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I seem to be getting this error more since the latest firmware update to my S5, i saw it very occasionally before and would simply just start the print again and it would be fine, but since the update it am getting it more often, again, all i do is start the print again and it works so it's not a mechanical issue. Obviously the print cores are clean etc etc
i notice when it fails it tries to probe the second core and doesn't even get very close to the bed before aborting, an ideas ?
**** update, looks like one of the wires (white one) to the sensor has come off, no idea what it works some of the time, anyway, anyone had to repair this ??, is it an easy job ? ****
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i simply can't understand why anyone at UM thinks it is better to have that information hidden for the sake of a clean UI !, i am totally baffled. Other things like simply being able to toggle the part cooling fans on without the print running are not possible either. To see if you have an issue with one of the fans you have to run a print and start messing about with getting your hands in the print area to see if the cooling fans are spinning as you can't actually see them on the S5.
Come on UM, please start adding things like this to make our lives sooooo much easier !
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Any update on this from UM ?, they say that is there is enough demand for a feature then it will get added ???,
i cannot see how anyone who uses a FDM printer doesn't want to see at the very least what layer you are printing, the whole technology is based on it.... I wonder if the UI team have ever actually used a FDM printer ?, every other printer on the market has things like layer number, temperatures, speed etc etc on the home home screen for the simple reason these need to be there and are used all the time !. having to go into the 'tune' menu all the time is painful and seems pointless - to just keep the UI looking clean !!!!!, its like removing the fuel gauge, temperature gauge and speedo from a car dashboard to make that UI look clean
UM printers are great but you have to think they are missing a trick with loads of things like this, its much harder to diagnose print issues on a UM machine as you simple don't have the same level of info as other brands. I can only assume that UM engineers have some sort of enhanced way of viewing this data when working on Cura profiles
UM - we really really need an option to turn on a detail mode where you can have temperatures, layer number, speeds etc all on the front panel. Make it switchable if you don't want everyone to see it (no idea why though).
Thanks !
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1 hour ago, maht said:
I unpublished the ABS profile yesterday, so the notification will go away now...
This bug will be fixed in the next release.
Thanks
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3 hours ago, hauke said:
Maybe because of it's weekend? 😉
Indeed, but golden rule of software development is never do a release on a Friday if you don't plan on working for 2 days ! 😉🤪
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@ahoeben indeed, yes, signing out and also turning off check for updates at startup removes the annoying check. i will check out your plugin, sounds interesting, forgive me for the basic question, but what is it designed to go ?
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not seen any response from any of the UM team yet ?, looks like a widespread problem....
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3 minutes ago, chrisr said:
Ditto on both 4.5 and 4.6.1 Just as an aside - seeing as I have no need to ever print with Ultimaker ABS it would be quite useful to get rid of this entry as well as quite a few other material profiles that aren't used? Any way of doing that?
Nope, that's the problem, you can't remove UM material profiles. I don't use ABS either!
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Seems something has happened with UM publishig their material profile update for ABS, it just keeps saying there is an update, you sync, quit Cura and it does the same again, syncing or updating the ABS profile won't clear !!
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19 hours ago, kelvina said:
The opened github issue is still working things out.
In the meantime, on Windows you can save the profile and close Cura and go to %appdata% -> cura -> highest version -> quality_changes to where all the configuration files are stored.
Use a text editor to copy extruder_1 changes (under [values]) to extruder_2 of the same named profile.
Then save and reopen Cura.
I have been looking at this, not sure its the right way to do it, there are certain variables that are not present for the second extruder even when the settings are 100% the same, copying them over manually takes a load of settings which could not be present if managed by Cura.
@SandervG, @CarloK, @territerriterri - could you one you please comment on the validity of this way to copy the settings ?
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8 minutes ago, kelvina said:
The opened github issue is still working things out.
In the meantime, on Windows you can save the profile and close Cura and go to %appdata% -> cura -> highest version -> quality_changes to where all the configuration files are stored.
Use a text editor to copy extruder_1 changes (under [values]) to extruder_2 of the same named profile.
Then save and reopen Cura.
many thanks, i am on Mac, anyway to do the same ?
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@territerriterri is there any update on this please ?, i am still finding it increasingly painful to just set the second extruder with the same settings as the first, i have to go one setting at a time and inevitably miss some, its extremely painful !
Many thanks
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i am getting stuttering on my S5, always have to some extent, but sometimes worse than others, see the attached image, i have read its related to the ability of the S5 to process the commands, i have let cura set the max dev and resolution numbers but still get stuttering, not great for such an expensive printer. See the image of the stutters causing blobs, always in the same place every 20 layers or so, i would assume the commands are overflowing the que at this point. @bagel-orb any ideas ?, latest S5 firmware 5.12
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2 hours ago, LeckieInstalls said:
I just got the S3 and Im super disappointed. I print in mostly translucent PETG and by the time the printer moves about 60mm to go from one part to another the nozzle oozes all over the place making a huge mess. This was not a problem whatsoever with my Ultimaker 3 Extended where I could set the travel seed and travel jerk values high (400mm/s) just for this reason producing perfect parts that dont need to be cleaned at all. I just bought a $5500 paper weight. And yes, Ive tried adding more retraction which actually makes it worse since it just adds more time to complete the move
The way I managed to get round this was to lower the print temps, the s5 actually needs fair bit lower temps than my 2+ did for the same material, maybe its the doors on the front, maybe the print cores, anyway, I print petg at about 215-220 and it works a treat.
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On 1/13/2020 at 10:25 AM, territerriterri said:
Cura only considers the unsaved settings as 'changes'. When you save it, and then use the "copy all changed values to all extruders" options, it will not copy it because it doesn't consider it changed.
I don't think the behavior you're expecting is intended to work in Cura. I can bring this up to the team for discussion, but I think it will be considered as a change request more than an issue.
@maht FYI.
Hi, has there been any update on this, its such a pain on a dual extrusion printer to have to manually copy your optimised settings to the second extruder, not to mention the time taken to do this, its also prone to error when you miss a setting
Can this please be added asap ?!
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14 hours ago, fbrc8-erin said:
It should definitely be doable. With the S5, that back piece of plastic lifts straight up on off instead of backwards as in my video.
ok, thanks
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3 hours ago, fbrc8-erin said:
The process is definitely very similar between the two models. The biggest difference is going to be that your printhead cable clips into the back of your PCB on the S5/S3, but on the front of the PCB on the UM3/UM3X.
Also, depending on the age of your UM3/UM3X, the back piece of the cover may lift off backwards instead of up as it does on the S5/S3/later UM3/UM3X.Thanks, I have a S5, but sounds like it shouldn't be an issue to do myself?
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has anyone changed the print head bearings on the 3 or the S5 (assuming the process would be the same), how difficult was it ?, any guides ?
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i have noticed the 10mm rods on my S5 have slight scratches in them. If i run my nail over them i can feel they are actually grooved slightly into the rod. I thought these were hardened rods ?, anyone else noticed this, they aren't particularly deep at moment but still i wasn't expecting to see any marks on them, maybe i just never noticed them on my 2+. I always keep the rods well oiled with the supplied thin oil.
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The whole point of the Airmanager is to reduce UFPs, opening the doors to the lid defeats the purpose. There have been a number of studies which have said that even PLA gives off a fair amount of UFPs. Unfortunately it also said that a normal HEPA filter like that in the air manager didn't work that well in filtering the really small ones which actually passthrough the linings of your lungs and into your blood stream.... A filter actually capable of removing UPS to a level which would make the value of UFPs negligible is very expensive.... really does seem like the industry needs a workable solution
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i did read some concerns about the air manager being able to keep the build chamber temp down low enough for PLA for example, also some people where saying when printing PLA is was really really loud as the extractor fan had to run full speed to try and keep the build volumes temperature down low enough ?
I like the idea of it and was tempted to get one but it sounded like a good solution for ABS but a compromise for more regular materials....
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@robinmdh is there any reason to upgrade to this from 2.11 if you don't have material station or air manager ?
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10 minutes ago, Smithy said:
I recommend version 5.2.11, the latest version before all that new stuff.
Agree, don't go above .11 unless you have the air manger etc and have to upgrade. I am not sure why UM have so many problems with the firmware after .11 but when I upgraded the nozzle got rammed into the bed first time it ran !
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39 minutes ago, robinmdh said:
That sounds like a fairly PRO feature IMHO, and it if is the distance of speed those moves are not distinguishable by the printer from other moves, so speed and amount of retract would be quite difficult to tweak.
A possible workaround is not that difficult though, if it is not the retraction amount or speed but the jerk and such then those settings are changed for travel moves and extrusion moves so if you remove those from your sliced file you could enable developer mode and log in as the ultimaker user, then use the sendgcode to try different values during the print.
Yeah, that I get, we may be able to get stuff like this included, hidden under a switch in the settings menu in the future.
As to the disclaimer: I did test this twice and did not brick any printers but I don't want anyone to get mad if this goes wrong in any way.Yes, thanks, I fully appreciate you have done this to help (and is appreciated) you obviously don't want to be accountable for bricking peoples printers.
It would be really really useful to get this sort of thing added under an official switch in the settings. It really is needed as no 3d printer is simply plug and play, as good as the S5 is, you still need to debug some prints as there are so many variables which can produce a variation in result over using the default profiles the UI guys think everyone can just use these default profiles and everything works perfectly 😀🙃, I wish that was the case 😁
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ok, so fixed the wire, you need to take the print head bottom portion off, and then be really careful not to to damage the connector on the sensor when you remove the old bit of wire. Not sure why it broke, but a quick Google seems to show it happens quite a lot as the wire bends every time the print head cover is opened.... i suspect i will need to do this again at some point