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M98 Not working

Posted by ElmoC

ElmoC

M98 Not working
April 04, 2016 08:59AM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 517

I'm trying to call a macro file and when I use the M98 command through the web interface, it reports it cannot find the macro file. However, if I run the file from the Macros page in the web interface, it runs fine. The file name is "LowerBed" (no .g at the end) and I use "M98 PLowerBed". I have tried running the other macro files with the same results. What am I doing wrong?

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chrishamm

Re: M98 Not working
April 04, 2016 09:22AM

Registered: 10 years ago
Posts: 665

If you are using dc42's fork, you must specify the absolute file path in M98 like

M98 P/macros/LowerBed

unless it's present in /sys. My firmware fork first checks if the macro file is present in /sys and then in /macros, so you could omit the directory if you used it.

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ElmoC

Re: M98 Not working
April 04, 2016 09:24AM

Registered: 9 years ago
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chrishamm
If you are using dc42's fork, you must specify the absolute file path in M98 like
M98 P/macros/LowerBed
unless it's present in /sys. My firmware fork first checks if the macro file is present in /sys and then in /macros, so you could omit the directory if you used it.

Tried that too with no luck. sad smiley

The file is in the /macros directory.

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chrishamm

Re: M98 Not working
April 04, 2016 09:44AM

Registered: 10 years ago
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Maybe you're missing a space? Does "M98 P/macros/Lower Bed" work?

You can also enable logging for all successful G-codes on the settings page, which allows you to check what code the web interface sends to the firmware.

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ElmoC

Re: M98 Not working
April 04, 2016 10:00AM

Registered: 9 years ago
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chrishamm
Maybe you're missing a space? Does "M98 P/macros/Lower Bed" work?

You can also enable logging for all successful G-codes on the settings page, which allows you to check what code the web interface sends to the firmware.

I made the name without spaces to avoid that situation. I did try it with quotes though and no luck.

I will try the game code logging tonight when I get home. Thanks for that suggestion.

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ElmoC

Re: M98 Not working
April 04, 2016 06:41PM

Registered: 9 years ago
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chrishamm
You can also enable logging for all successful G-codes on the settings page, which allows you to check what code the web interface sends to the firmware.

So I turned on the logging and grabbed the command the Duet used...

M98 P/macros/LowerBed

Well, it worked this afternoon. Thing is, that is one of the formatsI tried earlier that didn't work. Guess the controller was still asleep.