Posts made by Shiven

Thank you, we're away again

Hi all,
My printer was working previously with no real issues but i decided to muck around with the zaxis to try and get more ridigity. Long story short i managed to damage some cabling in the process, didn't notice until a pungent 'blue-smoke' smell filled the room. Lovely. I've tested by moving the motors to other drivers and seeing them work as intended; the stepper driver on my X axis appears to be burnt out (and i can't really blame it).

I've seen that its possible to replace the driver using a heatplate and some other tools which i clearly don't possess; its also possible to use a breakout board style scenario and route to an external driver - i have a couple of options.

It has a second extruder driver which i'm never going to use, can i route the signal through that?

Cheers,
Shiven

Thank you dc42! (& deckingman!)

I'm now able to extrude plastic. That was a little tougher than i anticipated but have a position to launch myself from.

Thank you very much!

+@dc42:

G28 homes the printer. If you send G28 from the console, does the printer home correctly?

Alrighty, seems things are a little odd when i run that command (whee, getting somewhere!).

To explain the behaviour; its a corexy printer, running g28 when;

• the x/y endstops are triggered, only the z axis moves, homes normally and then stops.

• The X endstop is triggered alone, y moves back into position & rattles in place (trying to drive) once endstop triggered

• The Y endstop is triggered alone, x moves into position & rattles in place (trying to drive) once endstop triggered

It appears that those two endstops aren't stopping the x/y axis when g28 is run. Using the +10/-10 triggers however, the endstops are adhered to.

@dc42:

Please can you put that gcode on a file sharing site and then edit that last post to link to it instead of including all of it in that post. I am using a tablet and it would take me forever to scroll to the bottom of that post.

Does the G28 homing command complete before DWC says the print is complete? I am wondering whether something in your homeall.g file could be to blame.

I have updated the original post with a link to a paste site. The G28 command doesn't run or at least doesn't run fully. I'm not sure what order G28 actually runs in but i have heard a click (like the endstop un-triggering perhaps, or a relay potentially) prior to the print saying 'completed'. It all seems a little odd to me.

Cheers,
Shiven

Edit: Homeall.g

; homeall.g
; called to home all axes
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool on Sat Jul 22 2017 23:44:03 GMT+0000

; Relative positioning
G91

; Lift Z
G1 Z5 F6000

; Course home X or Y
G1 X-205 Y-195 F1800 S1
; Course home X
G1 X-205
; Course home Y
G1 Y-195

: Move away from the endstops
G1 X5 Y5 F6000

; Fine home X
G1 X-205 F360 S1
; Fine home Y
G1 Y-195 S1

; Move Z down until the switch triggers
G1 Z-160 F1800 S1

; Absolute positioning
G90

; Tell the firmware where we are
G92 Z2.5

; Uncomment the following line to lift the nozzle after probing
;G1 Z5 F100

Full Gcode https://justpaste.it/19hkt

What would be the preferred slicer for this board? I'm not exactly sold on cura, it just appeared to be everywhere at the moment so i thought i'd give it a shot. I used to use Skeinforge, but i was looking for something a bit more straightforward…

Cheers for the advice thus far!

Shiven

I cut the other lines from the Gcode file - its my understanding it goes sequentially and never gets to the skirt anyway, so the issue would be up top. I can post the full file if desired - its just movements however.

HI All,
I apologise in advance, this will be a rather lengthy post to give all of the information i believe is relevant. I'm going to break it into smaller sections so you're welcome to skip over whatever is not relevant to the issue.

General / Issue Background
My Duet Wifi appears to be functioning as intended for the most part - i can move all axes, i can heat up heat bed and the stepping seems to be correct on all of them (or within tolerance at least). When i start a print, the system heats up the heat bed during the warmup phase, then heats up the hotend to the desired temperature. Both ht the correct temperature, as the first layer begins and it halts, says 100% complete Layer 1 of 198, Filament Usage 0.0mm of 1455.0mm. The Extruder has not moved at this time.

See here: http://imgur.com/a/9mq8H for an example of what occurs at the point of failure. A couple of things to note, the alert triangle at the top dissappears almost immediately - to the point that i have never seen it before and was just obscenely lucky to get it in that particular picture. Furthermore, the gcode console has no alerts or warnings - http://imgur.com/a/n4wXA. This has made this a difficult issue to track down as there are effectively no warnings as to why this has occurred.

Unit Background
Purchased approximately 12 days ago - have never managed to get a print out of it. Have managed to extrude plastic and have it move around however, never cnc/automatically. Have had other issues along the way, but nothing too drastic.

Running off an ATX power supply (12V).
Firmware Version: 1.18.1
Web Interface Version: 1.15a

Config.g

[[language]]
; Configuration file for Duet WiFi
; executed by the firmware on start-up
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool on Sat Jul 22 2017 23:44:03 GMT+0000

; General preferences
M111 S0 ; Debugging off
G21 ; Work in millimetres
G90 ; Send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M555 P2 ; Set firmware compatibility to look like Marlin

M667 S1 ; Select CoreXY mode
M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; Set axis minima
M208 X200 Y190 Z155 S0 ; Set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 Y1 Z1 S0 ; Define active low and unused microswitches
M558 P0 X0 Y0 Z0 H5 F120 T6000 ; Set Z probe type to switch, the axes for which it is used and the probe + travel speeds
G31 P600 X0 Y0 Z2.5 ; Set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X15:185 Y15:175 S20 ; Define mesh grid

; Drives
M569 P0 S0 ; X Goes Forwards
M569 P1 S1 ; Y Goes Backwards
M569 P2 S0 ; Z Goes Backwards
M569 P3 S1 ; Drive 3 goes forwards
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; Configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X87.489 Y87.489 Z268.46 E94.479 ; Set steps per mm
M566 X900 Y900 Z12 E120 ; Set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X6000 Y6000 Z180 E1200 ; Set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X500 Y500 Z20 E250 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X1400 Y1400 Z1400 E1400 I30 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

; Heaters
M143 S260 ; Set maximum heater temperature to 260C
M305 P0 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 0
M305 P1 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1

; Heater Tuning
M307 H0 A98.4 C303.0 D5.5 B0 	; Heatbed
M307 H1 A353.9 C112.3 D5.0 B0	; Hotend

; Tools
M563 P0 D0 H1 ; 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

; Network
M550 PHypercube ; Set machine name
M552 S1 ; Enable network
M586 P0 S1 ; Enable HTTP
M586 P1 S1 ; Enable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; Disable Telnet

; Fans
M106 P0 S0.3 I0 F500 H-1 ; Set fan 0 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off
M106 P1 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45 ; Set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M106 P2 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45 ; Set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on

; Custom settings are not configured
T0

Gcode

[[language]]
;FLAVOR:RepRap
;TIME:2283
;Filament used: 1.45501m
;Layer height: 0.1
;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine master
T0
M116
M190 S60
M104 S210
M109 S210
G28 ;Home
G1 Z15.0 F6000 ;Move the platform down 15mm
;Prime the extruder
G92 E0
G1 F200 E3
G92 E0
;LAYER_COUNT:198
;LAYER:0
M107
G0 F3600 X84.08 Y79.922 Z0.3
;TYPE:SKIRT
G1 F1800 X84.623 Y79.349 E0.03938
G1 X85.222 Y78.834 E0.0788
G1 X85.87 Y78.383 E0.11818
G1 X86.561 Y77.999 E0.15762

Firmware Diagnostics

[[language]]
M122
=== Diagnostics ===
Used output buffers: 1 of 32 (7 max)
=== Platform ===
Static ram used: 20320
Dynamic ram used: 73016
Recycled dynamic ram: 872
Stack ram used: 968 current, 8104 maximum
Never used ram: 28760
Last reset 01:01:32 ago, cause: power up
Last software reset code 0x0003, HFSR 0x00000000, CFSR 0x00000000, ICSR 0x00400000, BFAR 0xe000ed38, SP 0xffffffff
Spinning module during software reset: GCodes, available RAM 28760 bytes (slot 0)
Error status: 0
Free file entries: 10
SD card 0 detected, interface speed: 20.0MBytes/sec
SD card longest block write time: 53.1ms
MCU temperature: min 8.8, current 28.1, max 32.1
Supply voltage: min 11.4, current 12.4, max 12.6, under voltage events: 0, over voltage events: 0
Driver 0: stalled standstill
Driver 1: stalled standstill
Driver 2: stalled standstill
Driver 3: standstill
Driver 4: standstill
Date/time: 2017-07-29 11:36:02
Slowest main loop (seconds): 0.079315; fastest: 0.000000
=== Move ===
MaxReps: 2, StepErrors: 0, MaxWait: 1613660ms, Underruns: 0, 0
Scheduled moves: 1, completed moves: 1
Bed compensation in use: none
Bed probe heights: 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Probe change coordinates:
=== Heat ===
Bed heater = 0, chamber heater = -1
Heater 0 is on, I-accum = 0.4
=== GCodes ===
Segments left: 0
Stack records: 2 allocated, 0 in use
Movement lock held by null
http is idle in state(s) 0
telnet is idle in state(s) 0
file is idle in state(s) 0
serial is idle in state(s) 0
aux is idle in state(s) 0
daemon is idle in state(s) 0
queue is idle in state(s) 0
Code queue is empty.
=== Network ===
WiFiServer is running
SPI underruns 0, overruns 0
=== Webserver ===
HTTP sessions: 1 of 8

Thank you for any help!

Cheers,
Shiven

Scratch this entire post, apologies, my board appears to be playing fine now. I plugged the connectors back in (after removing in the first step) and its not going crazy anymore.

I don't have a reason why, but its working. Apologies on that.

@dc42:

1. With the bed heater disconnected, does the bed heat LED turn on as soon as you apply VIN power to the board?
No, Light doesn't come on at all, unless heat bed is connected

2. Do you have the bed heater connected directly to the bed heater output terminals, or some other arrangement?
Connected directly to the output terminals.

3. What sort of bed heater are you using, and what VIN voltage are you using?
I believe it is a prusa heatbed mk 2. Red, standard aluminium(?) platter. Quite old (6 years?). VIN voltage is 12V off a standard ATX PSU (quite literally pulled from my old ramps board into my new Duet Wifi.

4. How long have you had the board? Your supplier may be prepared to replace it under warranty.
4 Days, though i imported it from England so its going to be difficult to do any sort of swap over. (I am Australian)

Thanks for all the help thus far, seems like i'm looking at doing a changeover.

@sigxcpu:

MOSFET died short most probably.

Ah apologies i was still writing it when you said so. I tend to agree, i'm not sure how to solve it though.

So a small update (i'm still trying to figure this out). I've flicked it on and tried to run it to 0, when that failed tried holding it at 60. It kept going well past 60 so i flicked it off.

I'm feeling like the FET on the board is suspect. Is there a way to bypass said FET and run it off E1; alternatively, whats the difficulty level in replacing the fet? I'm confident of my soldering skills but less enthused by causing more damage…

Hi Again!
I'm trying to avoid spamming up these forums by reading as much as possible but i'm finding myself struggling to get some information. That aside, i've got an issue with my heatbed.

I've wired everything up now (once i had confirmed i could home all axes and generally that everything except heating worked), and have found that upon powerup, my heatbed starts. It rapidly approaches 60deg, at which point i decided this probably wasn't normal behavior and turned it off.

My first thought was that this was a short, so i've turned it off and looked it over, but haven't found anything which would normally suggest a short. Anyone experienced something similar? Have i botched something? I went over my config.g and didn't find anything of relevance to the heatbed specifically, i will attach below however incase i missed something.

Cheers,
Shiven

[[language]]
; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 1.17)
; executed by the firmware on start-up
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool on Sat Jul 22 2017 23:44:03 GMT+0000

; General preferences
M111 S0 ; Debugging off
G21 ; Work in millimetres
G90 ; Send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M555 P2 ; Set firmware compatibility to look like Marlin

M667 S1 ; Select CoreXY mode
M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; Set axis minima
M208 X200 Y190 Z155 S0 ; Set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 Y1 Z1 S0 ; Define active low and unused microswitches
M558 P0 X0 Y0 Z0 H5 F120 T6000 ; Set Z probe type to switch, the axes for which it is used and the probe + travel speeds
G31 P600 X0 Y0 Z2.5 ; Set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X15:185 Y15:175 S20 ; Define mesh grid

; Drives
M569 P0 S0 ; X Goes Forwards
M569 P1 S1 ; Y Goes Backwards
M569 P2 S0 ; Z Goes Backwards
M569 P3 S1 ; Drive 3 goes forwards
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; Configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X87.489 Y87.489 Z4000 E420 ; Set steps per mm
M566 X900 Y900 Z12 E120 ; Set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X6000 Y6000 Z180 E1200 ; Set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X500 Y20 Z250 E250 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X1400 Y1400 Z1400 E1400 I30 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

; Heaters
M143 S260 ; Set maximum heater temperature to 260C
M305 P0 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 0
M305 P1 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1

; Tools
M563 P0 D0 H1 ; 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

; Network
M550 PHypercube ; Set machine name
M552 S1 ; Enable network
M586 P0 S1 ; Enable HTTP
M586 P1 S1 ; Enable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; Disable Telnet

; Fans
M106 P0 S0.3 I0 F500 H-1 ; Set fan 0 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off
M106 P1 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45 ; Set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M106 P2 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45 ; Set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on

; Custom settings are not configured

Excellent, thanks guys.

I've managed to resolve the issues as noted, here is my updated config.g for anyone lurking on this forum with the same issue. As stated each of these machines are different so ymmv.

[[language]]
; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 1.17)
; executed by the firmware on start-up
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool on Sat Jul 22 2017 23:44:03 GMT+0000

; General preferences
M111 S0 ; Debugging off
G21 ; Work in millimetres
G90 ; Send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M555 P2 ; Set firmware compatibility to look like Marlin

M667 S1 ; Select CoreXY mode
M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; Set axis minima
M208 X200 Y190 Z155 S0 ; Set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 Y1 Z1 S0 ; Define active low and unused microswitches
M558 P0 X0 Y0 Z0 H5 F120 T6000 ; Set Z probe type to switch, the axes for which it is used and the probe + travel speeds
G31 P600 X0 Y0 Z2.5 ; Set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X15:185 Y15:175 S20 ; Define mesh grid

; Drives
M569 P0 S0 ; X Goes Forwards
M569 P1 S1 ; Y Goes Backwards
M569 P2 S0 ; Z Goes Backwards
M569 P3 S1 ; Drive 3 goes forwards
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; Configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X87.489 Y87.489 Z4000 E420 ; Set steps per mm
M566 X900 Y900 Z12 E120 ; Set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X6000 Y6000 Z180 E1200 ; Set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X500 Y20 Z250 E250 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X1400 Y1400 Z1400 E1400 I30 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

; Heaters
M143 S260 ; Set maximum heater temperature to 260C
M305 P0 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 0
M305 P1 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1

; Tools
M563 P0 D0 H1 ; 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

; Network
M550 PHypercube ; Set machine name
M552 S1 ; Enable network
M586 P0 S1 ; Enable HTTP
M586 P1 S1 ; Enable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; Disable Telnet

; Fans
M106 P0 S0.3 I0 F500 H-1 ; Set fan 0 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off
M106 P1 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45 ; Set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M106 P2 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45 ; Set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on

; Custom settings are not configured

Off to fiddle!

Thanks again~

Hi All,
Have built my 3d Printer (Hypercube - Core XY Design) and have been running it on RAMPs the last couple of weeks. All went well and i've got some decent calibration prints out of it. The printer itself is functional.

I've just migrated my way over to the DuetWifi, and have been fiddling about with anything and everything i can find to get a handle on how it all comes together; I've found myself in a spot of bother however. Following this article in particular: https://duet3d.com/wiki/Configuring_RepRapFirmware_for_a_CoreXY_printer

if i run;

[[language]]
M569 P0 S0
M569 P1 S0

G91 G1 S2 X10 F3000
G91 G1 S2 Y10 F3000

These appear to function as intended; origin at front left of cube, +y is towards the rear of the cube, +x is to the right of the cube and their respective negative counterparts. This suggests that my motors are running as i'd expect them to.

I come along to the front page of the wifi control, click x+10, and y+10 triggers. As the code above (& the page) suggests that my motors are in their correct holsters, has anyone got an idea as to why that is the way it is? I'll attach my config below.

I have one further issue, this is to do with Endstops however. As above, i hit Y-100 and then trip my Y endstop by hand. The system does come to a halt but there seems to be a significant delay between the trigger occurring and the system actually stopping. My X carriage was able to move 50mm or so before coming to a stop, AFTER the endstop had triggered.

Configuration attached below, any help is much appreciated!

[[language]]
; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 1.17)
; executed by the firmware on start-up
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool on Sat Jul 22 2017 23:44:03 GMT+0000

; General preferences
M111 S0 ; Debugging off
G21 ; Work in millimetres
G90 ; Send absolute coordinates...
M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M555 P2 ; Set firmware compatibility to look like Marlin

M667 S1 ; Select CoreXY mode
M208 X0 Y0 Z0 S1 ; Set axis minima
M208 X200 Y190 Z155 S0 ; Set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 Y1 Z1 S0 ; Define active low and unused microswitches
M558 P0 X0 Y0 Z0 H5 F120 T6000 ; Set Z probe type to switch, the axes for which it is used and the probe + travel speeds
G31 P600 X0 Y0 Z2.5 ; Set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X15:185 Y15:175 S20 ; Define mesh grid

; Drives
M569 P0 S0 ; Drive 0 goes forwards
M569 P1 S0 ; Drive 1 goes forwards
M569 P2 S1 ; Drive 2 goes forwards
M569 P3 S1 ; Drive 3 goes forwards
M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; Configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X87.489 Y87.489 Z4000 E420 ; Set steps per mm
M566 X900 Y900 Z12 E120 ; Set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X6000 Y6000 Z180 E1200 ; Set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X500 Y20 Z250 E250 ; Set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X1400 Y1400 Z1400 E1400 I30 ; Set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout

; Heaters
M143 S260 ; Set maximum heater temperature to 260C
M305 P0 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 0
M305 P1 T100000 B4138 C0 R4700 ; Set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1

; Tools
M563 P0 D0 H1 ; 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

; Network
M550 PHypercube ; Set machine name
M552 S1 ; Enable network
M586 P0 S1 ; Enable HTTP
M586 P1 S1 ; Enable FTP
M586 P2 S0 ; Disable Telnet

; Fans
M106 P0 S0.3 I0 F500 H-1 ; Set fan 0 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off
M106 P1 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45 ; Set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M106 P2 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45 ; Set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on

; Custom settings are not configured

Thanks!
Shiven