Posts made by radiomodell

@phaedrux Please feel free to use code in documentation. In former post I just modified control of Power Supply to the Fan Pin FelixH was using.

here is the macro with my pin out.

M950 P0 C"exp.heater3"        ; M42 P0 S255 to switch on Laser power supply, M42 P0 S0 power supply off
M950 P3 C"nil"
M950 P3 C"exp.heater6" Q20000 ; Laser control to P3
M42 P0 S255                   ; Laserpower on
G04 P1000                     ; Breake stabilizing laser power supply
M42 P3 S0.01                  ; Laser on with 1% power

; following lines automatically switch off Laser power and power supply after 3 seconds. You can put M42 XX commands to a separate Macro to switch off laser independently.  

G04 P3000                      ; wait 3 seconds, then   

M42 P3 S0                      ; turn off laser control and power supply
M42 P0 S0			            

My Duet is on 3.4 B7 Firmware on Duet2 Ethernet. The macro works well until i switch to CNC mode defining "exp.heater3" for spindle power. From that moment the heater3 pin is only usable in CNC mode. Leaving CNC mode does not free the pin. No further control in Laser or FFF mode. My only solution is a reboot of Duet.

B.t.w On 3.4 b7 firmware I added following code to config.g :

M950 P0 C"exp.heater3"       ; Floating Pin? Define it an switch it off
M42 P0 S0                    ; Power Ausschalten	

Without putting "exp.heater3" to defined status it seems to be floating and it fires spindle frequently.

I wish you a Merry Christmas.

@mintytrebor true/false input panel would make handling easier to control conditional commands in macros.

@mintytrebor said in BtnCmd-DWC Plugin-Custom Layouts & Buttons - v0.10.02 21-12-21:

Check the object model browser and you will see that the first example is shown in quotes, and the second is not. One is a string the other is a number. A number in a string, is still a string, and will not get modified.

I mentioned that (and also DWC - firing a lot of error messages). The number input works perfect for me. Thank you.

Btw. Colour changing is no a must have. Especially if it is too much work.

I wish you a Merry Christmas.

@felixh This is my code for testing laser with 1% power. No need to switch to LASER mode. Just directly control pins. Maybe this code helps for testing.

M950 P3 C"nil"                ; free P3 
M950 P3 C"exp.heater3" Q200   ; Laser control to P3
M42 P3 S0                     ; laser control off
M106 P2 S255
G04 P1000                     ; Breake stabilizing laser power supply
M42 P3 S0.01                 ; Laser on with 1% power


G04 P3000                      ; wait 3 seconds, then

M42 P3 S0                      ; turn off laser control and power supply
M106 P2 S0			          

Here are my commands -with my pin configuration- to switch to laser mode:

M950 R0 C"nil"                         ; free R0, coming fron CMC-Mode, not working properly in the moment
M950 P0 C"exp.heater3"                 ; M42 P0 S255 Laser Power Supply on, M42 P0 S0 Laser Power off
M42 P0 S0			                   ; Laser Power Ausschalten	
M452 C"exp.heater6" R255 S0 F20000     ; laser uses heater6 pin for control, 255 is max power in M3 SXXX command, not sticky,  PWM frequency 20kHz;

Laser power is switched on in Gcode job file.

@mintytrebor I would like to add two points to the wish list after a while of testing:

• Is it possible to switch to last active BtnCmd Panel after starting a job? Standard is switching to the Status panel.
• Is it possible to change color of Object Model panels and Global Variable Input panels dependent on conditions? Like "HOME X" button in Dashboard. It is orange until it changes to blue when homed.

And please no hurry! It is short before Christmas.

@mintytrebor The Global Variable Input Panel works well for me.
Just replaced the Object Mode Value panel. The Input Panel works as both,display and input.
Pressing Enter transfers input to the global variable.
Configured as string input it accepts numbers also. But comas are not converted to dots as in number configuration.

Thanks for the fast modification

@mintytrebor You are fast! I will try new version of plugin tomorrow.

Here is my actual status that still needs some fine tuning.

I really like the flexibility given by the plugin.

@MintyTrebor Thanks for the fast reply.

I will try the workaround. Please no extra hurry. I will be patient.

This plugin is great. I modified DWC1.22 with a lot of effort to make it more suitable for CNC and Laser mode.
With this plugin I was able to nearly "rebuild" former functionality in no time. The only thing I am missing is an option to put a text(number) input to a global variable. Or did I miss something?

Here is the part of a screenshot of the old DWC.

I use a standalone Duet2 Ethernet with Firmware Release 3.4.0 beta 7, Duet Web Control 3.4.0-b7 and BtnCmd-DWC Plugin v0.9.06

@sh12 Firmware fires laser only when moving by G-command. Thus for focus operation I terminate Laser Mode (M452 C"nil") and put a PWM signal manually. (M950... etc ).

M452 C"nil"                   ; Laser vom automatischen Einschalten bei Bewegung trennen
M950 P3 C"exp.heater6" R255 F20000 ; Laserleistung auf P3 umschalten
M42 P0 S255                   ; Laserpower einschalten
G04 P1000                     ; Pause, bis Laserpower stabilisiert ist
M42 P3 S0.01                  ; Laser mit 1% Leistung einschalten

Please be careful! Laser i continuously on and burning on one point!

After focusing laser I use following commands to switch back to normal laser mode:

M42  P3 S0                  ; Laser aus
G04 P500                    ; kurze Pause
M42 P0 S0                   ; Laserpower aus
M950 P3 C"nil" 
M452 C"exp.heater6" R255 S1 F20000  ; 

@sh12 PWM Vpp is 3,3V Check the link and scroll down: http://nejetool.com/module_20w.html

@sh12 As far as I know, expansion board pins are at 5V level. please check your documentation and use a level shifter to connet laser PWM-pin with 3.3 volt.

When using Fan6-PWM Duex output pin following command should do initialization: M452 C"duex.fan6" R500 S1 F20000 . R- parameter sets 100% value of S-Parameter in M3 command. M3 S500 is 100%, M3 S250 is 50%. Dependent on source of G-code i adjust R-Parameter.

My PWM signal input is connected to Heater6 pin on expansion connector of my Duet2. Thus I use this command M452 C"exp.heater6" R500 S1 F20000.

@droftarts said in NEJE-like Laser as CNC upgrade:

So @radiomodell, you're probably using a PWM frequency of 500Hz, which is the default!

Thanks a lot for the hint! Laser worked fine til now. I will correct M452 command before next use.

@FelixH You can use these snippets in macros with firmware version 3. And I selected different I/O pins. Heater3 pin controls one solid state relais. Spindel and laser power supply are both connected to the 230V sockets controlled by relais. Heater6 pin controls laser PWM.
In Laser mode line 9 M950 P0 C"exp.heater3" defines heater3 pin to be controlled by M42 P0 SXXX command . 0 off, 255 on. Laser PWM is defined in line 11: M452 C"exp.heater6" R500 S1 Q20000. Just mentioned wrong comment in line 11. PWM frequency is 20KHz, not 100 Hz. Sorry for that.
Same pin controls spindel on/off in CNC mode. Thus I have te redefine pin in CNC-mode. To CNC mode in line 6 definition is released. In line 8 spindle control is "connected" to heater3 pin. Now in CNC mode it is switched by M3 command.

@FelixH said in NEJE-like Laser as CNC upgrade:

• If I understand that correctly, the laser I ordered accepts 3v3 PWM signals, so I do not know if I need to prepare a breakout board as the one described there.

I use my Duet2 Ethernet running Firmware Version 3 without breakout board to control same laser as you ordered. The Laser needs 12V Power supply continuously and Laser beam is controlled by PWM-signal.

Heater 3 pin controls Spindel- and Laser Power. Heater 6 pin is output of Laser PWM signal.

This is my code to switch to laser mode:

; Configuration file for Duet Ethernet (firmware version 3.1.1)
; executed at Startup of Laser mode
;
;
G54                                    ; 1. Koordinatensystem anwählen
M208 X550 Y1200 Z230 S0                ; Set axis maximum
;
M453 C"nil"                            ; CNC-Modus Pin für Spindel abwählen 
M950 P0 C"exp.heater3"                 ; M42 P0 S255 schaltet Laser Spannungsversorgung ein, M42 P0 S0 schaltet aus
M42 P0 S0			       ; Laser Power Ausschalten	
M452 C"exp.heater6" R500 S1 Q20000     ; laser uses heater3 pin,  PWM frequency 100Hz;
;
; Tools
M140 H-1                        ; Heizbett aus
M563 P0 D-1 H-1                 ; Tool0 abwählen
M563 P1 D-1 H-1                 ; Tool1 abwählen

M563 P0 S"Laser"                ; Define tool 0
G10 P0 X-7 Y-45 Z-68.5          ; Set tool 0 axis offsets vs. Headposition  -68.5 Z-Achse Nullpunkt (Laser Fokus)
T0
M42 P0 S0			;Laserpower aus nach Werkzeuganwahl.

This code switches to CNC-Mode

; Configuration file for Duet Ethernet (firmware version 3.1.1)
; executed at start-up of CNC mode
;
;
G54    ; 1. Koordinatensystem anwählen
M950 P0 C"nil"       ; falls Laser-Modus Aktiv war, Pin freigeben

M453 C"exp.heater3" R500  ; spindle forward on heater 3 pin, R=Max Spindeldredzahl

; Tools
;M140  S-274               ; Heizbett aus
M140 H-1                   ; Heizbett aus
M563 P0 D-1 H-1           ; Tool 0 abwählen
M563 P1 D-1 H-1           ; Tool 1 abwählen

M563 P0 S"Spindel"        ; Define tool 0
G10 P0 X0 Y0 Z0           ; Set tool 0 axis offsets vs. Headposition

M208 X550 Y1200 Z230 S0   ; Set axis maxima

Switching between modes I have to redefine Heater 3 pin.

G-code at beginning of work file is:

G90
T0
M42 P0 S255   ; switches Laser Power on
G04 2000      ; wait until Laser power is stabilised
M05
G55

trailing code is:

M05
G04 3000
T-1
M42 P0 S0
G54
G0 X5 Y5 Z220

@FelixH Sorry, there is no tutorial. What I used is one Box, some pushbutton , one switch, a level shifter and an Arduino Nano with some software. The software you can find in my post above. Inside software you find description what pins to use.

As dc42 sayed, it is no good idea to run spindle from config.g

Standard G-Code starts spindle with M3/M4 commands and S-parameter to set RPM.

@Sejl said in [3.01-RC10][Duet6HC] Spindle pwm 10-90%:

My spindle VFD is Escon50/5 board that requires three digital inputs: one pwm for spindle speed, and other two for spindle CW/CCW enable signal. VFD requires pwm input to be between 10-90% at all times, otherwise reports an error.

Escon 50/5 is Maxxon Brand? If yes, did you try ESCON -Studio software to reconfigure board not to raise an error under 10% PWM when spindle is switched off?
I used EPOS-Studio to configure similar motion control devices. Each I/O was freely configurable.

@Sejl said in [3.01-RC10][Duet6HC] Spindle pwm 10-90%:

M950 F0 C"out9" Q100 ; create Spindle control output as Fan0 on pin out9

If you want to follow your solution,I would try to define "out9" as standard I/O pin, eg. P0, and assign a PWM value with M42 command.

@Sejl said in [3.01-RC10][Duet6HC] Spindle pwm 10-90%:

M563 P0 S"Spindle" F0 ; define tool 0 - Spindle, use fan F0

From my experience in CNC-Mode this is used for DWC Tool display only.

@Sejl said in [3.01-RC10][Duet6HC] Spindle pwm 10-90%:

M453 S0 C"out6+out7" T0 ; set machine to CNC mode with out6 for CW and out7 for CCW spindle signal

A M3 S255 command would output 100% PWM signal at "out6" , a M4 S127 commad 50% at "out7" simultaniously setting "out6" to 0%.

My strong recommendation is to use standard commands.

@DeltaCon My reference in G-Code around Duet is this Wiki. This is the full list of comands.
If you search in RepRapFirmeware3 overview you get hints regarding changes against RepRapFirmware 2.

The laser PWM pin is assigned in M452 command. Use "C" parameter to select pin. A list of pin names on Maestro board you find here.

An example: M452 C"exp.pa21" Q2000 R255.
This command adds pin "exp.pa21" to laser PWM line. PWM frequency is set to 2000 by Q parameter. R parameter sets the value of max laser power in S parameter in G1 commands.
G1 X20 Y 40 S127 will move laser with half power.
Hope it is not too confusing.

Laser will only fire when moving by G1 command with the power set by S-parameter.

The laser power supply in my machine is controlled by "exp.heater3".

I change R parameter to adjust Laser power to different materials. It is faster than recreating G-code file with external software und upload to Duet.

My board is a Duet2 Ethernet. Firmware is 3.01-RC11.
A solid state relais controls 220V sockets for spindel and laser power. It is configured to heater3 pin in laser and in CNC mode.
PWM signal for laser is configured to heater6 pin.

Here is the piece of code I use to switch to laser mode:

M453 C"nil"                                        ; deselect CNC-Mode Pin. May be it was configured. 
M950 P0 C"exp.heater3"                             ; select heater 3 pin to control solid state relais. M42 P0 S255 -> laser power supply on, M42 P0 S0 laser off
M42 P0 S0			                   ; set laser power off	
M452 C"exp.heater6" R500 S1 Q20000                 ; laser PWM signal on heater6 pin,  PWM frequency 20000Hz
;
; Tools
M140 H-1                                           ; Heizbett aus
M563 P0 D-1 H-1                                    ; Tool0 abwählen
M563 P1 D-1 H-1                                    ; Tool1 abwählen

M563 P0 S"Laser"                                   ; Define tool 0
G10 P0 X-7 Y-45 Z-68.5                             ; Set tool 0 axis offsets vs. Headposition  -68.5 Z-Achse Nullpunkt (Laser Fokus)
T0                                                 ; Select Tool 0 (laser)
M42 P0 S0			                   ; This line was added as workaround to avoid floating signal after selecting tool.

Lines 12 and 13 were added to set tool head offset.
After adding line 12 and 13 to configuration I noticed floating signal on heater3 pin from time to time.
As a workaround I redefined power state in line 14.
I would have expected that command in line 3 already sets signal on heater3.pin to zero level.
It seems that a tool change command makes heater3 pin floating.

Does anyone else see these effects?

@Skysurfer Home build external Jog control is very helpful moving spindel head.
For CNC - Gcode generation I use Estlcam. Here it is easy to add commands for tool change.
Here is an extract of Tool change section in Estlcam.

M5
G54
G0 X5 Y5 Z220
T<t> P0
M291 S2 R"Werkzeugwechsel" P"Werkzeug Nr. <t> , <n>, Durchnesser : <d> mm , Vorschub:<f> einspannen"
M3 S<s>
G55

Estlcam replaces the <t> parameter by tool number. <s> parameter is value of spindle rpm if needed.
Duet moves tool head to my workpiece change position and stops execution of file and displays a message box. Selectin "OK" button continues execution of work with new tool.
This is my solution to generate single G-Code file doing work with more than one tool.

CNC-mode also worked fine.