Scale extruder motor current linearly with speed.
49% less heating when running at low speed and standstill, 4% more torque at maximum extrusion rate (15mm^3/s), 15% more torque in high speed movements (un/retractions).
StealthChop mode is used for low speeds (below 900mm/min)
spreadCycle is used above. Transition speed is well above maximum extrusion rate of 15mm^3/s (275mm/min) so mode transition is not expected to be visible on printed surface.
StealthChop is expected to improve printed surface quality (less artifacts).
Warning you can burn extruder motor if it is not the same impedance as original Prusa i3 Extruder stepper motor. There is no current feedback in low speed so lower impedance motor can be burned by over current.
Even there is no direct current feedback, there is no risk for original motor thermal runaway, as motor resistance increases with temperature, current decreases.
Standstill peak phase current is expected to be 500 mA and linearly increase with speed to 970 mA at 900mm/min where spreadCycle constant current regulation takes over and keeps peak current at 805 mA to maximum speed possible.
As motor heating increases with current squared, lowering low speed current from 700mA to 500mA decreases heating 49% in thate mode, where motor spends most of the time.
Enable E-motor cool mode in farm mode only (and experimental menu) - the experimental menu is visible AND the EEPROM_ECOOL variable has a value of the universal answer to all problems of the universe - i.e. two conditions must be met at the start of the FW to enable the E-cool mode. If the user enables the experimental menu, sets the E-cool mode and disables the menu afterwards, on the next start of the FW the E-cool mode will be DISABLED. This is still subject to discussion how much obscure (security through obscurity) we'd like this option to have .
Additional stuff:
* Add serial debug msg to verify if E-cool mode is on
* Avoid access to E-cool mode switch on machines without TMC2130
* Do not allow only M907 E in case of E-cool mode+warn the user on the serial line that the command was skipped
Co-authored-by: D.R.racer <drracer@drracer.eu>
This change restores the minimum extruder height for filament purge
during M600 from the current 50mm back to 27mm from FW 3.9.
We do this by introducing a new option for unload_filament() to indicate
that the unload is part of an automatic swap, and in such cases avoid
raising more than absolutely necessary (this will _also_ come in handy
to avoid the extra purge in PR #2318 during M600).
A new define MIN_Z_FOR_SWAP is introduced for this purpose.
MIN_Z_FOR_UNLOAD is still used for manual lcd unload and for M702 and
hasn't been changed.
If the printer was already being pre-heated but didn't reach the target
temperature yet and a new filament is being inserted, the LCD used to
display a "Preheating to load" message to block the loading until the
extruder is hot.
This message is currently missing, and the ">Cancel" option doesn't
display immediately either, depending on the extruder height.
This PR fixes this behavior, which was broken during an earlier update.
We now force-update LCD updates during the first (and _only_) time the
screen is setup, and push all messages _before_ the carriage is
eventually raised, so that ">Cancel" is shown immediately as well.
Attempt to workaround the M73 C0|D0 visual issue
This is an attempt to enable alternation of time to print finish and time
to color change even in the last minute of time to color change, i.e. be
able to print "0:00C".
The proposed solution leverages the capability of the current FW to read
float values from the C|D parameter. This could have the raw benefit of
being able still to alternate this time on the LCD as "0:00C" (or
"<1min") if the slicer sends a non-zero but <1 time right before the
color change.
Co-authored-by: D.R.racer <drracer@drracer.eu>
Co-authored-by: 3d-gussner <3d.gussner@gmail.com>
Instead of resetting the encoder status when homing or leveling, simply
exit the move/liveZ menu.
When transitioning from idle->printing, axis move shouldn't be allowed
as it would insert moves during a print. This is always wrong.
The menu must be always dismissed. Instead of checking all places where
the menu could be active, automatically dimiss the menu from within
_lcd_move when homing/MBL is happening. The long-push function and the
settings menu checks if "axis move" is possible, and thus
prevent the user to re-enter the menu already.
When doing the first layer calibration, the _lcd_babystep_z is
automatically brought back after MBL has completed.
Technically we should do the same when entering/exiting the paused state
in _lcd_move. However, it's better to dismiss _any_ menu in
stop_and_save_print_to_ram/restore_print_from_ram_and_continue instead.
To be done later...
Move axis queues movements, which disrupts a normal print, homing (when
XY is combined) or MBL.
Likewise, "Disable steppers" only makes sense when the printer is fully
idle.
Only allow such actions when the printer is not active and/or in the
paused state.
Further restrict babystep insertion when the lcd_update is enabled by
toggling homing_flag when probing Z (where Z shouldn't be touched
anyway as it would disrupt the measurement)
Also reset the encoder value during mesh leveling.
User can en/disable the fan check during print. This is very useful in case of false positive
fan errors to let the user to decide to finish print with "faulty" fan.
Another request from our Service dept. - the user shall be prevented
from skipping the intro wizard, because otherwise some preset/calibrated
features will look like not done - especially live-z calibration.
And since there are users, who send a machine to service to perform 1st
layer calibration only, they must not omit the Z-calibration at the
start after shipping.
- If `M73` `R,S,C,D` values set the LCD Info screen clock switchs between Remaining and Change time
- If Remaining time is 0 while Change time is >0 the clock switchs between Change time and actual printing time
- If Change is 0 while Remaining time is >0 the clock shows the Remaining time
- If both are 0 the clock shows the actual printing time
- `M73 C` values are shown in "Normal" mode
- `M73 D` values are shown in "Stealth" mode
- Changing the speed will try to calculate the espected times and show `?` behind `R` or `C`
- Add parameter `C` to gcode `M73`
- LCD Info screen switches to change time if last `M73` gcode contains `C` parameter
- Examples:
- `M73 P5 R120` will display on LCD ` SD 5% 02:00R ` if it is printing at 100% speed
- `M73 P5 R120 C60` will display on LCD ` SD 5% 01:00C ` if it is printing at 100% speed
Slicers can generate "Time to change/pause/user interaction" using `C<mins:0-65535>` parameter to "overwrite" the remaining print time.
To switch between time to change and remaining time just send in intervals `M73` with or without `C` parameter.
... looks like I've been able to reduce the code by 80B by using the
clamp999() function. There are other spots this function can be used as
well, I didn't touch those yet.
upon request from our Service dept. - it is to do the same stuff like
Shipping prep., but keep the printer's stats intact. Still, this has to
be verified and may undergo some further changes.
Depending if SD or USB/host print the firmware sends
- SD print: `// action:paused` or `// action:resumed` are send to inform USB/Host
- USB/host print: `// action:pause` or `// action:resume` are send to trigger the USB/host to handle it
- USB/host must handle `// action:pause` and `// action:resume` correctly to work
- Tested with Octoprint
- It handles every thing correctly
- Any combination of Octoprint and/or LCD `pause` and `resume` working correctly
- Tested with Pronterface
- It pauses BUT doesn't send the printer in pause position, and so it is not possible to `resume` from LCD menu
- I guess some Macros can fix that.
- Repetier Host/Server documentation shows that it should work. Not tested.
Could save 56 bytes in first step and additional 38 bytes adding `MSG_PAUSE_PRINT` to messages.c/.h
Updated `lang_en*.txt`
@todo Polish translation is 19 characters long (it still fits) BUT should be corrected to 18 chars.
- Start saving instructions as the whole PR was >1KB long.
- It turned out the compiler was unable to understand the core skipping
cycle and an ASM version had to be used.
- Add seekSet aware of the G-code filter
This is an extension/optimization of PR #2956.
It uses the cached 512B block buffer to avoid heavy-weight read() in SdBaseFile.
Even though this principle allowed the AVR to skip ~600KB of data within ~5 seconds,
the impact on code base is huge, especially into well proven and long-term stable
parts like reading a file from the SD card.
The sole purpose of this PR is to show/verify the possibility of the AVR CPU
in relation to adding thumbnails into MK3 G-codes.
Moreover, this PR shall not be merged unless the missing/commented features
are restored - especially file seeking and M84 search.
PFW-1175
Farmers request having the Change filament menu item always visible in
the main menu and located after the Live Adjust Z (which disappears
after the first few printed layers).
- remove the UI and related stuff to setting a farm number (the
communication protocol must remain intact)
- remove confirmation after print finished ("Print OK")
Both requests are highly welcome, since they allow for lowering the code
size by >1KB
PFW-963, PFW-927
