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Ok. Wait for next version....

@anidal True. It would be nice if you could lock the fan speed there as well, or lock it with a Gcode. I think the way the DWC does it, is that it just periodically resends the set fan speed. You can tell that during the print even with it locked it will briefly spin up and then go back to the locked speed.

I try to delete M82 - no effect.

Ok, thank you!

M0 causes stop.g to run; except that if the print is paused at the time, it runs cancel.g (if it exists) in preferences to stop.g.

@abear in the RRF3.5beta series stop.g is called when a print completes normally regardless of whether M0 is used.

Note that if you don't set the standby temperature if you switch tools it will drop to a standby temp of 0 on the inactive tools. I can't remember whether M104 sets standby temps or just active...

To avoid this you can use G10 to call out a specific tool and explicitly set the standby temps as well, then select them in order with Tn P0 to avoid running tool change macros:

G10 P0 S235 R235 ; set tool0 to active 235, standby 235 G10 P1 S235 R235 ; set tool1 to active 235, standby 235 G10 P2 S235 R235 ; set tool2 to active 235, standby 235 T0 P0 ; select tool 0, don't run tool change macros T1 P0 ; select tool 1, don't run tool change macros T2 P0 ; select tool 2, don't run tool change macros

This is similar to what Ian suggested but in 'native' RRF gcode format with a bit more granular control. It will result in all three tools heating up to 235 and T2 active.

If you want a particular tool active at the end instead of T2, just put the relevant tool change command at the bottom.

If you wanted to also heat the bed up just add it as a M140 Snnn Rnnn in the same format as above.

M140 S120 R0 ; set bed to active 120, standby 0 M116 H0 ; optional wait for bed heater to reach target temperature

M116 is the RRF equivalent of the M190/M109 command (wait for X temp). Used like so

M116 P0 ; wait for tool0 to reach temperature M116 P1 ; wait for tool1 to reach temperature M116 H0 ; wait for bed heater to reach temperature

etc.

@deckingman I'm the one that admitted almost a year ago that the "legit" Duet is dirty cheap for what it offers (I compare to a similarly powerful controller and the 5 higher-end/lower current stepper drivers, not the cheap Arduino with Pololu boards), something like 20% of the price with the closest competitor. I do myself a lot of software and I know the rather personal price you end up paying when really care about the end result. And I appreciate that!

I might have been the first WorkBee owner that went the Duet way. I also intend to document a Chinese 6040 conversion to Duet for a friend. It is the least as I can return to the community for the decently priced solution. I know that documenting the 6040 conversion is a double edged sword... those Chinese CNCs are known to be quite decent for many jobs if you spend time to re-build the whole machine (unscrew everything, clean and re-grease parts, put everything back together, while insuring proper alignment) and then replace the electronics. The only things that might be worth keeping are the PSU (if it is a 24V one) and the VFD (if it is a decent one). In the end you might start seeing 6040s on AliExpress delivered with Chinese Duets, but that's life!