Extrusionmotor nags me

hello fellows,

i dont know what to so further, my extrusionmotor just wont do anything.
the motor seems to be ok. the cable looms are also working. everything
works but extruding. all since i updated my config.g. the only thing i changed
was the extrusionfactor in it. i didnt messure out if there is any output on
the duet to the extruder, because the batteries on my "powermeter" just died.

hope your weekend started better than mines

kind regards red

; RepRapPro Ormerod
; Standard configuration G Codes
<<<<<<< HEAD

M111 S0; Debug off
=======
>>>>>>> duet

M550 POrmerod; Set the machine's name

M551 Preprap; Set the password

M540 P0xBE:0xEF:0xDE:0xAD:0xFE:0xED; Set the MAC address

M552 P192.168.178.55; Set the IP address

M553 P255.255.255.0; Set netmask

M554 P192.168.178.1; Set the gateway

M555 P2; Emulate Marlin USB output

T1 ; Select head 1

M92 E420.3783 ; Set extruder steps/mm

G21 ; Work in mm

G90 ; Absolute positioning

M83 ; Extrusions relative

M558 P1 ; Turn Z Probe on

G31 Z1.8 P682 ; Set Z probe height and threshold

M906 X800 Y800 Z800 E800 ; Motor currents (mA)

M201 X1000 Y1000 Z15 E1000; acceleration tweaks for improved finish

M203 X15000 Y15000 Z300 E3600; speed twe

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Red Ormerod No. 281

Mods:
-My Bedsupport Mk2
-My upper z mount
-Davek0974s Aluminium X-Rib
-iamburnys Z Gears
-Form232-teks Cthulhu cooling ductg
-MasonStonehenges spring-loaded extruder

RepRapFirmware-0.78k-dc42,
web interface 0.99, Win7

If something stops working after you change something, change it back and see if that fixes it. You have quite a few decimal places in your extrusion steps per mm, and I wonder whether that is OK. There is little point in making it any more accurate than a whole number of steps, because the filament diameter is never going to have anything like that tolerance, and a difference of 1 step per mm represents less than a 0.25% change in the extruded volume - which is too small to make any difference to the print.

You could also try heating the hotend before extruding (if you haven't already done so) - depending on firmware/settings the extruder may be disabled when the hotend is cold.

Dave

thanks for the hint with the hotend and the steps.
in deed my hotend is not warming up - der in no
poweroutput on the duet. and i noticed this message:

Warning! Ormerod webserver is probably broken, power cycle/reset your Duet Board

i will now check the sd card slot

fixed the sd problem by rearanging and updating to 0.78v-dc42
now if i try to heat up the he i get this:

Attempt to set/report offsets and temperatures for non-existent tool: 1


but my tool is set to t0, i also tried t1 but still no change

There are much newer versions out than 0.78v-dc42? I would suggest using something newer. But as dmould proposed it would be best to return first to the last known working state and continiue step
by step from there.

of course i tried changing back to my old config.g but it didnt help

i just updated to 1.00g-dc42 HE still not working:

19:14:39 Attempt to set/report offsets and temperatures for non-existent tool: 1
19:13:55
19:13:45 Warning! Ormerod webserver is probably broken, power cycle/reset your Duet Board


the sd card is fine i tried sliding it in with a piece of paper, to enhance contact surfaces but still
nothing

Is that your whole config.g file at the top of this thread?
I am away from my printer at the moment, but at the bottom of all the config files I have downloaded with various firmwares / SD images there is always an M563 P1 D0 H1 near the bottom. Here is a default ormerod-1 file:

; Configuration file for RepRap Ormerod 1
; RepRapPro Ltd
;
; Copy this file to config.g if you have an Ormerod 1.
; If you are updating a config.g that you already have you
; may wish to go through it and this file checking what you
; want to keep from your old file.
; 
M111 S0                             ; Debug off
M550 PMy RepRapPro Ormerod 1        ; Machine name (can be anything you like)
M551 Preprap                        ; Machine password (currently not used)
M540 P0xBE:0xEF:0xDE:0xAD:0xFE:0xED ; MAC Address
M552 P192.168.1.14                  ; IP address
M553 P255.255.255.0                 ; Netmask
M554 P192.168.1.1                   ; Gateway
M555 P2                             ; Set output to look like Marlin
G21                                 ; Work in millimetres
G90                                 ; Send absolute corrdinates...
M83                                 ; ...but relative extruder moves
M906 X800 Y1000 Z800 E800           ; Set motor currents (mA)
M92 E420                            ; Set extruder steps per mm
M558 P1                             ; Use an unmodulated Z probe
G31 Z0.8 P600                       ; Set the probe height and threshold (deliberately too high to avoid bed crash on setup)
M556 S78 X0 Y0 Z0                   ; Put your axis compensation here
M557 P0 X60 Y0                      ; Four... 
M557 P1 X60 Y165                    ; ...probe points...
M557 P2 X222 Y165                   ; ...for bed...
M557 P3 X222 Y0                     ; ...levelling
M201 X800 Y800 Z15 E1000            ; Accelerations (mm/s^2)
M203 X15000 Y15000 Z100 E3600       ; Maximum speeds (mm/min)
M566 X600 Y600 Z30 E20              ; Minimum speeds mm/minute
M563 P1 D0 H1                       ; Define tool 1
G10 P1 S-273 R-273                  ; Set tool 1 operating and standby temperatures

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redblunt
i just updated to 1.00g-dc42 HE still not working:

19:14:39 Attempt to set/report offsets and temperatures for non-existent tool: 1
19:13:55
19:13:45 Warning! Ormerod webserver is probably broken, power cycle/reset your Duet Board


the sd card is fine i tried sliding it in with a piece of paper, to enhance contact surfaces but still
nothing

Later firmware uses a different tool numbering system. The old firmware needed you to select tool 0 but now you need to select tool 1. You should put the command "T1" in config.g, and also replace any occurance of "T0" with "T1". This includes your custom start code in your slicing application, and any G-code files you already have.

Dave

thanks for your help guys now i figured it out:

M563 P1 D0 H1
G10 P1 S-273 R-273

those were missing in my config, i didnt notice
because i ran the last months configs all without
these lines. strange that it worked. Anyways its
ready to go now. i appriciate your guys help


red