I know it's a bit late, but maybe it's never too late to thank you all for the settings you've shared (very informative, especially on the retractation setting).
So ... thank you again !
Right now I'm using :
I've found a working solution for my Z height issue, even if I'm not too sure if it's a proper way to solve this : I realize I could tweak the Z offset manually from the printer menu, so as soon as I remember my z offset setting in Marlin (rc bugfix) was -0.5, I've changed it to -1 and I can now use the Z offset setting in Mattercontrol for slight adjustements (which is quite convenient when changing filament, with different needs). Solved. For now.
I think I've figured it out, at least why the Z offset is not working : I think the printer is not accepting negative values for the Z axis as of now. But I have no idea how to change this behavior or if there is another way to solve this without changing my inductive sensor position every time (which is exhausting, and innacurate, at best). Any thoughts please ?
Hi to you all ! I'm using an inductive sensor which works well for me on a chinese prusa i3 clone and MatterControl 1.7 in Linux. Now recently I've changed my nozzle and there's a difference in height, approximately 2mm shorter. Then now when I start a print, my nozzle won't even touch the bed. So I though I should use the Z offset setting to compensate, lowering the nozzle (I've put -2 in the Z offset setting). But it is not working. It seems whatever I put in the Z offset setting seems to have no effect, so I think I have another setting that is interfering. Since I also use custom start gcode, I'm wondering if one of thoses lines below is preventing me to get the Z offset working (G92 line maybe ?) :
G21 ; set units in mm G28 ; home all axes G29 ; bed calibration G90 ; set absolute coordinates G92 E0 ; reset extrusion distance G1 E7 ; extrude anchor M106 S255 ; print fan on
Am I correct ? Or should I try something else entirely ? What is the best way to compensate for height change in MatterControl when using an inductive sensor ?
Thank you for your answers and have a nice day !
That looks exactly like it. Exact same problem with same workaround. As for now, I've switched back to Mattercontrol 1.6.0, and all the issues are gone, G28 & G29 ok, no weird code line and temp readings fine, so I will post the complete print log once I upgrade MatterControl once again, if it's helpful.
Hi to you all ! Lately I've been trying to update my firmware for a geeetech prusa i3 to the latest MarlinRCBugfix. So far it seems to work but I'm having unexpected issues now with MatterControl 1.6.1 (LINUX):
The most important one is with the temperatures readings from MatterControl : at the first run, I can't get any, and MatterControl just display Extruder and Bed at 0°. I can finally get temperatures after disconnecting and reconnecting (from Mattercontrol UI, not the printer) a few times, but then I'm going into the same kind of problems trying to preheat.
The next issue comes with G28 and G29 commands : I've put them in my starting G-Code but it seems these are not doing anything. Using CuteCom (CuteCom is a graphical serial terminal), I can successfully get the printer homing all axes then begin the auto bed levelling, so I'm confused about what's going on with Mattercontrol.
Any idea about what I'm doing wrong please ? Thank you for your help !
PS : I forgot to mention I can see these lines in the print_log.txt from the MatterControl Gcode Terminal :
Error:Line Number is not Last Line Number+1, Last Line: 1Don't know if it is related
It's a (modified chinese) Prusa i3. It would be very nice if you have something close to my printer, but even if you don't, I will still appreciate to learn from your settings.
Hi everyone ! I was printing with PETG with quite some success for a few days until I ran into a lot of issues. So I began to heavily (very heavily) tweaks my settings until i realise it had nothing to do with it ! Since then I've discovered the extruder stepper driver was faulty.
Problem now is that I've modified my settings so much that I can't get a print right.
Could you please share some of your working settings for PETG with mattercontrol ? Thank you !
Can't wait to see this too ^^ Keep up the good work guys !
Hi matterhackers and happy new year everyone @matterhackers.com (a bit late but still!)
First, very nice and shiny new forum, thanks for it ^^.
Now for the silly question : I have some missing items in my library, and it seems they can't be removed (MatterControl asks me, i click OK and ... still there, and still missing ^^)
I look over my ~/.local/share/mattercontrol folder (Fedora 23) and surprise, they're ... missing. OK.
So what can I do please to make them definitely missing to the point they're not going to show up missing in my library ?