It's like everything else in life and 3D printing, there is no one perfect answer for everyone. What I can say is that it is demonstrable that KISSlicer generates the best g-code of any slicer on the market. By "best" I mean, it has advanced strategies for minimizing/eliminating blobbing/stringing, perimeter artifacts, gaps and other issues. Can you slice a part in any slicer and good or even gooby mhackney - Experimental
"I'm not dead yet!" (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) KISSlicer 1.6 shipped on Sept 7, 2017 after a very long alpha and beta test with quite a few of us testers. This new release is spectacular with many "firsts" in a slicer. Read the RELEASE NOTES for the details but consider these features: a new Profile Wizard makes setting up a new printer, material, style or support profile extremely easyby mhackney - Experimental
Thank you. I am a little more critical and "most of the time" is not reliable enough for my production runs. I think I have it sorted out though but need to test. I think it is the normal retract/Z lift occurring after I extrude my prime line. I just need to extrude and do a short segment with not extrusion. Need to test it still.by mhackney - Slic3r
I'm using the Slic3r Prusa Edition and I'm trying to figure out how to remove/change the behavior of the generated startup code. Basically, the Printer Settings->Custom G-code->Start G-code panel allows one to enter startup code. I've done that and put a comment to mark the end of my startup code. When I slice, my output code looks like this: ; my start Code here (removed for clarity) ; eby mhackney - Slic3r
I've had the Nimble for a few more days and starting to push it a bit with faster print speeds and troublesome filaments like NinjaFlex. Lots new to learn to optimize and extract the best results out of the Nimble but so far it has performed quite well. I'd estimate I have 40+ hours of print time on it. No jams and several 12+ hour prints came out great.by mhackney - General
DWC, it's just a name... Just call it "darn wicked controller" and be done with itby mhackney - Duet
@PRZ, ah, that makes sense. I do the same thing, one of the reasons I modified the model.js file so each browser instance is consistent. Thanks for the link.by mhackney - Duet
@PRZ, I run 3 duets from a single instance of the browser (Firefox, Chrome and Safari all tested) with no problems. They do not share list items - if I add something to one, it stays unique to that one.It is true that when you flush the browser cache, you loose these list items. I've been leaning more on macros since they persist on the Duet CF card. In addition to the list items, the appearancby mhackney - Duet
All, I think a good practice is to flush your browser cache after you do the update to DWC 1.11. I also think doing a power cycle on the Duet after updating to new firmware is a good idea. I have been helping to test iap.bin, ch's firmware and DWC for the last several months to help isolate and eradicate the dropped connection issues on two machines. One of my machines has been connected for weby mhackney - Duet
@Kuzraa: mobile devices work perfectly, in fact Christian is using a GUI framework that was designed to support mobile devices (http://getbootstrap.com). The display is actually optimized on my iPhone and iPad. Are you sure your mobile device is on the same network as your printer? If you have Duet directly connected to your computer with an Ethernet cable you will need to enable bridging for itby mhackney - Duet
I've got into the habit of flushing my browser cache after a DWC update and that s end to get rid of gremlins like this.by mhackney - Duet
Christian did a great job attacking the disconnect issues that some of us have experienced. I've been testing this release for nearly 7 days on 2 machines (one Duet .6 and one Duet .8.5) and I have not had a single disconnect the entire time! I've printed nearly 60 hours (combined) and of course the overnight sitting and still, the web client stays connected. On top of that, Christian implementeby mhackney - Duet
I've been using FSR "z probe" on all of my deltas and a TAZ printer with great success. Now that I've made the switch to Duet I'll share my learnings with the community. You can find the details on my blog post FSR Auto Calibration Setup for Duet Some folks have great success with FSRs and others not so much. I have a few suggestions to help make sure you have great success and some ideas on whyby mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
A couple of comments / pointers: All of the pins are labeled on the backside of the Duet 0.6 board, including the auxiliary look connector. If you do hook the steppers up backwards, you can simply reverse the direction in the config.g file Look for: ; Axis and motor configuration M569 P0 S1 ; Drive 0 goes forwards Change S1 to S0 for each stepper and that will do it.by mhackney - Ormerod
I'm running Duets and dc42's firmware on all but 1 of my deltas now. I am seriously considering migrating my TAZ 4 printer away from a RAMBo controller and Repetier firmware to Duet. Has/is anyone running a Cartesian printer with Duet and if so, is dc42 still the best firmware? My TAZ has a dual Cyclops hot end and a 3 point FSR bed leveling system. cheers, Michaelby mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
Chris, I'll get to work on that. I've already documented how to upgrade just DWC on my blog: I'll include that in the README as well. I understand about screenshots, that makes sense. Perhaps the readme could point to my blog where I've done a mini review of DWC and screenshots: Cheers, Michaelby mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
David, I am inclined to agree with you that this is / should be the correct behavior. The console messages should follow the device that invoked them, including execution of gcode. So, I would assert that a G32 in the gcode should log to the device used to initiate the print.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
@dc42 - one little thing I've noticed with the "r" release. If I issue a G32 to calibrate from the web interface, when complete the console log shows the results but the PanelDue Console screen does not. Conversely, if I run the calibration by touching the calibrate button on PanelDue, when it is complete, the PanelDue Console screen shows the results but the web interface does not.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
@chrishamm - a gent on the google delta group asked for screenshots of the DuetWebControl interface. I posted a set there and also on my blog: SublimeLayers. I'd like to make the screenshots available to you to post on the GitHub. In fact, I'd love to pay it forward and write up a description of DuetWebControl and some basic instructions with the screenshots (including installation directly) if yby mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
Routinely seeing > 200 kb/s. Just uploaded a 24Mb file at 215kbp/s with a peak at 290. This was the .8.5 Duet.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
I've installed the "r" release on two printers, one with Duet .0.6.5 and the other a Duet .8 I've been connected to both (web interface, one is on wifi the other on ethernet) all day with no disconnects. Upload speed is very fast. I also updated to the DuetWebControl 1.08. The ability to edit the config.g right from the browser rocks! As does thermostatic fan control and all of the other goodies.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
I've been using this Auberins SSR on 6 printers with no issues at all. I switched to it after I had an SSR literally catch on fire while I was printing. This one doesn't even get warm even after a long print session.by mhackney - Reprappers
Got it David. Nice list of enhancement and fixes, well done. I've installed on my Rostock Max Duet .6.5 and printing now. While that's going on, I'll install on one of my Duet .8 machines. Now that I've sorted out how to flash from Mac OS X life is so much easier! I created a little shell script to simplify the process. I'll post it on my blog: www.sublimelayers.com for folks to use. Cheers, Mby mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
I've been getting similar upload speeds and I've uploaded several 6MB files too. No communications/ajax errors so far.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
I uploaded it yesterday to one of my Kossel 250s. Here is the config that I had to enable thermostatic fan control in the "o" and "p-alpha" releases that worked: M106 P1 T50 S255 H1 It is working. This Kossel is on a direct ethernet. I don't have a lot of run time yet to see if I have the same connection issues I had with o or p-alpha but so far it seems stable.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
@DADIY, David has pulled the 1.09o release due to these connection issues - he stated this in my thread last week (the ethernet issue thread). His recommendation is to go back to the "m" release. I loved the new thermistor controlled fan too! Cut down a lot of noise when the printer was on but not printing.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
David, no apologizes necessary! You do excellent work and I'm happy to test new stuff anytime. I'm missing the thermostatically controlled fan feature now though.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
No disconnects in almost a day on the direct ethernet and the wifi connected machines running the "m" firmware.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
It's been a few hours since I migrated to the "m" version of the firmware. So far, no disconnects at all.by mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support
I think you are on the right track, the bed is moving in the Z plane when you probe between sensors. This can be a challenge with FSR probing. Have you tried slowing down your probe touch off speed? Or speeding it up a bit. These work on force and you might be in a zone where the bed moves before the force is transmitted to the sensor and slowing down or speeding up might do the trick. Also makeby mhackney - Firmware - mainstream and related support