Can't adjust speed or extrusion factors while printing

Hi All,

Just obtained an ormerod2 from my dad. Its 1.09a-dc42 firmware with web interface 1.06 by Christian Hammacher.

For some reason the print speed slider and extrusion factor in the print status are locked and do not move yet I've seen the move when it was on my dads system. Any initial thoughts? I've power cycled, restarted the web interface and loaded defaults.nothing seemed to help.

Cheers,

Mat

Which browser are you using? Chrome and Firefox work with DuetWebControl, IE and Edge do not.

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Large delta printer [miscsolutions.wordpress.com], E3D tool changer, Robotdigg SCARA printer, Crane Quad and Ormerod

Disclosure: I design Duet electronics and work on RepRapFirmware, [duet3d.com].

It's Chrome.

I'm using Slic3r to produce the Gcode, not sure if there are options or commands that can lock out the sliders (new to 3D printing).

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It's Chrome.

Which version? Extensions installed? Did you try to clean the cache? Which OS?

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Slicer: Simplify3D 4.0; sometimes CraftWare 1.14 or Cura 2.7
Delta with Duet-WiFi, FW: 1.20.1RC2; mini-sensor board by dc42 for auto-leveling
Ormerod common modifications: Mini-sensor board by dc42, aluminum X-arm, 0.4 mm nozzle E3D like, 2nd fan, Z stepper nut M5 x 15, Herringbone gears, Z-axis bearing at top, spring loaded extruder with pneumatic fitting, Y belt axis tensioner
Ormerod 2: FW: 1.19-dc42 on Duet-WiFi. own build, modifications: GT2-belts, silicone heat-bed, different motors and so on. Printed parts: bed support, (PSU holder) and Y-feet.
Ormerod 1: FW: 1.15c-dc42 on 1k Duet-Board. Modifications: Aluminium bed-support, (nearly) all parts reprinted in PLA/ ABS, and so on.

Win 8, latest version of chrome (it auto updates). I recently cleaned cache, yes.

A couple of extension installed for ad blocking but they are disabled for the webpage interface.

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A couple of extension installed for ad blocking but they are disabled for the webpage interface.

If you have something like NoScript or an advanced popup-blocker? That may affect the controls negatively. Please try to deactivate your Extensions completely for testing purposes. The Ormerod is really not annying with ads.

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Slicer: Simplify3D 4.0; sometimes CraftWare 1.14 or Cura 2.7
Delta with Duet-WiFi, FW: 1.20.1RC2; mini-sensor board by dc42 for auto-leveling
Ormerod common modifications: Mini-sensor board by dc42, aluminum X-arm, 0.4 mm nozzle E3D like, 2nd fan, Z stepper nut M5 x 15, Herringbone gears, Z-axis bearing at top, spring loaded extruder with pneumatic fitting, Y belt axis tensioner
Ormerod 2: FW: 1.19-dc42 on Duet-WiFi. own build, modifications: GT2-belts, silicone heat-bed, different motors and so on. Printed parts: bed support, (PSU holder) and Y-feet.
Ormerod 1: FW: 1.15c-dc42 on 1k Duet-Board. Modifications: Aluminium bed-support, (nearly) all parts reprinted in PLA/ ABS, and so on.

Maybe it's just a bug in the firmware? 1.09a-dc42 isn't the newest firmware, so I suggest you upgrade to 1.09k-dc42 instead. Alternatively, you could try out my firmware fork here.

I'm loathed to upgrade as I understand I'm losing other features like filament usage stats etc.

I disabled all extensions, started an incognito browser which forgoes all cached settings and either slider still doesn't budge. I did, out if idle curiosity, start internet explorer. low and behold the slider moves up and down but jumps back to the centre as I don't have a print going so I guess its resetting. so regardless of firmware or settings, the web interface is behaving very differently between IE and Chrome.

I've also tested this in a fresh install of opera browser and the sliders do not move either while printing or in standby.

My sliders never worked either, I had never wanted to use it yet, but would like the option in the future. I have the latest version dc42 firmware with chrome browser, adware and extensions disabled. Printer is CoreXY.

OK, in a sort of backwards, twisted way, I'm glad its not just me.

Maybe your Java version is too old. I am not sure if this is needed, but which Java version do you use? Can anyone of you both please try a clean installation of Firefox instead?

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Slicer: Simplify3D 4.0; sometimes CraftWare 1.14 or Cura 2.7
Delta with Duet-WiFi, FW: 1.20.1RC2; mini-sensor board by dc42 for auto-leveling
Ormerod common modifications: Mini-sensor board by dc42, aluminum X-arm, 0.4 mm nozzle E3D like, 2nd fan, Z stepper nut M5 x 15, Herringbone gears, Z-axis bearing at top, spring loaded extruder with pneumatic fitting, Y belt axis tensioner
Ormerod 2: FW: 1.19-dc42 on Duet-WiFi. own build, modifications: GT2-belts, silicone heat-bed, different motors and so on. Printed parts: bed support, (PSU holder) and Y-feet.
Ormerod 1: FW: 1.15c-dc42 on 1k Duet-Board. Modifications: Aluminium bed-support, (nearly) all parts reprinted in PLA/ ABS, and so on.

Appears to work absolutely fine in firefox.

So as it works fine for me with Linux Mint, Windows 10 and Android using Chrome it has to be related to a setting of your system. What Java version do you run? Even though only Javascript is needed, I think. I tried to block Javascript but then nothing works anymore.
Did you try to use a fresh profile?
You cannot move the sliders or do they have no effect after moving them?

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Slicer: Simplify3D 4.0; sometimes CraftWare 1.14 or Cura 2.7
Delta with Duet-WiFi, FW: 1.20.1RC2; mini-sensor board by dc42 for auto-leveling
Ormerod common modifications: Mini-sensor board by dc42, aluminum X-arm, 0.4 mm nozzle E3D like, 2nd fan, Z stepper nut M5 x 15, Herringbone gears, Z-axis bearing at top, spring loaded extruder with pneumatic fitting, Y belt axis tensioner
Ormerod 2: FW: 1.19-dc42 on Duet-WiFi. own build, modifications: GT2-belts, silicone heat-bed, different motors and so on. Printed parts: bed support, (PSU holder) and Y-feet.
Ormerod 1: FW: 1.15c-dc42 on 1k Duet-Board. Modifications: Aluminium bed-support, (nearly) all parts reprinted in PLA/ ABS, and so on.

Strange, I use Chrome and the sliders work just fine. Are you using the latest version of DuetWebControl from [github.com] ?

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Large delta printer [miscsolutions.wordpress.com], E3D tool changer, Robotdigg SCARA printer, Crane Quad and Ormerod

Disclosure: I design Duet electronics and work on RepRapFirmware, [duet3d.com].

I am away from my printer for a few days. will check Java and other stuff in the list when I get back.

Why are you talking about Java anyway? JavaScript is a part of your internet browser and it's absolutely not related to Oracle Java, so installing Java to get JavaScript working is complete nonsense.

If you want to troubleshoot this problem any further, I suggest you enable "Log any successful G-Code" on the Settings tab first and then check if the web interface sends out the right M220/M221 codes to the firmware by looking into the G-Code Console. If you see those codes in there, it must be related to the firmware.

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Why are you talking about Java anyway? JavaScript is a part of your internet browser and it's absolutely not related to Oracle Java, so installing Java to get JavaScript working is complete nonsense.

As I said I was not sure and I also said that I do not think that this is related but I did not want to exclude this because using W10 I got some error messages on other pages that I need to Update my Oracle Java. But as it works with Firefox I think it is profile related or extension related as for me it works with Linux Mint, W10 and Android. But at least I do not know exactly what is needed for the Webinterface and even dc42 had no idea so I am looking in all possible directions as I do not know what other libraries may be needed. Flash? Shockwave? I do not think so either but without knowing the complete code how should I know and how should I know what Chrome demands.
Do you have a good idea why this is not working for only some people? It is definitely not OS related. Do the sliders need any special port besides the normal HTTP-ports? How they are getting activated? How does the communication work?

Besides that: Do you running a Firewall or maybe your antivirus software may also block some content.

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Slicer: Simplify3D 4.0; sometimes CraftWare 1.14 or Cura 2.7
Delta with Duet-WiFi, FW: 1.20.1RC2; mini-sensor board by dc42 for auto-leveling
Ormerod common modifications: Mini-sensor board by dc42, aluminum X-arm, 0.4 mm nozzle E3D like, 2nd fan, Z stepper nut M5 x 15, Herringbone gears, Z-axis bearing at top, spring loaded extruder with pneumatic fitting, Y belt axis tensioner
Ormerod 2: FW: 1.19-dc42 on Duet-WiFi. own build, modifications: GT2-belts, silicone heat-bed, different motors and so on. Printed parts: bed support, (PSU holder) and Y-feet.
Ormerod 1: FW: 1.15c-dc42 on 1k Duet-Board. Modifications: Aluminium bed-support, (nearly) all parts reprinted in PLA/ ABS, and so on.

I don't think an Adblocker would have any effect on the web interface, although blocking JavaScript definitely would. If you're using RepRapPro's web interface, you need Flash to get the IRC integration working. If you're using my unbranded version, you don't need anything except for an HTML5-compatible web browser (so stay away from IE if possible ). The sliders are based on a JQuery plugin, but I've never had problems with them. As I said, I need to know if it's the web interface to blame or if it's the firmware, but this can be checked easily by turning on the "Log any succesful G-Code" option on the Settings tab.

As Firefox works how could this be Firmware related? I am curious and I am willing to learn. Maybe this helps me in other situations, too.

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Slicer: Simplify3D 4.0; sometimes CraftWare 1.14 or Cura 2.7
Delta with Duet-WiFi, FW: 1.20.1RC2; mini-sensor board by dc42 for auto-leveling
Ormerod common modifications: Mini-sensor board by dc42, aluminum X-arm, 0.4 mm nozzle E3D like, 2nd fan, Z stepper nut M5 x 15, Herringbone gears, Z-axis bearing at top, spring loaded extruder with pneumatic fitting, Y belt axis tensioner
Ormerod 2: FW: 1.19-dc42 on Duet-WiFi. own build, modifications: GT2-belts, silicone heat-bed, different motors and so on. Printed parts: bed support, (PSU holder) and Y-feet.
Ormerod 1: FW: 1.15c-dc42 on 1k Duet-Board. Modifications: Aluminium bed-support, (nearly) all parts reprinted in PLA/ ABS, and so on.

For me, I've just switched to firefox for the web interface. I'll need speed and nozzle rarely so its no biggie to jsut open it in another browser.

I am using also Firefox for the web-interface. Sometime my Chrome lost the connection to the Duet and needed another browser to connect to the Duet first! It helped emptying the cache but I do not want this to do with my main browser so I switched for the Ormerod to Firefox.

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Slicer: Simplify3D 4.0; sometimes CraftWare 1.14 or Cura 2.7
Delta with Duet-WiFi, FW: 1.20.1RC2; mini-sensor board by dc42 for auto-leveling
Ormerod common modifications: Mini-sensor board by dc42, aluminum X-arm, 0.4 mm nozzle E3D like, 2nd fan, Z stepper nut M5 x 15, Herringbone gears, Z-axis bearing at top, spring loaded extruder with pneumatic fitting, Y belt axis tensioner
Ormerod 2: FW: 1.19-dc42 on Duet-WiFi. own build, modifications: GT2-belts, silicone heat-bed, different motors and so on. Printed parts: bed support, (PSU holder) and Y-feet.
Ormerod 1: FW: 1.15c-dc42 on 1k Duet-Board. Modifications: Aluminium bed-support, (nearly) all parts reprinted in PLA/ ABS, and so on.