Creality CR-10 upgrade

Phaedrux

@tjb1 good find. I knew I'd seen it somewhere. Thanks.

dc42

Recent versions of RepRapFirmware allow quoted strings to be used anywhere that a string parameter is expected. Some commands (e.g. M587) require the quotes. In older commands (e.g. M32) they are optional, for compatibility with slicers.

tjb1

I changed the text in Quoted Strings and added a note to M98 to reflect this.

Agniusm

So i have pinpointed what was missing. Basically i have assumed that macro files are created as *.g but in fact they have none.
I have machined quick angle brackets to replace plastic ones and so far it look good so most probbable cause was melted holder for uneven first layer.

T3P3Tony

@agniusm yeah macros can have no extension, or an arbitrary extension.

Phaedrux

@agniusm It can be handy to give them an extension if you ever intend to edit them on a computer. That way you can associate the extension with your text editor.

Agniusm

Small details you need to be aware of. Good that i have got it sorted as new set of my parts will be loaded soon and i dont want to go over slicing again
I will check my parts tomorrow and if bottom layer is good, next thing to sort will be tool offset probe. After that, i am golden, can sink into a couch with couple pints and good old school sci-fi.
Cheers guys

Phaedrux

@agniusm said in Creality CR-10 upgrade:

old school sci-fi.

Care to elaborate?

Agniusm

@phaedrux, not much to elaborate, Aliens, Star Wars, Star trek, Dune etc

I have finished my 24h run of parts and bottom is smooth like baby's bottom. Same run to confirm Z brackets was my issue.

Agniusm

Is it possible to set fan speed on thermostatically controlled fan? I have got powerfull delta fan for hotend incase i need to have it in the box printing high temp pei or peek. Its enough to run it at 40% so can i add parameter S150 to my M106 in config.g for tool fan?

dc42

@agniusm said in Creality CR-10 upgrade:

Is it possible to set fan speed on thermostatically controlled fan? I have got powerfull delta fan for hotend incase i need to have it in the box printing high temp pei or peek. Its enough to run it at 40% so can i add parameter S150 to my M106 in config.g for tool fan?

Yes you can use the M106 S parameter to do that, with a minimum PWM of 0.5.

Agniusm

Tkank you, works great

Agniusm

Is there a gcode to repeat a print? i will be experimenting with conveyor type print remooval and was wandering if there is a gcode to support reprints or is there slicer support for this?

Phaedrux

@agniusm The DWC has a Print Another button, but I'm not sure if that triggers a gcode or just passes a new file print command using the already loaded gcode filename.

I guess you could create a larger macro that just had repeated M32 commands.

https://duet3d.dozuki.com/Wiki/Gcode#Section_M32_Select_file_and_start_SD_print

dc42

@agniusm said in Creality CR-10 upgrade:

Is there a gcode to repeat a print? i will be experimenting with conveyor type print remooval and was wandering if there is a gcode to support reprints or is there slicer support for this?

I have support for conditional and looping GCode planned, which would facilitate repeated prints..

Agniusm

I guess it should be easy to do workaround with end gcode to call macro which would be the print file itself for infinite looping but would be nice to have an option to set how many parts.

Agniusm

@phaedrux M32 sounds good for the time being. With editors such as note++ ot should be easy to make changes

Agniusm

Can someone post content of files needed for "power out" functionality?
Mainly interested in resurrect-prologue.g file.
Does M116 gets temperatures used on that print?
If my M911 command lifts Z by 3mm, should that be undone in resurrect-prologue.g file?
Would it be better to have Z max end stop as well and re-home Z as well and it will most likely do better job not messing up the print? (as gantry may sag)
What else would be good to have in that file?

Phaedrux

In config.g:

; POWER LOSS RECOVERY
;
M911 S21 R23 P"M913 X0 Y0 G91 M83 G1 Z3 E-1 F500" 	; Configure automatic saving on power loss

The resurrect.g file gets created automatically by the Duet during a print and contains the temps and position. This is the file you "print" to resume after a powerloss.

; resurrect-prologue.g
; Called by resurrect.g after a resume from powerloss.
G28 XY			; Home X and Y
M98 P"HomeZMax.g"	; Call Home Z Max macro
M116			; Wait for temps
M83			; Relative Extrusion
G1 E2 F1000		; Undo retraction and prime nozzle
; Returns to resurrect.g to resume print

You'll have to test the behaviour of your printer during a power loss to see how the Z axis (gantry or bed) reacts. If it drops, you'll need to home the Z somehow, either manually with G92 Z at a known location, or with Z max.

Agniusm

Thanks. Great, i will try this and see if i need to add a z max endstop.