question regarding "Wait for temp. controller to stabilise"

[windy54]

Hi,
So I am new to 3D printing and have just purchased simplify3d version 4.

My hackspace has a flash forge and wanhao 3D printer and I have been given profiles for each machine.

For the first time tonight I tried using the wanhao and have had trouble with the print until I noticed that it is not waiting for the extruder to get up to temperature, it starts printing immediately.

I have not had any problems with the flash forge.

When I compared the process setting the tick box
"wait for temperature controller to stabilise before beginning build"
is cleared for the flash forge, but ticked for the wanhao.

So I would have expected the flash forge to print immediately and the wanhao to wait.

Am I missing something?

Should the box be ticked for the printer to wait.

Unfortunately I cant get access to the printer now until saturday to clear the box and see what happens.

thanks
Steve

[darKing]

Take a look under the "scripts" tab and "starting script"

there should be something like this:

Code: Select all

[...]
G1 X-10 Y-10 F6000 ; Move to wait position
M7 ; Wait for bed to stabilize
M6 T0 ; Wait for right extruder to reach target temp  <--------------
G1 X-70 Y-70 F6000 ; Move to front left corner of bed
G1 Z0.3 F6000 ; Move down to purge
G92 E0 ; Zero extruders
[...]

The part with the <----- is what's telling the printer so wait. How does your Start Script look?

[windy54]

If I look at the code with the box cleared the code is
M140 S60 T0 -set bed temperature
M134 T0 - stabilise bed temperature?
M104 S195 T0 - set extruder temperature
M133 T0 - wait for extruder temperature?


with the box ticked the commands are
M140 S60
M104 S195 T0
M109 S195 T0 - set and wait for extruder temperature

In the start script there is only a
G28 ; home all axes

Next time I am down the hackspace I will try adding the M6 as you have suggested and have a word wth the person I got the profile from.

I would have thought that with the checkbox ticked, it would have added the M6 code.

Anyway thanks for the response I will try again,
Steve

[brian442]

The default Wanhao profile already works correctly, so if you're still having trouble, I would recommend going back to Help > Configuration Assistant, and then selecting your Wanhao printer from the list. That will re-download the stock profile that heats correctly.

[windy54]

Thanks for the response, I should have posted one myself to say I was sorted. I went through it with our hackspace "expert" who sorted me out. I had got wait for temperature to stabilise for the bed and not for the extruder and my print problems were also caused by the bed not being levelled correctly on one edge.