@perigonza

You're more than welcome. Glad I could help 👍

@adamfilip Check out these lines from the Duet Docs

The first digit specifies which machine direction the Z axis of the accelerometer chip (usually the top face of the chip) faces, as follows: 0 = +X, 1 = +Y, 2 = +Z, 4 = -X, 5 = -Y, 6 = -Z. The second digit expresses which direction the X axis of the accelerometer chip faces, using the same code. If the accelerometer chip axes line up with the machine axis, the orientation is 20.

Take a look at the board - you can see the XYZ axis indicator. Since you have X going in X, Y in Y, you should be selecting '20' (simply because if 2x of the axes line up, the third has to as well).

Thanks got it working by using out 1. Bit bummed I have an always on fan now for the hotend. But thems the breaks

@chrishamm it worked!! thanks.

@selva_tvi short to vin and short to ground pretty much point to an issue with wiring, unless you've managed to damage the driver.
I'm not sure there's an exhaustive list of issues and fixes

@bubblevisor thanks for the tip!

@highfreq best off buying a 5v PSU and powering into the GPIO pins or soldering to the back of the board.
Make sure whatever PSU you get can output 5.2v

@ampmaker Don't mean to revive an old thread, but I'm just curious if you were able to get your JGAurora A8 completed and printing successfully. I'm doing a conversion/upgrade and am really only keeping the movement mechanics intact and If your up to it, would like to chat about problems you had/settings you used to get it up and running sucessfully. I'd like to learn from any issues you had hahaha. Drop me a line if you're interested in chatting!
-Kyle

@cthulhulabs I am confused. Didn't you say the original problem only started showing up when you turned off the Duet but left the SBC running? If that is the case, how did you power the SBC in the first place? I assumed you had a USB cable connected to the SBC which was in charge of the 5V supply already.

Nevertheless, if you want to provide 5V to the Duet and power ONLY the SBC from there, do the following:

Check if your 5V PSU is set to 5V (no more than 5.2V) Connect 5V from your PSU to the EXT 5V header Remove the INT 5V jumper Bridge "5V -> SBC" and "SBC -> 5V"

If you want to connect extra devices to the SBC, it is highly recommended to power the SBC separately using a USB-C cable (e.g. this). The reason is that both 5V supply lines of the ribbon cable should not exceed 2A total and with a Pi 4 + extra peripherals you would probably exceed that.

@laplacek Sorry you received a faulty Duet. It does happen from time to time. Yes, boards are tested before they leave the factory, including the WiFi; there's a full test rig. It does look like there wasn't much solder on the WiFi module. I'd guess that it worked in the factory, but maybe movement or thermals cracked one of the joints on its journey around the world.

Let me know if you have any further problems. We will leave the option of a warranty replacement open.

Ian

@downshift64 said in duet 2 wifi setting up BLtouch:

@fcwilt can you use a z stop switch and a bltouch i would like to home my cartesian printer at the top of Z and use the bltouch also

Certainly.

All of my printers had Z probes and all of my printers have Z endstops at the low (min) end of the the axis.

Homing with a Z endstop can result in simpler and quicker code.

You can, if needs be, have two endstop switches, one at the low end for homing, one at the high end for resuming a print.

Of course you need to have routines to change the configuration of the M574 for the Z endstop, since it can only handle one at a time.

Frederick

@buurman

There is a video out there showing that microswitches are actually very, very good when it comes to repeatability.

They are simple, safe and if you don't use the plain kind (not circuit board) they only need 2 wires. If you go the route be sure to the the COM and NC connections.

The kind with the circuit board have a couple of advantages (usually). They provide an LED to verify state. The signal is actively pulled-down or pulled-up so the signal wire to the Duet is never dealing with an open circuit which can act like an antenna pickup up noise.

There may be kinds a circuit board that don't behave that way but all the ones I have used do.

Frederick

@droftarts Thanks very much. That sorted it.

@phaedrux would I use M591 D0 S1 to enable and M591 D0 S0 to disable and would I need to change S1 to SO disable them in config.g?

Shouldn't it be disabled in tfree rather then tpost?

I haven't used these before so I'm tryting to figure it out now. I should have a tfree, tpre and tpost file for each tool correct? I am using a single nozzle with 4 extruders.

Here is what I have for my tfree0.g, tfree1.g, tfree2.g and

M83 ; relative extruder mode G1 E-150 F300 ; retract 150mm G1 E-300 F2500 ; retract 300mm

for tpre0.g,

M591 D0 S1

tpre1.g

M591 D1 S1

tpre2.g

M591 D2 S1

tfree3.g

M591 D3 S1

For tpost0.g, tpost1.g, tpost2.g and tpost3.g

M116 P0 ; wait for tool 0 only to reach operating temperature M83 ; relative extruder mode G1 E450 F2500 ; undo retraction

Does this look OK?

Do I need to include a tool change script in my slicer (simplify 3d) to run the macros?

Sorry for all of the questions. Thanks

@gnydick said in Heater Cartridge Safety Questions:

@deckingman nice! Did you machine the 6 chamber hotend? Videos, cad files?

Yes I did - I documented my journey on my YouTube channel - link is in my signature.

@worekarolis that mosfet is not suitable.

@joeko

Thanks for the explanation.

Frederick

@signpostman

I haven't read this entire thread so I don't know what you mean by "Is there any other way to connect my ClearPath Servos to the Duet 3 main board?"

If you have specific questions, you should probably start a new thread with those questions and I'd be happy to help.

@mac Yes, of course I watched the video! That's what I was commenting on.

the home point for this Xvico was the FRONT, LEFT, Corner

Sorry, but I'd say the nozzle in the image below is over the back right corner, viewed from the front of the machine (ie reading the text on the bed the correct way up, left to right). If you've set the endstops up as maximum endstops (ie bed maximum position is set when homed, like X200 Y200), then fine, but if they're set up as minimum endstops, the machine coordinates are rotated 180 degrees. Just for clarity: the X axis is (usually) the one that has the nozzle on it (goes left/right), the Y axis is the bed (goes forward/backward).

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I copied the M569 commands from the config.g you posted a few days ago. I probably should have said to check the 'S' parameter in them (that's the axis direction)! It's the D3 that silences the motors. It should not have made the motors move, or done anything to the fan. I thought the squealing was motor coil whine, not the fan! Because it stopped when you moved an axis. If it helps, add it to the M569 commands in config.g. Maybe post your current config.g in this thread, too.

Why is homing the x-axis telling the z-axis to go up and then down?

Because homex.g tells it to. Usually it's best to lift the nozzle before homing, just in case it has stopped on the bed, or stopped during printing, so it stops the nozzle being dragged along the bed. Lifting it 5mm is normal, and it usually drops it again after the X (and Y does the same thing) has been homed.

Ian