Trouble with stall detection

[Phaedrux]

How are you calling Rehome.g? Are you not using the actual homing files?

Why aren't you dropping the motor current during homing with M913?

When you say it does not work, what exactly does it do?

[djstephenson1]

I have been trying to call the rehome.g through using M915 in config.g. I may not understand how to properly set it up however.

Regarding M913, I tried it for sensorless homing, and it worked fine.

When I say it does not work, it is not detecting any stalls; I started a print, held the bed with my hand, forcing a stall, and no detection whatsoever. It also is not catching any soft stalls from current drop.

[Phaedrux]

M915 sets up the stall detection parameters, yes, but you have to initiate the homing in some way. Usually that's in the homing files. homex homey homez and homeall. Those are the files that get called when you press the homing buttons and issue G28, etc.

So please post those homing files.

[dc42]

@djstephenson1 said in Trouble with stall detection:

When I say it does not work, it is not detecting any stalls; I started a print, held the bed with my hand, forcing a stall, and no detection whatsoever.

• Were you moving the bed fast enough for stall detection to operate? There is a minimum speed for stall detection, see the M915 H parameter.
• You may need to increase the stall detection sensitivity, by reducing the M915 S parameter.

[djstephenson1]

@Phaedrux Attached are my homing files. Thanks for sticking with me on this.

homeall.g homex.g homey.g homez.g

[djstephenson1]

@dc42 I had the print moving appx 50-55mm/s. I thought that was within the minimum?

I also had the sensitivity set to 1. Should I continute dialing it down? If so, by what increment would you suggest?

Thanks for your time and help

[Phaedrux]

Ok, so unless you're calling rehome.g as a macro it's never going to do stall detection homing as your homing files and config.g are set to use normal endstops. So rework your config.g and homing files to contain the stall detection commands.

Just to make it easier to see what we're talking about here are all your relevant files in post.

; Configuration file for Duet WiFi (firmware version 2.03)
; executed by the firmware on start-up
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v2.1.8 on Sat May 09 2020 00:15:31 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)

; General preferences
G90                                                ; send absolute coordinates...
M550 P"Ender 3 EVO"                                  ; 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
M569 P4 S1                                         ; physical drive 2 goes forwards
M584 X0 Y1 Z2:4 E3 P3                               ; set drive mapping
M671 X-30:245 Y0:0 S3                           ; leadscrews at left (connected to Z) and right (connected to E1) of X axis
M350 X16 Y16 Z16:16 E16 I1                         ; configure microstepping with interpolation
M92 X80.00 Y80.00 Z400:400 E837.08           ; set steps per mm
M566 X800.00 Y800.00 Z24.00:24.00 E500.00 ; set maximum instantaneous speed changes (mm/min)
M203 X30000.00 Y30000.00 Z3000.00:3000.00 E1200.00 ; set maximum speeds (mm/min)
M201 X300.00 Y300.00 Z100.00:100.00 E5000.00 ; set accelerations (mm/s^2)
M906 X400 Y400 Z1000:1000 E1200 I30                ; set motor currents (mA) and motor idle factor in per cent
M84 S300                                           ; Set idle timeout
M572 D0 S0.05
M915 X Y S3 F0 R3 H400

; Axis Limits
M208 X-5.5 Y-10 Z0 S1                              ; set axis minima
M208 X258.5 Y246 Z260 S0                           ; set axis maxima

; Endstops
M574 X1 S1
M574 Y1 S1                                      ; set active high endstops
M574 Z1 S2                                         ; set endstops controlled by probe
M591 D0 C3 P2 S1

; Z-Probe
M307 H3 A-1 C-1 D-1                                ; disable heater on PWM channel for BLTouch
M558 P9 H3 F12000 T12000                          ; set Z probe type to bltouch and the dive height + speeds
G31 P25 X-47 Y-22 Z2.902                          ; set Z probe trigger value, offset and trigger height
M557 X30:180 Y30:180 S30                           ; define mesh grid

; Heaters
M305 P0 T100000 B3950 R4700                        ; set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 0
M143 H0 S120                                       ; set temperature limit for heater 0 to 120C
M305 P1 T100000 B4725 C7.060000e-8 R4700           ; set thermistor + ADC parameters for heater 1
M143 H1 S280                                       ; set temperature limit for heater 1 to 270C

; Fans
M106 P0 S0 I0 F500 H-1                             ; set fan 0 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned off
M106 P1 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45                          ; set fan 1 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. Thermostatic control is turned on
M106 P2 S1 I0 F500 H1 T45                        ; set fan 2 value, PWM signal inversion and frequency. 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

; Custom settings
M501                                               ; load saved parameters from non-volatile memory
M911 S10 R11 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

; Home y, x, z, and Toolchanger Lock axes
 
G91 G1 Z5 F800 H2           ; Lift z so we don't crash
M98 P"homey.g"
M98 P"homex.g"
M98 P"homez.g"

; homex.g
; called to home the X axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.1.3 on Sun Jun 21 2020 16:11:37 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
G91                 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z10 F12000    ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 X-269 F5000 ; move quickly to X axis endstop and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 X15 F12000     ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 X-269 F3000 ; move slowly to X axis endstop once more (second pass)
G1 H2 Z-10 F12000   ; lower Z again
G90                 ; absolute positioning

; Home Z Axis
 
G90 G1 X107.5 Y107.5 F8000   ; Move to the center of the bed
 
M564 H0                   ; Just in case bed is touching probe at start. 
G91                       ;
G1 S10 Z2:4 F5000                 ;
M564 H1                   ;
G90                       ;
 
M280 P3 S160 I1           ; And reset the probe, again, just in case. 
 
M558 F400                 ; Set the probing speed
G30
M558 F150                  ; Set a slower probing speed
G30

; rehome.g

G91                     ; relative positioning
G1 S2 X0.2 Y0.2 Z0.2 	; Move all axis 0.2 mm, clear stall status
; x and y Sensor less homing
M400			; make sure everything has stopped before we make changes
M915 X S1 Y S3 R0 F0	; set X and Y sensitivity, do nothing when stall, unfiltered
M574 X1 Y1 S3		; set endstops to use motor stall
G1 S1 X-265 Y-245 F5000 ; move X and Y back, stopping at the end stop
G1 Z-0.2    		; Move Z back down -0.2 mm,
M400			; make sure everything has stopped
G90 			; back to absolute mode
M915 X Y S3 R3 F1    ; set X and Y sensitivity to -0, when stall home XY and resume print, filtered so it takes 4 steps to figure out it has stalled

For sensorless homing you'll need these in either your homing files or in config.g. Config.g would be the normal place to put it unless you want to have seperate M915 commands tuned specifically for sensorless homing and for stall detection during a print. In that case, put the M915 for sensorless homing at the start of your homing files, and the M915 for stall detection during a print inside your slicer start gcode after homing.

M574 X1 Y1 S3		; set endstops to use motor stall
M915 X Y S3 R0 F0	; set X and Y sensitivity, do nothing when stall, unfiltered

In your homing files you should have something like the following.

; homex.g
; called to home the X axis
;
; generated by RepRapFirmware Configuration Tool v3.1.3 on Sun Jun 21 2020 16:11:37 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time)
M400
M913 X50 Y50 ; drop motor current to 50%
M400
G91                 ; relative positioning
G1 H2 Z10 F12000    ; lift Z relative to current position
G1 H1 X-269 F5000 ; move quickly to X axis endstop and stop there (first pass)
G1 H2 X15 F12000     ; go back a few mm
G1 H1 X-269 F3000 ; move slowly to X axis endstop once more (second pass)
G1 H2 Z-10 F12000   ; lower Z again
G90                 ; absolute positioning
M400
M913 X100 Y100 ; return current to 100%
M400

Same goes for homey.

In your homez I'm not sure what's going on here:

M564 H0                   ; Just in case bed is touching probe at start. 
G91                       ;
G1 S10 Z2:4 F5000                 ;
M564 H1                   ;
G90 

That's not a valid G1 command. Just remove that whole part.

See if you can get sensorless homing working first before trying to move on to stall detection during a print.

[djstephenson1]

@Phaedrux THANK YOU SO MUCH. I will give this all a shot and report back.

[djstephenson1]

@Phaedrux So I have sensorless homing dialed in. I have changed my config.g and home files accordingly. Everything is working well regarding sensorless homing.

[djstephenson1]

@Phaedrux How is this for a modified rehome file? rehome.g

I have also adjusted that bizarre G1 command in homez. The idea was to move Z up by ten mm before deploying the probe. I fixed it though.

Also, I have added M915 X Y S3 R3 F1 to my slicer. Is that appropriate?

[Phaedrux]

I suppose that looks ok. Is rehome.g just for testing?

The only issue I see in there is that you have two S values in your M915 as if you're trying to set different sensitivity values for X and Y but I don't think it will work like that. You'd have to seperate that into separate commands for homing X and Y.

M915 X S1 Y S3 R0 F0

@djstephenson1 said in Trouble with stall detection:

Also, I have added M915 X Y S3 R3 F1 to my slicer. Is that appropriate?

That is a good place to put it, but you'll have to test the stall detection itself to see if those values are right for you.

[djstephenson1]

@Phaedrux Okay wonderful. How can I make a better write up for this topic? The information on the dozuki is lacking.

[Phaedrux]

Well you can sign up for a dozuki account and submit changes directly, or you can post your suggestions here.

[djstephenson1]

@Phaedrux I will create an account. What does an efficient rehome.g file look like?

[Phaedrux]

Do you mean homeall?