IR Probe setup problems
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If it's giving a reading of 1 when not triggered and 1000 when triggered and the red LED on the IR sensor is lit, then there are a couple of possible causes:
1. Sensor starting up in digital mode instead of analog mode. How many flashes does it give when you power it up? Have you specified type 1 (P1) in your M558 command?
2. Very strong background IR, for example direct bright sunlight (no clouds) reflecting off the bed into the sensor.
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The sensor flashed two times on power-up (USB). I had sent the M558 P1 via DWC, following the instructions here: https://miscsolutions.wordpress.com/mini-height-sensor-board/
I proceeded to power the board from 24V and did the exact same steps (M558 P1, G31 P500 Z1.0) and for whatever reason I started getting correct readings from the probe.
Next I ran Auto Delta Calibration and got a bunch of "Error: Z probe already triggered at start of probing move", but after a bit of scratching my head I increased the M558 H parameter from 2 to 5, and it went through neatly.
One more question:
I ran the calibration three times:
1.52.25 G32 Calibrated 3 factors using 7 points, deviation before 0.240 after 0.240 1.51.24 G32 Calibrated 3 factors using 7 points, deviation before 0.252 after 0.244 1.43.36 G32 Calibrated 3 factors using 7 points, deviation before 1.740 after 0.257I have no idea how to interpret the numbers. Is this something to worry about? I have a fair 0.5mm (or so) deep cavity in the center of my heatbed from when I went looking for oil down there (in all seriousness, I tweaked some slicer settings when I had no clue what I was doing). It runs through the black low-friction surface material up until the glass bed, latter of which luckily looks undamaged. Aside from the drilled hole right at my X0 Y0 Z0, I wonder if the irregular surface on top of the glass could pose a problem for the IR probe… I've been considering peeling it off anyway after giving it hell in a multitude of creative ways on more than one occasion.
M665 Diagonal 397.107, delta radius 157.000, homed height 523.378, bed radius 160.0, X 0.000°, Y 0.000°, Z 0.000°M666 Endstop adjustments X-1.04 Y0.55 Z0.48, tilt X0.00% Y0.00% -
inachisiojexus, try running the calibration with a factor of 9 and post your M665 and M666 after it is done. Make sure bed compensation is disabled if you don't already have that in your bed.g.
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The M558 P1 command needs to be in config.g so that the pullup resistor is already disabled 4 seconds after power up, which is when the sensor checks for it and decides which more to operate in.
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inachisiojexus, try running the calibration with a factor of 9 and post your M665 and M666 after it is done. Make sure bed compensation is disabled if you don't already have that in your bed.g.
I couldn't figure out how to do that… Do I need to write in the probe points by hand, and if so, how should I calculate them? My bed.g currently has seven probe points:
; bed.g G28 M561 M98 Pdeployprobe.g G30 P0 X0 Y129.9 H0 Z-99999 G30 P1 X112.5 Y64.95 H0 Z-99999 G30 P2 X112.5 Y-64.95 H0 Z-99999 G30 P3 X0 Y-129.9 H0 Z-99999 G30 P4 X-112.5 Y-64.95 H0 Z-99999 G30 P5 X-112.5 Y64.95 H0 Z-99999 G30 P6 X0 Y0 H0 Z-99999 S9 M98 Pretractprobe.g G1 X0 Y0 Z150 F15000 -
The M558 P1 command needs to be in config.g so that the pullup resistor is already disabled 4 seconds after power up, which is when the sensor checks for it and decides which more to operate in.
I thought I didn't change any configs between testing on USB and 24V, but had I done that, that would explain the behavior. Looks like I read the instructions too hastily - my bad! Thanks for the clarification.
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Your bed.g already has the S9 (9 factor) already in it. You should comment out the M98 since you don't have a deployable probe. Then just click on the Auto Calibration.
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I just changed it from 3 to 9 to do the 9-factor calibration as you requested. However, DWC console says I need 9 probing points for 9-factor calibration, and I'm clueless about the theory behind the probing procedure and what the firmware might expect, and consequently the proper conventions regarding constructing the grid. Is there a general explanation that you could direct me to study?
Apologies if my questions are too elementary. I appreciate the babysitting and hope that I get the opportunity to pass on the knowledge to the next rookie.
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go to http://www.escher3d.com/pages/wizards/wizardbed.php put in the figures for your printer ie 10 or 13 probe points (6 periphery and 3 or 6 midpoints) the radius of your bed and set it for 6 factors (Then modify the resultant file to make it S8 rather than 6 or 9 and try again
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Cheers Dougal1957.
S9:
1.00.25 M666 Endstop adjustments X0.56 Y3.85 Z-4.41, tilt X0.72% Y-3.38% 1.00.22 M665 Diagonal 402.182, delta radius 156.490, homed height 523.115, bed radius 160.0, X -1.838°, Y 0.187°, Z 0.000° 1.00.09 G32 Calibrated 9 factors using 10 points, deviation before 0.276 after 0.063S8:
1.04.48 M666 Endstop adjustments X2.17 Y2.71 Z-4.88, tilt X-0.29% Y-3.65% 1.04.37 M665 Diagonal 402.182, delta radius 156.697, homed height 523.175, bed radius 160.0, X -1.383°, Y 0.514°, Z 0.000° 1.04.19 G32 Calibrated 8 factors using 10 points, deviation before 0.070 after 0.022Run in succession. Coordinates read {-3.7 -1.1 155.73} after calibration finishes.
S8:
1.40.41 M666 Endstop adjustments X1.22 Y3.60 Z-4.82, tilt X0.33% Y-3.54% 1.40.23 M665 Diagonal 402.182, delta radius 157.024, homed height 523.242, bed radius 160.0, X -1.255°, Y -0.003°, Z 0.000° 1.40.08 G32 Calibrated 8 factors using 10 points, deviation before 0.130 after 0.056Head position reported by DWC: {2.5 0.1 155.78}
Configs:
; bed.g file for RepRapFirmware, generated by Escher3D calculator ; 10 points, 6 factors, probing radius: 150, probe offset (0, 25) G28 M561 G30 P0 X0.00 Y128.57 Z-99999 H0 G30 P1 X118.86 Y68.62 Z-99999 H0 G30 P2 X129.90 Y-75.00 Z-99999 H0 G30 P3 X0.00 Y-150.00 Z-99999 H0 G30 P4 X-129.90 Y-75.00 Z-99999 H0 G30 P5 X-118.86 Y68.62 Z-99999 H0 G30 P6 X0.00 Y56.25 Z-99999 H0 G30 P7 X64.95 Y-37.50 Z-99999 H0 G30 P8 X-64.95 Y-37.50 Z-99999 H0 G30 P9 X0 Y0 Z-99999 S8 G1 X0 Y0 Z150 F15000; config.g M111 S0 G21 G90 M83 M555 P1 M665 R157 L397.1073 B150 H525 M666 X0 Y0 Z0 M208 Z0 S1; config-override.g ; This is a system-generated file - do not edit ; Delta parameters M665 L397.1073 R157.000 H523.395 B160.0 X0.000 Y0.000 Z0.000 M666 X-1.058 Y0.551 Z0.507 A0.00 B0.00 ; Heater model parameters M307 H0 A90.0 C700.0 D10.0 S1.00 B1 M301 H0 P10.0 I0.100 D200.0 M307 H1 A455.7 C314.0 D7.0 S1.00 B0 M307 H2 A340.0 C140.0 D5.5 S1.00 B0 M307 H4 A340.0 C140.0 D5.5 S1.00 B0 M307 H5 A340.0 C140.0 D5.5 S1.00 B0 M307 H6 A340.0 C140.0 D5.5 S1.00 B0 M307 H7 A340.0 C140.0 D5.5 S1.00 B0 ; Z probe parameters G31 T1 P500 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.70 G31 T3 P500 X0.0 Y0.0 Z0.70 G31 T4 P25 X0.0 Y0.0 Z11.30Sorry about some garbage leftover I've neglected to clean (like that deployprobe.g call from my preceding setup with BLTouch - I'm sure there's more).
EDIT: I tried adjusting the rod length from 397.1073 (manufacturer default) to 396.6 (not that precisely measured by myself), not sure whether it was for better or worse, so I changed it back. Now I'm noticing that when I home all axes, after the head moves down the last time the effector shifts horizontally. Is that due to successful or unsuccessful calibration, or my tweaking of dimensions parameters?
EDIT2: Did one more S8 round.
P.s. I realize we're way off-topic now… Just wouldn't make sense to create a new thread at this point.
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Well… I had no luck calibrating the printer properly. That is, until during bed mesh generation the nozzle crashed into the bed and DWC said that the probe was not triggered during a probing move, which led to the realization that the wiring was loose and the probe would lose power randomly during movements. I fixed the wiring and ran a 6-factor auto-calibration and it appears I'm currently getting decent accuracy at least on the XY-plane.
