Piezo as Z Endstop & as Z-Probe config

grizewald

There's no need to probe the bed for every print.

In my bed.g, I use G29 S1 to load and activate the stored map. This allows you to create a much more detailed map than 5 x 5 and save it. I refresh the map once in a while, but there is rarely any difference between the new and previous maps.

Are you executing a G32 so that bed.g is executed in your slicer's start code?

sinned6915

I only probe at every power on. I don't re-probe between prints

I am not using G32. I thought that was for Delta's.

Is it redundant with G29?

Phaedrux

G32 just runs bed.g.

What do you have in your slicer start gcode?

When G29 is run the mesh is probed and the results are saved, and compensation is made active.

G29 S1 will load the saved heightmap. So you should have that in your slicer start code after your G28.

You can send M122 to get a diagnostics report, look for a line saying compensation: mesh to indicate that it's active.

sinned6915

I currently don't have anything in my start gcode. I understood that the mesh bed compensation was active until you re-homed via G28.

EDIT: when I print, I use a macro to preheat, then home & level-

M80
M106 S0
M104 S130
G28 X Y
M109 S130
G28 Z
G29 
G1 X150 Y150 Z5 F3500

M122 shows-

=== Move ===
Hiccups: 0, FreeDm: 99, MinFreeDm: 63, MaxWait: 24240329ms
Bed compensation in use: mesh, comp offset 0.000

full listing is here- https://pastebin.com/HGviebvr

BTW: Is there a way to get more verbose output to the console? I wish that more info would get displayed to know what is going on.

Phaedrux

G28 won't clear G29 by default. Yours will because you have M561 at the start.

M122 shows mesh is active.

What does your heightmap image look like?

I think the best way to test if mesh compensation is effective is to print an STL like this once with mesh disabled and once with mesh enabled. The results should be better when it's enabled.

0_1565997501514_bedlevel_nozzle_0.4_200x200-0.3-0.8.stl

sinned6915

Which M561 do you mean? I have that in there because I wanted to make sure I cleared out baby-stepping in the case I forgot to clear it.

Perhaps this is the source of my issue? How do you clear baby-steps?

here is my heightmap from different views-

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Phaedrux

So the z motors don't move at all if you move to that dipped area?

sinned6915

typically, i stay away from that area if i can.

i will scale the stl you linked and print it over the whole bed.

i have a print finishing now- it might be a couple of hours before i can post results.

sinned6915

@phaedrux

thanks again for your tutelage.

the compensation does work as expected. i have been trying to straighten the bed little by little by taking it off and giving it a good, strategic hammer blow or two.

sinneD

Phaedrux

@sinned6915 nothing wrong with a little percussive maintenance now and then.

grizewald

"percussive maintenance"

Lovely!