Posts made by Pickett

@jay_s_uk Awesome so just a simple minus sign will do the trick? Ok will setup the files right now in the reprap firmware configurator tool right now thanks a million man!!!!

Oh ok sorry man one more question if I may?

Do optical endstops need to be setup any differently in the firmware / config.g than lets say traditional mechanical endstops would??? Ive got zero problems wiring them up as it is quite straightforward between the D3M5+ Wiring Diagram and the Labeling of the V, S, G on the actual optical endstop so that part is quite easy though am wondering about the configuration of the firmware is any different?

Lemme know when you get a chance thanks again!!!!

@jay_s_uk I have but not so much with my Xmax setup I have not. The problem lies in how the bed goes to the top to meet the print head vs the Z lowering down to the bed like most printers do. So I suppose I should have written the post a tad differently cause that is my main concern is getting the bed to raise up to the top to meet the print head vs <

I will say this though when I was converting my Anycubic Chiron over I had become somewhat of an expert with utilizing the reprap firmware configurator though am a bit lost on how to properly set it up to make the bed go up to said print head vs <.

Ok Im all through with my redundancies here lols lemme know if you know of anyone whom has had the pleasure of setting up their config.g for use with their flashforge/qidi style 3d printer thanks!!!

As the title implies Ive got a Qidi X-Max w/ a Duet 3 Mini 5+ as the mainboard. Need help setting up the config.g as it is the bed literally goes all the way up to the top of the printer and lowers as the print is being printed. So obviously when the print is complete the bed drops to the bottom of the printer. Anyways I guess some of you would say Im coming from the Dark side so to speak as Ive been deeply involved with Klipper as the main firmware but some have convinced me that RRF is the way to go in a lot of ways.

Help is needed so if anyone could point me in the right direction for assistance with setting up the files needed for a Qidi X-Max with a D3M5+ as the mainboard. Oh yeah one more item Ive got the BL Touch installed / wired up and have replaced ALL of the mechanical endstops for a BL Touch for the Z and two optical endstops for the X and Y.

Lemme Know Y'all!!!!!!

Blessings,

Brian

@haggan90 please forgive my saying and or asking this but have you considered purchasing a single 500mm x 500mm ac powered silicone heater powered that is powered and maintained using a solid state relay? I personally use a 400mm x 400mm ac powered silicone heater pad with an SSR and with that Ive been able to essentially get by with a significantly smaller PSU cause the bed heater is powered basically directly from the wall outlet (though it is basically bridged/piggy backed off of the back of the rocker switch that turns the entire printer on so it is also fused too cause the rocker switch has a dedicated AC fuse). I mean it doesnt even have to be AC powered cause obviously there are DC heater pad options I just opted for the ac option. Anyways just wondering though there could definitely be good reason for such a setup that I am just not aware of lols so anyways just wondering man.....

Like the title implies Im looking to make some certain fans connected to Out3/Out4 to be the hotend heatsink and nozzle fans however I wish for these to turn on when need be. I was also just thinking of making the heatsink fan for the hotend be turned on to 100 percent as soon as the power to the printer is turned on as to mitigate if not completely eliminate the possibility of heat creep issues. If anyone has some solid examples and has this down pat please lemme know please and thank you! From what Ive read in the documentation the fans are initiated by M950 and then M106.
Honestly as far as the always on fans are concerned Ill most likely just wire them up to the PSU's dc output screws so as to mitigate any sort of overheating issues that could possibly arise for any sort of reasoning. It'd still be nice to at least know how to write it up correctly in the config.g file so anywho Ill leave it at that for now as far as what I wish to know for the fan dept of the Duet 3 Mini 5+.

Thanks in Advance!!!!!

-Pickett

@o_lampe yeah I found that after I posted the video I was just hoping someone would do it all for me and then heck take over printer too and just start printing stuff for me. THen I was hoping that would migrate over into paying my bills, feeding my beloved cat, etc etc you know stuff like this jk lololololsosloslsoslsosolslsls!!!! I got it now thanks man sorry my initial searches weren't yielding the kinds of quick and easy results I was hoping for but I reminded myself its a hobby not a job lols!

As the title suggests I do not know how to setup properly a Dual Z Axis on a Duet 3 Mini 5+. TIA!!!!!!!!

I guess I should elaborate on the title: Does anybody have a good pic of the back of the DUet 3 Mini 5+ I am currently configuring my board to un both RRF 3.3.latest / Klipper 0.10.latest . Please kindly and Thanks in Advance!!!!!!!!!

@siam absolutely you rock!!!!!!!!! If I didnt have such an attention span slash adhd issues I probably would have read through ALL of the documents by now but have only read here and there on an as needed basis. Coincidentally that is when I learn the most like right now thanks man I appreciate it I really do thank you!!!!!!!!!

-Brian P.

The title says it all. I am familiar with JST crimping as Ive done my fair share of crimping but only really know the names of the JST-PH and JST-XH for the most part. So anyways I guess you get the gist of my question so please do let me know the exact names of the JST style terminal connectors that ship with the Duet 3 boards. Both types (large and small JST style terminal connectors!!!!). I can not seem to pinpoint the exact name so anyways Im all ears got some more expandable sleeving on order and have some silicone copper stranded wire just waiting to be put together and basically just need the names of those terminals and possibly a good US supplier. Ive read that Digi Key sells the official JST connectors (Japan Solderless Terminal) in the US Market but dont quote me on that thanks!!

Thanks in Advance I look forward to hearing your responses as it is i feel silly for not knowing this already but need to know cause I have come to enjoy crimping cause it feels good making good professional terminal connections......

@t3p3tony I didnt change or do anything with the X just yet as I had only wired the endstop up on the microswitch to the outer most wiring like the instructional said to. I apologize I know I stated last night or there abouts that I was certain that I had it wired correctly welp I guess I was wrong as I had the wires connected to the 2nd and 3rd "pins" of the micro switch when it should have been 1st and 3rd and left the 2nd alone. That was what I had just done to the Y microswitch and sure enough I started seeing results in its output whereas before no matter if I compressed the micro switch or not no change of status of any sort was noticed. Now I am seeing results. So anyways this last entry at 0456 am was when I had the microswitch compressed. THe entry before that was uncompressed and of course before that is the M119 results......

10/9/2021, 4:56:02 AM m119 Endstops - X: not stopped, Y: not stopped, Z: not stopped, Z probe: not stopped

10/9/2021, 4:52:13 AM m119 Endstops - X: not stopped, Y: at min stop, Z: not stopped, Z probe: not stopped

10/9/2021, 4:08:38 AM m574 s1
Endstop configuration:
X: low end switch connected to pin !io5.in
Y: low end switch connected to pin !io6.in
Z: low end Z probe

• undefined@droftarts Thanks Ian for the response and in response to your response here is my response but will first respond with the requested response for an M115 command which is as follows:

10/9/2021, 2:17:55 AM m115
FIRMWARE_NAME: RepRapFirmware for Duet 3 Mini 5+ FIRMWARE_VERSION: 3.3 ELECTRONICS: Duet 3 Mini5plus WiFi FIRMWARE_DATE: 2021-06-15 21:46:20

, config.g;

; Configuration file for Duet 3 Mini 5+ (firmware version 3.3)
; executed by the firmware on start-up
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.3.3 on Thu Oct 07 2021 08:23:52 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)

; General preferences
M575 P1 S1 B57600 ; enable support for PanelDue
G90 ; send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M550 P"Chiron_LRE" ; set printer name
M918 P1 E4 F2000000 ; configure direct-connect display

; Drives
M569 P0.0 S0 ; physical drive 0.0 goes backwards
M569 P0.1 S0 ; physical drive 0.1 goes backwards
M569 P0.2 S1 ; physical drive 0.2 goes forwards
M569 P0.3 S0 ; physical drive 0.3 goes backwards
M584 X0.0 Y0.1 Z0.2 E0.3 ; set drive mapping
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X160.00 Y160.00 Z400.00 E420.00 ; set steps per mm
M566 X900.00 Y900.00 Z60.00 E300.00 ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X6000.00 Y6000.00 Z600.00 E3600.00 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X500.00 Y500.00 Z200.00 E2500.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s2)
M906 X1000 Y1000 Z1450 E600 I30 ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

; Axis Limits
M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; set axis minima
M208 X410 Y410 Z450 S0 ; set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 S1 P"io5.in" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin io5.in
M574 Y1 S1 P"io6.in" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin io6.in
M574 Z1 S2 ; configure Z-probe endstop for low end on Z

; Z-Probe

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  M950 S0 C"io3.out" ; create servo pin 0 for BLTouch
  M558 P9 C"io3.in" H5 F120 T9600 ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
  G31 P500 X35 Y24 Z2 ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
  M557 X15:385 Y15:385 S20 ; define mesh grid

; Heaters
M308 S0 P"temp1" Y"thermistor" T98801 B4185 ; configure sensor 0 as thermistor on pin temp1
M950 H0 C"out1" T0 ; create bed heater output on out1 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 S160 ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 160C
M308 S1 P"temp2" Y"thermistor" T98801 B4185 ; configure sensor 1 as thermistor on pin temp2
M950 H1 C"out2" T1 ; create nozzle heater output on out2 and map it to sensor 1
M307 H1 B0 S1.00 ; disable bang-bang mode for heater and set PWM limit
M143 H1 S320 ; set temperature limit for heater 1 to 320C

; Fans
M950 F0 C"out3" Q500 ; create fan 0 on pin out3 and set its frequency
M106 P0 C"Tool Fan" S0 H-1 ; set fan 0 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned off
M950 F1 C"out4" Q500 ; create fan 1 on pin out4 and set its frequency
M106 P1 C"Hotend Fan" S1 H1:0 T45 ; set fan 1 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F2 C"out5" Q500 ; create fan 2 on pin out5 and set its frequency
M106 P2 C"Case Fans" S1 H1:0 T45 ; set fan 2 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned on
M950 F3 C"out6" Q500 ; create fan 3 on pin out6 and set its frequency
M106 P3 C"Bamboo Box Fan" S1 H-1 ; set fan 3 name and value. Thermostatic control is turned off

; Tools
M563 P0 S"diy Volcano Hotend" 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
M501 ; load saved parameters from non-volatile memory
M911 S22 R23 P"M913 X0 Y0 G91 M83 G1 Z3 E-5 F1000" ; set voltage thresholds and actions to run on power loss
T0 ; select first tool

undefinedAs the title of this post states the Z is a BL/3D Touch and it is in fact homing on command. However, the X & Y are not in fact homing regardless of my attempts to home said Axis????? When I do hit the command button "Home All" all of the axis will move simultaneously though they will ALL only move a couple two or three MM's, never make contact with any of their respective endstops, and then they will declare themselves "Homed?????" So what gives what is up with this here odd homing behavior???? Why will ALL of the axis move on the Home All command yet only move a mm or two maybe three IDK all I do know is that they never make contact with their respective endstop yet they will declare themselves "homed" when obviously they are not???? Please tell me I am not crazy and please I hope someone has a solution. I want things to work with RRF though Im already contemplating/considering moving over to Klipper coz it has been one issue after another with this RRF though Ill be perfectly honest the vast majority of the issues Ive encountered have been/are due to inexperience with RRF. All of my 3d hardware & fw experience is with the BTT SKR lineup particularly their SKR 1.4 Turbo of which I used to believe was "the board to get" that is until I learned of Duet3d and their "g code is everything" Philosophy along with ALL of the safety measures they bake into the hardware. I was settled on Duet3d and still am I just need to get past this hump of dealing with the "non homing/not hitting endstops/overall not working so great hump that I am on top of right now so anyways....... Okay that is all Ive got below you will find the applicable files that I am aware of thus far:

In accordance with the Testing Endstops publication from Duet3d the following m119 command was done when only the Duet 3 Mini 5+ was powered via USB coming from its SBC, a RPi 4b with only the D3M5+ being connected via USB:

10/8/2021, 9:32:10 PM m119 -- Endstops - X: at min stop, Y: at min stop, Z: not stopped, Z probe: not stopped

BTW the previous m119 command is NOT true as in the X and Y are not pressed up against their applicable endstops.......

; bed.g
; called to perform automatic bed compensation via G32
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.3.3 on Thu Oct 07 2021 08:23:52 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
M561 ; clear any bed transform
G29 ; probe the bed and enable compensation

---

; homeall.g
; called to home all axes
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.3.3 on Thu Oct 07 2021 08:23:53 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F9600 ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 X-415 Y-415 F1800 ; move quickly to X and Y axis endstops and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 X5 Y5 F9600 ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 X-415 Y-415 F360 ; move slowly to X and Y axis endstops once more (second pass)
G90 ; absolute positioning
G1 X-20 Y-9 F9600 ; go to first bed probe point and home Z
G30 ; home Z by probing the bed

; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 Z5 F160 ; lift Z relative to current position
G90 ; absolute positioning

---

; homex.g
; called to home the X axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.3.3 on Thu Oct 07 2021 08:23:53 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F9600 ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 X-415 F1800 ; move quickly to X axis endstop and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 X5 F9600 ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 X-415 F360 ; move slowly to X axis endstop once more (second pass)
G1 H2 Z-5 F9600 ; lower Z again
G90 ; absolute positioning

---

; homey.g
; called to home the Y axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.3.3 on Thu Oct 07 2021 08:23:53 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F9600 ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 Y-415 F1800 ; move quickly to Y axis endstop and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 Y5 F9600 ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 Y-415 F360 ; move slowly to Y axis endstop once more (second pass)
G1 H2 Z-5 F9600 ; lower Z again
G90 ; absolute positioning

; homez.g
; called to home the Z axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.3.3 on Thu Oct 07 2021 08:23:53 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z5 F9600 ; lift Z relative to current position
G90 ; absolute positioning
G1 X-20 Y-9 F9600 ; go to first probe point
G30 ; home Z by probing the bed

; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing
;G91 ; relative positioning
;G1 Z5 F160 ; lift Z relative to current position
;G90 ; absolute positioning

Lemme know guys and gals any help would be appreciated very much so as it is this is the only issue that I can tell as of right now that is holding me back from finally and I do mean FINALLY getting a print started and completed on this very much custom Anycubic Chiron!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!

@cosmowave ok now the axis move but are going in the opposite direction so I guess I need to reconfigure my stepper motor direction of rotation in the configurator tool? Also the stepper motors seems to be vibrating really loud now like it is some sort of wiring issue but it is wired correctly i know this cause Im the one whom crimped the terminals, got the Black, Green, Blue, Red order. the Z properly homes cause well it just detracts then it dives --------------------000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000=============================================================================================9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999slowly down til it reaches the bed............. Ok will take a break from this for now coz I keep falling asleep onto my keyboard lolz will return for more troubleshooting techniques and what not!!!!! Thanks for everyones help this far will get it figured out one way or another!!!!!!!0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000r

@cosmowave ok now it looks like:

; Endstops
M574 X1 S1 P"!io5.in" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin io5.in
M574 Y1 S1 P"!io6.in" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin io6.in
M574 Z1 S2 ; configure Z-probe endstop for low end on Z

@cosmowave ok lemme update the config.g so should i update the homex.g and homeall.g and homey/z.g's as well????

@t3p3tony I dont get it tbe Y is most certainly NOT at its endstop and neither is the X?????

m119
Endstops - X: at min stop, Y: at min stop, Z: not stopped, Z probe: not stopped

@t3p3tony okay i get it now the M119 simply gives an up to date reading of the endstops while the Endstops plugin creates a tab to then show the status of the endstops ok ok I see but here is the thing it appears that I have the wiring done right but everytime I go to home my Axes each Axis will just move a few mm's then call it quits and will basically say "im home!" and will do nothing further kind of like this dude I know from work lols no but seriously can not figure out why each Axis never goes the whole way home and truly "homes" back home its wierd? Maybe Im missing something IDK???? This is like the only thing that is stopping me from getting to my first print................. have learned so much along the way though no doubt!

@t3p3tony ok I am not seeing an endstops tab so please tell me how to go about getting this endstops tab plugin and or why should I use M119 in lieu of the E-stops tab?

@cosmowave no sir but Im working on it right now matter of fact.....