Marlin Firmware Upgrade 1.1.0 RC8 & RCBugFix (For R1 & R1+PLUS)

Yep...ABL works like a charm now with RC7 and the IR. I think I will make a couple tweaks still, but it lays the first layer finally. I'll also see over time if I notice any improvement with the BILINEAR routine. Thank guys.

 

Thank you. I saw that is was stopping at the LCD file but wasn't sure if that was it. I thought maybe it had something to do selecting Arduino 2560 and not being able to locate "Arduino 2540" as per the instructions but I am thinking that is a typo that has been carried over from previous post.
I didn't occur to be to search the thread for "U8glib.h". If I had done so I would have found the answer there. Should have been in bed instead of falling asleep at the computer.

Can you or someone kindly point me in the direction of where I can find the steps about setting up MESH leveling?
Does it require or make it easier to use a LCD controller?
Full Graphics LCD Controller vs Smart LCD Controller XXL, which is better? Or just stick with OctoPi?

Sorry for the additional questions and please let me know if I should post the questions in a separate post and I'll edit this post.

Thanks again.

 

@WheresWaldo Do you know if there is a way to get the bed to be locked in place while performing the manual mesh bed leveling. Sometimes a finger sticks to the bed when sliding the paper back and forth which makes the bed move a bit. Just tried moving the x-carriage and and it also moves. I would have thought it would be locked by the motor.
I will just have to be more careful I guess but I am hoping I am missing something.

 

I tried to get a video of what is was doing but I tried twice and each time the bed and x-carriage wouldn't budge. If it happens again I will try to see what was different. It has happened twice so far.

 

Good thing MESH leveling is only needed once and not for every print. That is odd that it moved on you, but hopefully you can get it done now with the motors being locked appropriately. Cheers!

 

I've been using BILINEAR for about a week and has been doing well. Still not enough feedback to the terminal window the way it is so you can see what the z reading is at the probe points, but first layers are looking good. I'm interested in seeing more about UBL. I really should just take the next step and MESH things up with my printer. Set it and forget it.

 

I'm having nothing but issues since the update. Haven't changed anything other then re-autotuning the pids For the addition of an aluminum bed. I keep getting an error heating failure kill message

 

@WheresWaldo sorry about that lol. so whats happening is i set it up to heat up, and 9 times out 10 my lcd gets an error message. the error message says:
Error:Heating failed, system stopped! Heater_ID: 0
Errorrinter halted. kill() called!

i have no clue why. the one thing that has changed is that i installed an aluminum bed, but reused the silicone heater pad that ive been using for a while. i ran autotuning on the pid, put in those values, and went with it.

on another note, in trying to fix this issue, ive commented out pid for the bed and used the stock pid values that were in the files in the beginning. ive ran the printer 3 times so far, and it failed once.

 

im using the bug fix, i have a m3 stud thermister installed. the fans blow on the print, but i did do a larger fan (40x10) across the heat sink

 

randomly enough @WheresWaldo, based off your last response I swapped out the fan back to the one that comes with the e3dv6, and the duct i had for the 40 must have touched the heater block at some point, and air was blowing right onto it. thank you

 

So after fighting with MESH leveling, then realizing that ABL wasn't acting right for awhile...It turns out you were right @WheresWaldo; The left limit switch was certainly triggered. After reassembling my printer when I installed the E3D V6 and Titan I must have moved the block that holds the Z-limit switch down on the nut because the switch was about half triggered and a hair could trigger it. After moving it ABL worked just fine.

Gave MESH a try today! I LOVE IT! And being able to babystep is a savior to keep from having to restart a print due to Z being to far or close to the bed. Keep up the good work on these and I'll let you know if I find any issues while using it.

 

I ran into this same issue with the V6, at first I just tuned my fans down to 75% to resolve it. Then I installed the silicon sock from E3D and I have been able to run my fans at 100% ever since.

EDIT: Err I just realized you were talking about the heatsink fan sorry.

 

Crazy right. Never thought I'd see the day this thing was running TOO efficient.