Cura 4.2.1 to Duet2Wifi plugin problem.
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@droftarts I'll give it a try when this print is finished. Wonder why they added it by default, unless all Ultimaker Printers have heated chambers?
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did you set the g code flavor to reprap? i get no m141 in my g code
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Neither do I, but then again, if I change Cura's printer settings to use Marlin flavour instead of RepRap, I don't get any M141 commands in the g-code either.
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I have my printer set as a Custom > Deltabot, and using 'Marlin' (not 'Marlin (Volumetric)' or 'RepRap') as G-code flavour, which seems to be working fine (I think I chose Marlin after a recommendation on this forum somewhere). This is with Cura 4.2.1 which was released a week ago. Can't see anything in the release notes about 'Build Volume Temperature': https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/releases
It would be good if they added the 'Build Volume Temperature' as a settable value in the material profile. My guess is with the end of the Stratasys patents on heated chambers, Ultimaker will be coming out with a heated chamber version.
Ian
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@droftarts well that worked. It's odd though. I got the Chamber Heater warning only when using the plugin to send g-code to the Duet board. If I uploaded the g-code manually from Cura 4.2.1 to the Duet I got no Chamber Heater warning. When I activated the Build Volume Temp in Cura it was set to 28, changed it to 0, and now the plugin seems to work without the warning.
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To be fair, I got the message when I sent direct to print from Cura, too, and then worked out what was causing it and fixed it, without trying an uploaded file. Cura does seem to put in some extra gcode before the Start G-code, particularly if it's not already stated in the Start G-code, eg M104 and M109. But it's strange the behaviour is different between sending it via the plugin and saving/uploading.
I've noticed one other problem with using 'Marlin' rather than 'RepRap' G-code flavour, which is that it's using absolute (M82) rather than relative (M83) extrusion mode (relative is preferred). I've switched to 'RepRap' flavour because of this. My Start G-code is:
M83 ;relative extrusion mode T0 M104 S{material_print_temperature} M109 S{material_print_temperature} G32 ;Calibrate G29 S1 ; Load height map G1 Z15.0 F6000 ;Move the platform down 15mm ;Prime the extruder G92 E0 G1 F200 E3 G92 E0
Cura spits out (to a saved file, bits in bold Cura has added):
;FLAVOR:RepRap ;TIME:1448 ;Filament used: 0.516914m ;Layer height: 0.1 ;MINX:-13.844 ;MINY:-13.844 ;MINZ:0.3 ;MAXX:13.844 ;MAXY:13.844 ;MAXZ:10.5 ;POSTPROCESSED ;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 4.2.1 T0 M82 ;absolute extrusion mode M83 ;relative extrusion mode T0 M104 S190 M109 S190 G32 ;Calibrate G29 S1 ; Load height map G1 Z15.0 F6000 ;Move the platform down 15mm ;Prime the extruder G92 E0 G1 F200 E3 G92 E0 M83 ;relative extrusion mode G1 F3000 E-3.5 ;LAYER_COUNT:103 ;LAYER:0 G0 F4500 X13.74 Y1.442 Z0.3 etc...
I also have a couple of post processing search and replace scripts, to get rid of extra M107 (Fan off, because my hot end fan is under thermostatic control, and this turns it off!) and M105 (Get Extruder temperature, which is unnecessary when using Duet).
Ian
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@droftarts Did Cura spit that out with Marlin or RepRap? Which are you using now Marlin or RepRap? I'm building an IDEX not sure which slicer I'll be using.
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Says at the top of the output gcode, ';FLAVOR:RepRap'. Though I haven't actually run gcode with this setting to check it works, but it seems the way to get relative rather than absolute extrusion.
Ian
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@droftarts Heh, I keep scrolling past the start. Thanks for the help Ian.
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@droftarts said in Cura 4.2.1 to Duet2Wifi plugin problem.:
I think I chose Marlin after a recommendation on this forum somewhere
Should definitely be RepRap flavour. It's less of an issue now that RepRapFirmware also supports a lot of the Marlin syntax commands, but RepRap flavour is the best bet.
Cura has a checkbox for relative extrusion now. May have to search the hidden settings for it.
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@phaedrux said in Cura 4.2.1 to Duet2Wifi plugin problem.:
Cura has a checkbox for relative extrusion now. May have to search the hidden settings for it.
Just found it in 'Special Modes' , usually hidden.
Ian