when the chamber temperature, which is set to tool1, is set, it will auto insert in that temperature into the starting script to start the chamber heater.

I have a SSR that controls an AC heat gun that is placed inside my chamber. I did have to cut the power cable and splice it into the SSR. But I'm fairly comfortable wiring mains wires. It holds temp very well.

Do try to get your motors and other electronics outside the chamber if you're going to actively heat it. I can only run mine at about 40C before the motors get to hot, and the heat creep causes PLA to clog. Running ABS at 40C has no issues with heat creep.

I was finally able to get this working.

First I had to remove the M141 H2 line from the config.g file to prevent duplicate items on the DWC.

Then I simply created a new tool using M563 P1 H2. P# is the tool number to use, and H2 is the heater control that is connected to my chamber relay.

Then inside Simplify3D I added a temperature controller, using T1 as the tool, with the name Chamber Heater.

Now when I set the temperature on the chamber heater, it will control the temperature of the chamber correctly.

Any recommendations on some with small IR elements? I had a hard enough time deciding to get these.

I can re-print a mount that can hold the filament more centered. I'll let you know if that helps.

I understand that it says you should replace some resistors. I just can't figure out by looking at the board which resistor it should be. There are two on the back, labeled R1 & R2. Then there is one on the front that is closer to the plug. All have different writing on them.

After doing some more digging. I think it's the R1 that is the 180ohm resistor, and should be replaced with 100 ohm, and R2 should be replaced with the 10k ohm resistor. It appears the resistor on the front is for the LED.

I bought some optical sensors from Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0719K9Z9R/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 After discussing with the seller if they would work with 3.3v. Of course, they don't appear to be working very well.

I can trigger them with a piece of paper, but they're not detecting the filament very well. The light barely dims, and small movements make it fault and pause the print.

I have tried adding a 10k resistor between the signal and the 3.3v in at the connector on the Duet.

Should I look at replacing another resistor on the board? If so, would you be able to advise which one? I believe it may be R1 that's on the rear in the picture. But don't know how to be sure which one I need to replace.

The documentation states that M591 P1 is a simple sensor, that is "low when filament is present." However, in the M591 D0 status message, it states "output low when no filament."

Which is it?

Duet Wifi?

I have read issues with optical end stops and some not being 3.3v compatible.

Does anyone have a link of some optical endstops that they have used?

Is there any way to enable fan sliders for the fan headers on the DueX5 in the web control?

Would that be the same mosfet that would be on the Fan0 on the Wifi?

I was installing some 120mm fans to cool the back of my Duet WiFi and DueX5. I plugged in the wrong wires of a 3 wire pc fan, and got some magic smoke.

Switching headers and correcting the wiring has allowed me to use the fan, but in left with a dead Fan4 header on the DueX5.

Any ideas on what component to look at replacing?

I already have some mosfets to replace Fan0 on the WiFi due to me cutting the wires to re-crimp and not paying attention to the power state of my printer.

I have it setup in the start script. However, it's sometime a PITA to remember to go in there and change it. If it was right there with the temperatures I think I would remember it more often.

Thanks for the reply, guess it's time for a feature request to Simplify3d!

I have a heated chamber setup and working properly. The heated chamber is setup as H2 using a SSR to control the heater. The temperature is read from the PT100 daughterboard, using 200.

In Simplify3d, you can add controllers. But the tool mappings are setup with temperature identifiers: T0-T5. Both the bed and extruder 1 are on T0. Which doesn't make sense, but it works, so?

Does anyone know what to select or what I need to change to add the heated chamber into Simplify3d?

@dc42:

IDEX perhaps?

IDEX Sounds interesting and complicated. I like it!

I have successfully built my D-bot with a Duet Wifi and DeuX5. I have 3 independent Z motors, BLTouch, LEDs around the top for lighting.

Currently finishing up printing ABS parts to replace the PLA parts I initially built with on a DaVinci Mini. I have noticed a 200% quality increase with using the parts printed from my D-Bot than from that DaVinci.

I like to tinker, and add stuff, even if it's not necessarily needed.

What are some of your Duet additions to your printers?

I'm thinking a filament sensor using an endstop.

Looking for other ideas, as I have a ton of open ports and such on my Duet and would love to start getting into the fun parts of this board.

One day, when I build an enclosure I'll add some fans for the enclosure, and a temperature sensor on it as well. But that's going to be a little while down the line.