@Phaedrux said in Error: Pin 'exp.heater3' is not free (SOLVED):
Should probably update to the full 3.2.2 release.
Yes, but I am currently in a project where I heavily rely on my duets functionality. The nightmare update from FW V 2. to 3.x deters me from doing another update right now. 
Board: Duet 2 WiFi (2WiFi)
Firmware: RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet 3.2-beta3.2 (2020-11-12)
Duet WiFi Server Version: 1.23
config.g:
M584 X0 Y1 Z2:3 U3 E4 P3
G90 ; send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M550 P"PaulsPrinter" ; 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 back
M569 P1 S0 ; physical drive 1 goes back
M569 P2 S1 ; physical drive 2 goes forwards
M569 P3 S1 ; physical drive 3 goes forwards
M569 P4 S1 ; physical drive 3 goes forwards
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 U16 E16 I1 ; configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X80.02 Y80.07 Z398.00 U398.00 E92.60 ; set steps per mm
M566 X900.00 Y900.00 Z12.00 U12.00 E12.00 ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X4000 Y4000 Z360.00 U360.00 E1200 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X2000.00 Y2000.00 Z50.00 U50.00 E250.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X1200 Y1200 Z1200 U1200 E1200 I30 ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S10 ; Set idle timeout
; Axis Limits
M208 X-115 Y-107.5 Z0 U0 S1 ; set axis minima
M208 X107.5 Y107.5 Z205 U205 S0 ; set axis maxima
; Endstops
M574 X1 S1 P"!xstop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin xstop
M574 Y1 S1 P"!ystop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin ystop
M574 Z1 S1 P"!zstop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Z via pin zstop
M574 Z1 S1 P"!e0stop"
; Z-Probe
M558 P0 H40 F120 T3000 ; disable Z probe but set dive height, probe speed and travel speed
M557 X-107:107 Y-107:107 S20 ; 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 R0.430 C483.3 D1.01 S1.00 V12.3 B0
M140 H0 ; map heated bed to heater 0
M143 H0 S90 ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 90C
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 R2.838 C175.3 D10.39 S1.00 V12.5 B0 ; PID tuning
; Fans
M950 F0 C"fan0" Q500 ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency
M106 P0 S0 H-1 ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned off
M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500 ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency
M106 P1 S1 H1 T45 ; set fan 1 value. Thermostatic control is turned on
; Tools
M563 P0 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
; Custom settings are not defined
; Miscellaneous
M575 P1 S1 B57600 ; enable support for PanelDue
Hi there
When I do things in laser mode I activate it by this command:
M452 C"!exp.heater3" R255 S1 F2000 ;
and when I'm finished I go back to normal mode with this command:
M451
But then I want to reconfigure my exp.heater3 pin to P0:
M950 P0 C"!exp.heater3" Q1000
But that gets denied with this error message:
Error: Pin 'exp.heater3' is not free
What is the correct way to free exp.heater3 after having it used in laser mode?
@g0rg said in Weird Laser Mode:
if i remove the small board, is it normal to measure 3.7v between gnd and pin8 ?
Well, I would expect 3.3V, I dont know why you read 3.7V ?
Yes on the bare pin I would expect High level right after boot, and the attached board should invert the logic to 0V until you issue your laser commands.
Thats the problem I had:
@g0rg Can you double check that you attached the small board to the correct pins?
I had the same case were the laser was always on until I noticed that the pin-socket that goes into duets expansion header was attached with a offset by one pin...
Thanks, I again missed that, so I will mark S1 & S0 as NOT PWM in my brain. 
I was irritated because I worked with the M3 S1 command over a year and that did not set the laser to FULL power, insead it used 1/255th PWM...
So then PWM value 2 is the lowest possible setting for my laser... I think I can live with that.
@Phaedrux said in Weird Laser Mode:
I'm not sure if it would matter either but there are other expansion heater pins to try. I don't know if all are created equal.
The problem is, my laser pcb pinout has been designed according to
which involves exp.heater3
I tried exp.heater3 as servo pin and I detached my laser inverter logic just to be sure this is not another error source...
from a fresh booted Duet...
; initial voltage 3.276V on exp.heater3
M950 P0 C"exp.heater3" Q1000 ; voltage now at 0.0005V
M42 P0 S1 ; 3.310V ??? WTF
M42 P0 S2 ; 0.0274V check!
M42 P0 S3 ; 0.0402V check!
M42 P0 S4 ; 0.0529V check!
M42 P0 S5 ; 0.0658V check!
M42 P0 S128 ; 1.656V check!
M42 P0 S253 ; 3.274V check!
M42 P0 S254 ; 3.287V check!
M42 P0 S255 ; 3.302V check!
So, except M42 P0 S1, which is exactly what I want... everything else seems to work.
The same strange behavior happens if I reverse the logic:
M950 P0 C"!exp.heater3" Q1000 ; voltage now at 3.302V
M42 P0 S1 ; 0.0005V ??? WTF
M42 P0 S2 ; 3.274V check!
M42 P0 S3 ; 3.262V check!
M42 P0 S4 ; 3.248V check!
M42 P0 S5 ; 3.240V check!
M42 P0 S128 ; 1.646V check!
M42 P0 S253 ; 0.0267V check!
M42 P0 S254 ; 0.0138V check!
M42 P0 S255 ; 0.0005V check!
@Phaedrux said in Weird Laser Mode:
I wonder if it would behave differently if it was configured as a servo i/o pin and controlled with M42 instead.
That is definitely worth a try, I'll test that tomorrow, thanks.
No, the command was just there IN CASE I still have the laser mode enabled.
If laser mode was not enabled the wrong command would have no effect anyway...
@pauledd said in Weird Laser Mode:
Still I dont know how to focus my laser while it is moving could be
a little bit tricky
I found a way to do it without moving it, assigning laser pin to a free fan pin and control it via M106 command:
### DOES NOT WORK ###
; disable Laser Mode
M451
; assign laser pin to a free fan Number
M950 F2 C"!exp.heater3" Q1000
; enable laser with 1/255th power
M106 P2 S1
; do the focusing stuff
; disable laser
M106 P2 S0
; free heater3 again for use in laser mode
M950 F2 C"nil"
### DOES NOT WORK ###
Just found out something is wrong again, after setting "M106 P2 S1" the heater3 pwm goes to 0,491V but it should read 0,02V...
Also the voltage does not change from pwm 1 to 25.
At 26 I then read 0,5V, at 27 0,52V and so on up to 254.
I dont get it, I'll give up for now, using my function generator... 
@Phaedrux said in Weird Laser Mode:
You're missing the S1 on your M452 command to enable laser mode.
Thanks, I totally missed that somehow...
Still I dont know how to focus my laser while it is moving could be
a little bit tricky 
Maybe I'll heft my function generator to the laser module to enable it to 1/255th pwm for focusing 
I opened a issue regarding the M3 command...
@Phaedrux said in Weird Laser Mode:
In laser mode (M453), M3 never turns on the laser immediately. Instead it sets the default laser power for following G1/G2/G3 commands. Likewise, M5 does not immediately turn off the laser, it sets the default laser power for following G1/G2/G3 commands. If a subsequent G1 command has a S parameter, the value of that parameter becomes the default laser power for that command and subsequent G1/G2/G3 commands.
So this code should set laser power to 1 and the laser should go on when the laser is moving:
M452 C"!exp.heater3" R255 F1000 ; enable LASER mode
G90
M3 S1
G1 X20 F200
G1 X0 F200
G1 X20 F200
G1 X0 F200
G1 X20 F200
G1 X0 F200
G1 X20 F200
G1 X0 F200
G1 X20 F200
G1 X0 F200
M451 ; enable FFF mode
But it doesnt. I found out that the S parameter in G1 seems mandatory to get the laser ON while moving... This makes the M3 command totally useless.
Furthermore software like FlatCam outputs gcode that uses M3 exclusively to set Laser Power before and after movements of the laser.
So if my understanding is correct you either use "G1 .. Snnn .. " commands or you are lost... or contact every developer of other gcode producing software to adapt this G1 Snnn command... 
Then I would really consider to go back to RRF 2.03
Thanks for the clarification, I was a bit too lazy regarding keeping my Duet up to date true to the motto "never change a running system" 
So now there is no way of turning the laser on without a movement G1 command? Thats quite sad, because I frequently used the laser to position my PCB's by reference marks...
@Phaedrux said in Weird Laser Mode:
@pauledd said in Weird Laser Mode:
RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet version 3.2-beta3.2
What firmware were you using before?
2.03
Okay, using
M452 C"!exp.heater3" R255 F1000
to set Laser mode now changes the initial heater3 voltage from 3,276V to 3.302V and all G1 Snnn commands seem to create a legit pwm voltage.
Still I have no idea why "M3 Snnn" "M5" has absolutely no effect.
Tomorrow I will attach the Laser inverter pcb again and see if it works again.
So instead of using M3 commands checking the heater3 pwm output I just tried it with this command:
G1 X5 S255 F50
and surprise surprise, while X is moving I get 3,27V on the pin, so I guess all M3,M5 commands have no effect and I need to invert the heater3 logic...
Hi
I attached a Chinese Laser to my Duet2 Wifi with the circuit described here.
Everything worked fine, Laser did what it should do...
Until I upgraded firmware to:
RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet version 3.2-beta3.2
I unplugged the Laser PWM Circuit to measure the output of the HEATER3 Pin (8) directly with my multimeter with respect to GND.
After powering the Duet I measure 3,276V (mode FFF).
If I then issue:
M452 C"exp.heater3" R255 F1000
I read 0,006V...
That would, if I connect my laser and pwm circuit to it power it fully on...
Why is that?
Then if I issue a
M3 S0
nothing happens, still 0,006V
and with
M3 S255
the same, and the same with
M5
nothing happens.
Whats wrong here?
Any ideas?
Thats my config.g:
M584 X0 Y1 Z2:3 U3 E4 P3
G90 ; send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M550 P"PaulsPrinter" ; 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 back
M569 P1 S0 ; physical drive 1 goes back
M569 P2 S1 ; physical drive 2 goes forwards
M569 P3 S1 ; physical drive 3 goes forwards
M569 P4 S1 ; physical drive 3 goes forwards
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 U16 E16 I1 ; configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X80.02 Y80.07 Z398.00 U398.00 E92.60 ; set steps per mm
M566 X900.00 Y900.00 Z12.00 U12.00 E12.00 ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X4000 Y4000 Z360.00 U360.00 E1200 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X2000.00 Y2000.00 Z50.00 U50.00 E250.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X1200 Y1200 Z1200 U1200 E1200 I30 ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S10 ; Set idle timeout
; Axis Limits
M208 X-115 Y-107.5 Z0 U0 S1 ; set axis minima
M208 X107.5 Y107.5 Z205 U205 S0 ; set axis maxima
; Endstops
M574 X1 S1 P"!xstop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin xstop
M574 Y1 S1 P"!ystop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin ystop
M574 Z1 S1 P"!zstop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Z via pin zstop
M574 Z1 S1 P"!e0stop"
; Z-Probe
M558 P0 H40 F120 T3000 ; disable Z probe but set dive height, probe speed and travel speed
M557 X-107:107 Y-107:107 S20 ; 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 R0.430 C483.3 D1.01 S1.00 V12.3 B0
M140 H0 ; map heated bed to heater 0
M143 H0 S90 ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 90C
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 R2.838 C175.3 D10.39 S1.00 V12.5 B0 ; PID tuning
; Fans
M950 F0 C"fan0" Q500 ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency
M106 P0 S0 H-1 ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned off
M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500 ; create fan 1 on pin fan1 and set its frequency
M106 P1 S1 H1 T45 ; set fan 1 value. Thermostatic control is turned on
; Tools
M563 P0 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
; Custom settings are not defined
; Miscellaneous
M575 P1 S1 B57600 ; enable support for PanelDue