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    • oozeBotundefined
      oozeBot @fcwilt
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      @fcwilt said in BL Touch Self Test Speratic:

      Hi,

      I would imagine the probe is not seeing the power conditions that it expects to see on power up and is behaving oddly.

      I would use the "reset" and/or "self test" commands as needed.

      Frederick

      This does not appear to be a reliable fix. In fact, M280 P0 S160 doesn't even clear the red flashing state most of the time. I'm ignoring it for the moment but really want Duet to weigh in..

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      • fcwiltundefined
        fcwilt @oozeBot
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        @oozeBot

        Hi,

        Is this a clone or the real thing?

        Frederick

        Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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        • oozeBotundefined
          oozeBot @fcwilt
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          @fcwilt the real thing - v3.1. In fact, I purchased two more this past week and both are exhibiting the same behavior when connected to the toolboard.

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          • fcwiltundefined
            fcwilt @oozeBot
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            @oozeBot said in BL Touch Self Test Speratic:

            @fcwilt the real thing - v3.1. In fact, I purchased two more this past week and both are exhibiting the same behavior when connected to the toolboard.

            Sounds like some compatibility issue between the toolboard and the BL.

            Now this doesn't address the problem BUT I've recently replaced my BLTouch v3 units with 12 mm inductive sensors. They take a little bit more space but the results are better than I ever got with the BL units. And they don't click.

            Frederick

            Printers: A FT-5 with the 713 upgrade bits, a custom MarkForged style, a small Utilmaker style, a small CoreXY from kit and a E3D MS/TC setup. Various hotends. Using Duets (2 and 3) running 3.4.6

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            • droftartsundefined
              droftarts administrators @oozeBot
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              @oozeBot @I_Jedi

              @dc42 runs a BLTouch on a toolboard in his setup, and as far as I know hasn't had these problems. How are your electronics set up? Is the Duet powering a RPi, with peripherals (eg screen)? Any other boards or sources of power drain/interruption on the 5V power? Can you put a scope on the 5V at the tool board, and see if the voltage is being pulled down?

              @dc42 also suggests: "It would be helpful if some one could test whether putting additional capacitance e.g. 100uF between +5V and GND solves it."

              Ian

              Cartesian bed-slinger with Duet 3 Mini 5+ WiFi and 1LC : RRP Fisher Delta v1 with Duet 2 Maestro : TronXY X5S with Duet 3 MB6HC and Roto toolboard

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              • oozeBotundefined
                oozeBot
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                Here is a picture of my electronics.. using a350w Meanwell power supply, Duet 3, RPI4, tool distribution board, and the toolboard is mounted to the tool head.

                Unfortunately, I don't have access to a scope, nor do I have any 100uf capacitors, but can order some if there is a strong desire to learn if this corrects the issue.

                electronics.jpg

                printhead2.jpg

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                • Edumaundefined
                  Eduma @fcwilt
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                  @fcwilt @I_Jedi @oozeBot

                  I had found that after machine power up the bl touch would immediately run its self test and begin to flash. If I disconnected power to the bl touch then reconnect it would run its self test and complete the test without issue. This worked 100% of the time. This lead me to connect a scope my cheap 24v to 5V power converter and found that the 5V was a gradual increase instead of an instant on.

                  I tried utilizing the reset command but did not have consistent luck. I believe that reset is only intended for probe up/down failures, not power alarms. Would be great if BL touch offered an up/down/error outputs. Would also be nice if you could actual see the blue indicator light.

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                  • oozeBotundefined
                    oozeBot
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                    Got a new battery for my multimeter and confirmed it's reading right at 5v. I powered down, plugged back in after 10 seconds, and it immediately read 5v. There is nothing else connected to the toolboard's 5v rail.

                    As stated, it has never done a self-test at startup. After rebooting, it glows steady red (with the occasional blink). M401 works. M402 works but the probe immediately begins flashing red. It is doing this on two brand new BL Touch v3.1 probes.

                    Again, it is working even in this error state of flashing red, but something is still obviously wrong. At this point, I'd love someone to call me out on some glaring error I should have caught, but I don't know what else could be wrong. The relevant lines are below. Toolboard is on B20. I've tried both with and without the ^ with the same results.

                    M950 S0 C"20.io0.out"
                    M558 K0 P9 C"^20.io0.in" H5 F120 T10000 A5 R0.1 S0.01

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                    • I_Jediundefined
                      I_Jedi @droftarts
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                      @droftarts Thanks for sharing the word from the experts -- I have an extra 120uF from grounding the second twisted pair in the ADSL line. I dont know enough about resisters to know if that is close enough value, but will give it a go. Does direction of the resister matter? For what its worth, I am powering rPI and a 7" screen off of the Duet3 board.

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                      • I_Jediundefined
                        I_Jedi @Eduma
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                        @Eduma interesting. I have no red alarms at power on and the BLTouch seems to be working correctly at startup (M280 commands all work without need to force alarm reset). I just dont get the poweron automatic self-test... that's it as far as my issues. Genuine v3.1 for what its worth.

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                        • oozeBotundefined
                          oozeBot
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                          Please look at my post linked below to see if this helps you out as well. Thanks

                          https://forum.duet3d.com/topic/18261/bltouch-v3-1-toolboard-resolution

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