Posts made by jdefant

I have a BLTouch on my FT-5. Not sure if this is an issue with my BLTouch or something in the firmware/Config. Whenever I home Z, the probe is done at the center of the bed. So far so good. Then as soon as the probe detects the bed the bed drops down 5 or 10mm as you would expect. Here is the problem...the bed drops so hard and fast it sounds like the belt is going to snap!
Does anyone know where the code is that tells the bed to drop after a probe is detected? I often get a G28 error after this happens!

Well I answered my own question but I thought I would post for other newbies like myself.

While I was not able to find a data sheet for this particular thermistor (E3D Thermistor Cartridge) I was able to find the correct setting on the RepRapFirmware Configuration site.

In the Config.g file...

; Heaters
M305 P0 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 0
M143 H0 S120 ; Set temperature limit for heater 0 to 120C
;M305 P1 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1 ;Original
M305 P1 T100000 B4725 C7.06e-8 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1 ; modified JCD
M143 H1 S280 ; Set temperature limit for heater 1 to 280C

I made these changes and now the hot end temperatures measure within a few degrees of the calibrated Thermistor.

Hope this helps the next guy!

I recently installed a Titan Aero extruder on my FT-5. I have been having some difficulty with the filament extruding properly so I tested the temperature of the hot end with a calibrated thermistor connected to a Fluke DVM. Things looked pretty good at room temp but then got out of wack pretty quickly as the temperature went up:

Does anyone know how I would go about calibrating the Duet WiFi so that I get accurate temp readings?

Thanks