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Extruder cools down on start printing

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  1. Amber Talamasca

    Amber Talamasca New Member

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    I have a robo3d pla only version with firmware robo 3d r1 v5.
    The software is mattercontrol robo4d version 1.1.2
    everything seems to function, until i start printing.
    the pre-heated bed starts to immediatly cool down, the extruder stays still and the status is "currently printing"

    the Terminal gives but one lines that indicates a fail, namely SD init fail, which shouldnt matter as it doesnt have SD, right?

    then on repetier-host v1.00 RC1 it does the same, it responds to everything, it pre-heats perfectly.. all goes well. until i start printing, the extruder moves up, stands still and the cooldown begins.

    in both cases no errors, no indication whatsoever.. what am i doing wrong?

    Any help would be appreciated
     
    #1 Amber Talamasca, Jul 11, 2014
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    so it turns out it was a problem with the slicer, not the printer or the program. put it to slic3r and it works now
     
    #2 Amber Talamasca, Jul 11, 2014
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    question You can't have the PLA only version as only the PLA/ABS systems had heated beds did you upgrade somehow?
     
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  4. Amber Talamasca

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    My bad, the pre-heated extruder, not the pre-heated bed.
     
    #4 Amber Talamasca, Jul 11, 2014
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    Did you install an R1 firmware on it?
     
    #5 Mike Kelly, Jul 12, 2014
  6. Amber Talamasca

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    Yes, or rather, mattercontrol did it for me. i told it that i had the PLA version, it said firmware upgrade available. installed it, and it said R1 after.
    I assume by your question that this is not supposed to be?
     
    #6 Amber Talamasca, Jul 13, 2014
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    Depends on when you bought it. I have an R1 that is all configured for a heated bed, but simply shipped with an acrylic bed instead. Not sure if I'm 'special' for some reason. Mike might be able to clarify.
     
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    Did using repetier solve the entire issue you were having or do you still have more issues going on?
     
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    I have the same the same problem with my R1 PLA/ABS printer. I have tried with different slicers but it still doesn't work.
     
    #9 Retrodiggern, Jul 15, 2014
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    It does sound like a software issue. @Retrodiggern can you post one of your gcode files where that happens?
     
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    I am completely new to 3d printing so i don't know where to find the gcode, here is the error log I got when i tried to print with cura:
    Recv: T:189.22 E:0 B:59.0
    Recv: T:188.80 E:0 B:59.2
    Recv: T:188.13 E:0 B:59.4
    Recv: T:189.32 E:0 B:59.5
    Recv: T:190.57 E:0 B:59.6
    Recv: T:191.36 E:0 B:59.8
    Recv: T:191.62 E:0 B:60.0
    Recv: ok
    Send: M105 T0
    Recv: ok
    Send: M105 T0
    Recv: ok T:191.5 /190.0 B:60.0 /60.0 T0:191.5 /190.0 @:0 B@:127
    Send: M105 T0
    Recv: ok T:191.5 /190.0 B:60.0 /60.0 T0:191.5 /190.0 @:0 B@:127
    Send: M105 T0
    Recv: ok T:191.5 /190.0 B:60.0 /60.0 T0:191.5 /190.0 @:0 B@:127
    Send: N6G90*54
    Recv: ok T:191.5 /190.0 B:60.0 /60.0 T0:191.5 /190.0 @:0 B@:127
    Send: N7M82*62
    Recv: ok
    Send: N8M107*13
    Recv: ok
    Send: N9G28 X0 Y0*59
    Recv: ok
    Send: N10G28 Z0*72
    Recv: Error:Extruder switched off. Temperature fell too much during print!
    Changing monitoring state from 'Printing' to 'Error: Extruder switched off. Temperature ...'
    Recv: Error:printer stopped due to errors. Fix the error and use M999 to restart. (Temperature is reset. Set it after restarting)
    Recv: ok
    Recv: ok

    I tried some different settings in matter control and it will print if I use cura engine but not if I use slic3r and it does not work in repetier or cura either which I think is strange since cura engine works i matter control.
     
    #11 Retrodiggern, Jul 15, 2014
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