Posts made by Commie

@amythebun For the record, he took servos off, I think I heard it in one of his latest videos. Anyway, the point of the video was to show what accels he could reach before and after weight reduction.

@amythebun Watch this to the end - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqlP5ar3LkE&ab_channel=MirageC There's your answer to how big the difference is.

@t3p3tony said in Printer hangs during G29/G32:

@commie what's in your bed.g macro?

G32 and bed.g have not been used for mesh levelling for a long time, see:
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/G32

The firmware executes macro file bed.g. This macro normally uses G30 commands to probe the bed and then perform auto calibration of a delta printer (see Calibrating a delta printer), or perform bed levelling by moving the Z leadscrews independently, or display the manual corrections needed to the bed levelling screws.

You should use G29 to handle mesh compensation
https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/G29

That said, I don't see that this is necessarily the cause of the issue you were having.

G32 and G29 give same result, actually, I tried both multiple times.

; bed.g
; called to perform automatic bed compensation via G32
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Mon Jul 12 2021 06:15:47 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)
M561 ; clear any bed transform
G29 ; probe the bed and enable compensation

@t3p3tony said in Printer hangs during G29/G32:

@commie any errors when G29 skipped those points (I presume not G32?!).

Try shifting the mesh grid by 1mm

M557 X36:231 Y11:221 S50

Assuming your probe can reach those points?

No errors, just a usual report:
G32
20 points probed, min error -0.220, max error 5.000, mean 0.492, deviation 1.505
Height map saved to file 0:/sys/heightmap.csv

Points skipped are actually near bed center. Toolhead actually stops, probe doesn't deploy and then it moves to the next one. Shifting grid didn't give any results.

@t3p3tony said in Printer hangs during G29/G32:

@commie if it always happens at the same position try moving the printer to that point and sending M401 and M402 form there to see if you can recreate the fault. You can also try doing a single probe form that position (G30). The idea is to work out what the cause is - which I initially guess could be wiring with an intermittent issue if the BL touch works fine everywhere else

Thanks, tried that. All 3 commands work if entered manually, I did that 10-15 times in a row. Then I ran G32 and it didn't stall at that position but rather skipped it without probing wnd went on, skipping it at 1 more point. G29 gives the same result, now height maps has 2 5mm "hills". No idea what it might be.

Duet Wifi, RRF3.3, original BL touch. The whole combo was moved from my other printer where it worked flawlessly. Both are cartesian so I didn't make a new config, only adjusted bed size, stepper movement etc in the old one. Now whenever I run mesh compensation after few probes it stops with "Error: Probe already triggered at start of probing move", Bltouch blinks and only reset would make it working again. Always happens in the same position.

What I tried so far after a forum search:

• reduced number of probing points
• increased time interval in M558 up to 0.7
• tried M280 p9 s160

Nothing worked, but in the process I also noticed Bltouch can randomly behave strange, sometimes not deploying before moving Z down during homing, not initializing etc Maybe every 10th time or so, but it happens.

Any ideas?

; General preferences
G90                                                     ; send absolute coordinates...
M83                                                     ; ...but relative extruder moves
M550 P"Geeetech A20"                                         ; set printer name

; Network
M552 S1                                                 ; enable network
M586 P0 S1                                              ; enable HTTP
M586 P1 S0                                              ; disable FTP
M586 P2 S0                                              ; disable Telnet

; Drives
M569 P0 S0                                              ; physical drive 0 goes backwards
M569 P1 S0                                             ; physical drive 1 goes backwards
M569 P2 S1                                             ; physical drive 2 goes forwards
M569 P3 S1                                             ; physical drive 3 goes forwards
M569 P4 S0                                              ; physical drive 4 goes backwards
M584 X0 Y1 Z2 E4                                        ; set drive mapping
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1                                 ; configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X80.00 Y80.00 Z400.00 E411,83                       ; set steps per mm
M566 X600.00 Y600.00 Z18.00 E300.00                     ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X30000.00 Y30000.00 Z380.00 E6000.00                 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X2500.00 Y2500.00 Z100.00 E2000.00                ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X500 Y500 Z500 E650 I30                            ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30                                                 ; Set idle timeout

; Axis Limits
M208 X-23 Y-10 Z0 S1                                    ; set axis minima
M208 X255 Y255 Z290 S0                                  ; set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 S1 P"!xstop"                                    ; configure active-low endstop for low end on X via pin xstop
M574 Y1 S1 P"!ystop"    
;M574 Z0 P"!zstop"                                    ; configure active-low endstop for low end on Z via pin zstop


; Z-Probe
M950 S0 C"exp.heater7"                                  ; create servo pin 0 for BLTouch
M558 P9 C"^zprobe.in" H5 F600 T12000  R0.5 S0.003 
M574 Z1 S2                                              ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
G31 P500 X-40 Y0 Z2.43                                   ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height for Geetech A20
M557 X35:230 Y10:220 S50                                ; define mesh grid

; Heaters
M308 S0 P"bedtemp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4725 C7.06e-8 ; configure sensor 0 as thermistor on pin bedtemp
M950 H0 C"bedheat" T0                                   ; create bed heater output on bedheat and map it to sensor 0
M307 H0 B0 R0.385                                       ; disable bang-bang mode for the bed heater and set PWM limit
M140 H0                                                 ; map heated bed to heater 0
M143 H0 S130                                            ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 130C
M308 S1 P"e0temp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4725 C7.06e-8  ; configure sensor 1 as thermistor on pin e0temp
M950 H1 C"e0heat" T1                                    ; create nozzle heater output on e0heat and map it to sensor 1
M307 H1 B0 S1.00                                        ; disable bang-bang mode for heater  and set PWM limit
M143 H1 S300                                            ; set temperature limit for heater 1 to 275C
M308 S1 P"e1temp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4725 C7.06e-8  ; configure sensor 2 as thermistor on pin e1temp
M950 H1 C"e1heat" T1                                    ; create nozzle heater output on e1heat and map it to sensor 1
M307 H1 B0 S1.00                                        ; disable bang-bang mode for heater  and set PWM limit
M143 H1 S300 
; Fans
M950 F0 C"fan0" Q500                                    ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency
M106 P0 S0 H-1 T150                                      ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500                                    ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency
M106 P1 S1 H-1                                          ; set fan 1 value. Thermostatic control is turned off

; Tools
M563 P0 S"Change nozzle" D0 H1 F0                       ; 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

; Tools
M563 P1 S"Hotend" D0 H1 F0 ; 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

; Custom settings are not defined

; Miscellaneous
T1                                                      ; select first tool
;M564 H0

; config-override.g file generated in response to M500 at 2021-10-08 19:46
; This is a system-generated file - do not edit
; Heater model parameters
M307 H0 R0.385 C140.000:140.000 D5.50 S1.00 V0.0 B0 I0
M307 H1 R2.429 C140.000:140.000 D5.50 S1.00 V0.0 B0 I0
; Workplace coordinates
G10 L2 P1 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00
G10 L2 P2 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00
G10 L2 P3 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00
G10 L2 P4 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00
G10 L2 P5 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00
G10 L2 P6 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00
G10 L2 P7 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00
G10 L2 P8 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00
G10 L2 P9 X0.00 Y0.00 Z0.00

; homeall.g
; called to home all axes
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Mon Jul 12 2021 06:15:47 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)
G91                     ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F12000         ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 X-258 Y-235 F9000 ; move quickly to X and Y axis endstops and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 X5 Y5 F12000      ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 X-258 Y-235 F750 ; move slowly to X and Y axis endstops once more (second pass)
G90
G1 X112 Y120 F15000      ; move X and Y to bed center
G30        ; move Z down stopping at the endstop                    ; absolute positioning

; homez.g
; called to home the Z axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Mon Jul 12 2021 06:15:47 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)
G91               ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F12000   ; lift Z relative to current position
;G1 H1 Z-245 F1800 ; move Z down until the endstop is triggered
;G92 Z-0.85            ; set Z position to axis minimum (you may want to adjust this)
G90
G1 X143 Y120 F2000 ; put head over the center of the bed, or wherever you want to probe
G30 ; lower head, stop when probe triggered and set Z to trigger height

@jay_s_uk 7 quid for servo, 12 quid shipping it to Thailand. Thanks but no thanks
Living on a remote island has its disadvantages too LOL

@jay_s_uk awww metal ones weren't available so I ordered a plastic RC SG90

@droftarts Could be the case with the output, yes, although I still can't figure out why does it work in one case and doesn't in another. I'll try messing around with voltages and see what happens. Original BLTouch was ordered a few days ago too (to see and try, as both of these 3D touch sensors were bought few years ago and something might have been changed in hardware logic since), but shipping from China might take up to a month. I guess in the mean time I'll try to DIY a probe from and optical switch and micro servo and see if that works. Thanks for all the help anyway, I really appreciate it.

@droftarts If I invert it G28 returns an error "Probe already triggered at start of probing move" and probe value sets to 1000.

@droftarts Thank you amended tool Z setting to 0.

@droftarts said in BL-Touch V3.1 not automatically deploying:

Do you still get the "Error: G30: Zprobe 0 not found" message?

No. That only occurred when I tried rewiring white wire to zstop, changing pin in config G accordingly.

m558
Z Probe 0: type 9, input pin zprobe.in, output pin nil, dive height 5.0mm, probe speeds 120,120mm/min, travel speed 12000mm/min, recovery time 0.50 sec, heaters normal, max taps 1, max diff 0.00

However, there's still no triggering when probe touches the bed.

This is getting weird. When my Anet board died I first tried to move GT2560 board from Geeetech (I urgently needed direct drive extrusion) and configure it under Marlin 2.0.7. 3D touch didn't work no matter whatever I tried to do, even with help from Marlin devs. Now similar picture with Duet. BUT sensor works perfectly when I put GT2560 back on Geetech, flashed Marlin 1.1.8 config provided by them and connected the sensor.

@phaedrux
; bed.g
M561 ; clear any bed transform
G29 ; probe the bed and enable compensation

; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 3)
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Mon Jul 12 2021 06:15:47 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)

; General preferences
G90 ; send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M550 P"Anet A8" ; set printer name

; Network
M552 S1 ; enable network
M586 P0 S1 ; enable HTTP
M586 P1 S0 ; disable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; disable Telnet

; Drives
M569 P0 S1 ; physical drive 0 goes forwards
M569 P1 S1 ; physical drive 1 goes forwards
M569 P2 S0 ; physical drive 2 goes backwards
M569 P3 S1 ; physical drive 3 goes forwards
M584 X0 Y1 Z2 E3 ; set drive mapping
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X80.00 Y80.00 Z400.00 E436.54 ; set steps per mm
M566 X600.00 Y600.00 Z18.00 E300.00 ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X30000.00 Y30000.00 Z380.00 E6000.00 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X2500.00 Y2500.00 Z100.00 E10000.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X500 Y500 Z500 E700 I30 ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

; Axis Limits
M208 X-33 Y-10 Z0 S1 ; set axis minima
M208 X220 Y220 Z240 S0 ; set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 S1 P"!xstop" ; configure active-low endstop for low end on X via pin xstop
M574 Y1 S1 P"!ystop"
M574 Z0 P"!zstop" ; configure active-low endstop for low end on Z via pin zstop

; Z-Probe
M950 S0 C"exp.heater7" ; create servo pin 0 for BLTouch
M558 P9 C"^zprobe.in" H5 F120 T12000 R0.5 S0.003 ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
G31 P500 X-32 Y0 Z3 ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X20:200 Y20:200 S40 ; define mesh grid

; Heaters
M308 S0 P"bedtemp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4725 C7.06e-8 ; configure sensor 0 as thermistor on pin bedtemp
M950 H0 C"bedheat" T0 ; create bed heater output on bedheat and map it to sensor 0
M307 H0 B0 S1.00 ; disable bang-bang mode for the bed heater and set PWM limit
M140 H0 ; map heated bed to heater 0
M143 H0 S130 ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 130C
M308 S1 P"e0temp" Y"thermistor" T100000 B4725 C7.06e-8 ; configure sensor 1 as thermistor on pin e0temp
M950 H1 C"e0heat" T1 ; create nozzle heater output on e0heat and map it to sensor 1
M307 H1 B0 S1.00 ; disable bang-bang mode for heater and set PWM limit
M143 H1 S275 ; set temperature limit for heater 1 to 275C

; Fans
M950 F0 C"fan0" Q500 ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency
M106 P0 S0 H1 T150 ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500 ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency
M106 P1 S1 H-1 ; set fan 1 value. Thermostatic control is turned off

; Tools
M563 P0 S"Change nozzle" D0 H1 F0 ; define tool 0
G10 P0 X0 Y0 Z100 ; set tool 0 axis offsets
G10 P0 R0 S0 ; set initial tool 0 active and standby temperatures to 0C

; Custom settings are not defined

; Miscellaneous
T0 ; select first tool
M564 H0

; homeall.g
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Mon Jul 12 2021 06:15:47 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F12000 ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 X-258 Y-235 F8000 ; move quickly to X and Y axis endstops and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 X5 Y5 F12000 ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 X-258 Y-235 F460 ; move slowly to X and Y axis endstops once more (second pass)
G90
G1 X142 Y120 F9000 ; move X and Y to bed center
G30 ; move Z down stopping at the endstop ; absolute positioning
;G92 Z0 ; set Z position to axis minimum (you may want to adjust this)

; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 Z5 F200 ; lift Z relative to current position
G90 ; absolute positioning

; homez.g
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Mon Jul 12 2021 06:15:47 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F12000 ; lift Z relative to current position
;G1 H1 Z-245 F1800 ; move Z down until the endstop is triggered
;G92 Z0 ; set Z position to axis minimum (you may want to adjust this)
G90
G1 X143 Y120 F2000 ; put head over the center of the bed, or wherever you want to probe
G30 ; lower head, stop when probe triggered and set Z to trigger height

; retractprobe.g
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Mon Jul 12 2021 06:15:47 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)
M280 P0 S90 ; retract BLTouch

; deployprobe.g
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Mon Jul 12 2021 06:15:47 GMT+0700 (Indochina Time)
M280 P0 S10 ; deploy BLTouch

@phaedrux I returned wiring back to heater 7

; Endstops
M574 X1 S1 P"!xstop" ; configure active-low endstop for low end on X via pin xstop
M574 Y1 S1 P"!ystop"
;M574 Z0 P"!zstop" ; configure active-low endstop for low end on Z via pin zstop

; Z-Probe
M950 S0 C"exp.heater7" ; create servo pin 0 for BLTouch
M558 P9 C"^zprobe.in" H5 F120 T12000 R0.5 S0.003 ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
G31 P500 X-32 Y0 Z3 ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X20:200 Y20:200 S40 ; define mesh grid

What also bothers me it this, Z always sets to 100 when I run G92 Z0 (or restart the printer), shouldn't it be set to 0?

@phaedrux G30: Physically reconnecting wires with white one on zstop made sensor respond to deploy and retract, but when homing it returns Error: G30: Zprobe 0 not found

@phaedrux Moving white wire to Zstop and changing my M558 line to "M558 P9 C"zstop" H5 F120 T12000 R0.5 S0.003" didn't help either, since I wasn't sure of exact pin name ^zstop, z_stop etc were also tried. Sensor blinks fast and that's it.

As for clone... You're right, sorry about it. my Anet board died on me and I was looking on facebook for a replacement I could buy same day locally, found this one second hand.

@dc42 said in BL-Touch V3.1 not automatically deploying:

Otherwise you may see message "Z probe was already triggered at start of probing move". AFAIR a value of R0.2 is sufficient.

Thanks, I will set that. But so far all I see for now is "Z probe wasn't deployed during homing" or something along these lines Changing to heater 3 made no effect, too. I have 2 3D Touch sensors and I tried swapping them etc, no luck. Both do work on another printer (stock Geeetech A20). No idea what else to do.
PS For some reason when I set Z0 manually using G92 Z0 web interface shows Z100, not Z0.

@phaedrux

Yeah I tried that too putting something in probe's way, same result (ie no result). Wire integrity was checked with multimeter, all good. There's 5V on red and 3.4V on white wires. Just in case here's my connection pic attached.
I'm also a bit concerned about M558 returning "output pin nil", not sure if it's needed.

@phaedrux

deployprobe.g and retractprobe.g are in the /sys/ folder, I thought you were asking about user created macros (which I made with same commands) Anyway, when I reset the printer after lash Z crash, homed X and Y and ran G30 probe deploys, goes all the way down and... keeps going, probe stays deployed. Luckily my printer is Anet A8 and these experiments don't cause any damage to the bed or Z axis.

@phaedrux
G30 doesn't deploy the probe. All wiring was checked. Sensor itself is 100% working taken off another printer.

@phaedrux

Checked again, at the moment 401 and 402 do work. Unfortunately I don't remember at which stage that problem occurred and what I changed since - it was a lot of hit and miss attempts yesterday. However, Z still wouldn't stop when probe touches the bed. Macros are where web interface stores them, in the root.