Solved Layer times
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Hi,
Im relatively new to the duet firmware, and after a couple of months printing with an Ender 3 with duet wifi motherboard, the layer time is no longer working properly. Although it shows the current layer correctly on the progress bar, the last layer time doesn't update, neither does de layer time graph.
For clarification, I'm using cura as slicer, with the reprap gcode flavor and one example gcode is attached (not exactly the gcode from the screenshot because its too big to upload here, but I can upload to my drive if that helps). Also, this is my home routine and config.g files, as I think that maybe this has to do with the BLTouch configuration.
Any help will be apprecieted.
Thanks; homeall.g ; called to home all axes ; ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Fri Jun 25 2021 17:30:43 GMT-0300 (Horário Padrão de Brasília) G91 ; relative positioning G1 H2 Z5 F6000 ; lift Z relative to current position G1 H1 X-250 Y-245 F3000 ; move quickly to X and Y axis endstops and stop there (first pass) G1 H2 X5 Y5 F6000 ; go back a few mm G1 H1 X-250 Y-245 F120 ; move slowly to X and Y axis endstops once more (second pass) G90 ; absolute positioning G1 X122 Y117 F6000 ; go to first bed probe point and home Z G30 ; home Z by probing the bed ; Uncomment the following lines to lift Z after probing ;G91 ; relative positioning ;G1 Z1 F100 ;E lift Z relative to current position ;G90 ; absolute positioning; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 3) ; executed by the firmware on start-up ; ; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.2.3 on Fri Jun 25 2021 17:30:43 GMT-0300 (Horário Padrão de Brasília) ; General preferences G90 ; send absolute coordinates... M83 ; ...but relative extruder moves M550 P"Ender 3" ; set printer name ; Network M552 S1 ; enable network M586 P0 S1 ; enable HTTP M586 P1 S0 ; disable FTP M586 P2 S0 ; disable Telnet ; Drives M569 P0 S0 ; physical drive 0 goes backwards M569 P1 S0 ; physical drive 1 goes backwards M569 P2 S1 ; physical drive 2 goes forwards M569 P3 S0 ; physical drive 3 goes backwards M584 X0 Y1 Z2 E3 ; set drive mapping M350 X16 Y16 Z16 E16 I1 ; configure microstepping with interpolation M92 X80.00 Y80.00 Z400.00 E97.03 ; set steps per mm M566 X1200.00 Y1200.00 Z24.00 E300.00 ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min) M203 X30000.00 Y30000.00 Z600.00 E6000.00 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min) M201 X500.00 Y500.00 Z100.00 E5000.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s^2) M906 X600 Y600 Z600 E800 I30 ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent M84 S30 ; Set idle timeout ; Axis Limits M208 X0 Y-6 Z0 S1 ; set axis minima M208 X245 Y234 Z260 S0 ; set axis maxima ; Endstops M574 X1 S1 P"xstop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on X via pin xstop M574 Y1 S1 P"ystop" ; configure active-high endstop for low end on Y via pin ystop M574 Z1 S2 ; configure Z-probe endstop for low end on Z ; Z-Probe M950 S0 C"exp.heater3" ; create servo pin 0 for BLTouch M558 P9 C"^zprobe.in" H5 F120 T6000 ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds G31 P500 X-55 Y-13 Z1.490 ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height M557 X5:203.5 Y30:200 S24.81 ; define mesh grid M376 H10 ; set compensation taper to 10mm ; Heaters M308 S0 P"bedtemp" Y"thermistor" T98801 B4185 ; configure sensor 0 as thermistor on pin bedtemp M950 H0 C"bedheat" T0 ; create bed heater output on bedheat and map it to sensor 0 M307 H0 B0 S1.00 ; disable bang-bang mode for the bed heater and set PWM limit M307 H0 R0.258 C465.8 D0.45 S1.00 V23.8 ; set PID values for bed heater M140 H0 ; map heated bed to heater 0 M143 H0 S130 ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 130C M308 S1 P"e0temp" Y"thermistor" T98801 B4185 ; configure sensor 1 as thermistor on pin e0temp M950 H1 C"e0heat" T1 ; create nozzle heater output on e0heat and map it to sensor 1 M307 H1 B0 S1.00 ; disable bang-bang mode for heater and set PWM limit M307 H1 R2.779 C155.7 D5.90 S1.00 V24.1 ; set PID values for extruder heater M143 H1 S280 ; set temperature limit for heater 1 to 280C M308 S2 P"e1temp" Y"thermistor" T98801 B4185 ; configure sensor 2 as thermistor on pin e1temp M950 H2 C"e1heat" T2 ; create chamber heater output on e1heat and map it to sensor 2 M307 H2 B0 S1.00 ; disable bang-bang mode for the chamber heater and set PWM limit M141 H2 ; map chamber to heater 2 M143 H2 S100 ; set temperature limit for heater 2 to 100C ; Fans M950 F0 C"fan0" Q500 ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency M106 P0 S0 H-1 ; set fan 0 value. Thermostatic control is turned off M950 F1 C"fan1" Q500 ; create fan 0 on pin fan0 and set its frequency M106 P1 S1 H1 T100 ; set fan 2 value. Thermostatic control is turned on M950 F2 C"fan2" Q500 ; create fan 2 on pin fan2 and set its frequency M106 P2 S1 H2 T50 ; set fan 2 value. Thermostatic control is turned on ; Tools M563 P0 D0 H1 F0 ; 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 M206 Y-9 ; Y axis offset ; Custom settings are not defined ; Miscellaneous M911 S22 R23 P"M913 X0 Y0 G91 M83 G1 Z3 E-5 F1000" ; set voltage thresholds and actions to run on power loss T0 ; select first tool -
What firmware version?
As of 3.3:
RepRapFirmware no longer tries to work out what layer number is printing, and no longer provides an estimate of print completion time based on layer progress. The mechanism to work out the layer number failed in many cases, for example when the slicer used variable layer heights or printed multiple objects one at a time. The removal of these 200 lines of hard-to-maintain code has made more space available for other features on the older Duets that are tight on memory space. A consequence of this change is that DWC will no longer produce a layer chart if the GCode file being printed does not include layer number comments. For slicers that do not normally generate these comments (e.g. PrusaSlicer) it is usually possible to add a layer change script to generate them.
https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/wiki/Changelog-RRF-3.x#reprapfirmware-33
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@phaedrux
[OffTopic]
In future releases (with multiple gcode streams and simultaneous printing) it will come handy to pre-calculate layer time of each tool and synchronize them by slowing down the tool with the shorter print path / smaller print area.
But that will probably be done in DWC or SBC.
The simulator tool of DWC will play a bigger role then. Writing a combined gcode file from two input streams and detect/avoid tool-collisions a.s.o.
IMHO it's the best way for older controllers like Duet2 to implement these features . Fingers crossed it will come that way... -
@imsother
@Phaedrux
I had a similar problem, but I use PrusaSlicer . Everything came back to normal after adding ;LAYER:[layer_num] to the custom gcode tab under the "before layer change g-code" section in printer setting in PrusaSlicer -
@phaedrux I'm using RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet 3.2.2 (2021-02-11) and Duet Web Control 3.3.0
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@cadetc My G-Code already has that line, you can see that the board knows which layer it is, just is not counting the layer time.
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@imsother
Maybe the problem is that the versions of RRF and DWC are different.
The calculation of firmware was changed in RRF3.3. Maybe DWC is not backwards compatible in that case..... -
@imsother said in Layer times:
@phaedrux I'm using RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet 3.2.2 (2021-02-11) and Duet Web Control 3.3.0
Update your firmware to match the DWC version. They must be in sync for proper function.
I suggest you upload this complete zip file package to the system tab in DWC to get everything up to date.
https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/download/3.3/Duet2and3Firmware-3.3.zip
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@phaedrux said in Layer times:
@imsother said in Layer times:
@phaedrux I'm using RepRapFirmware for Duet 2 WiFi/Ethernet 3.2.2 (2021-02-11) and Duet Web Control 3.3.0
Update your firmware to match the DWC version. They must be in sync for proper function.
I suggest you upload this complete zip file package to the system tab in DWC to get everything up to date.
https://github.com/Duet3D/RepRapFirmware/releases/download/3.3/Duet2and3Firmware-3.3.zip
Just did that, and worked perfectly! Thanks for all the help guys!
