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This is a common problem. It's almost always the power brick. If the brick senses that you used too much power it shuts off. But only for about 1/4 second and then power comes back on. This appears to be a plain old reboot but is really a power off/on very fast.
If this printer is less than a year old I would try to get a free one from your supplier. If not you can just buy the power brick.
Until you get the new brick you can avoid using the bed and instead use a cold bed and blue tape washed with isopropyl alcohol. Your printer should have come with blue tape for this purpose.
Alternatively you can use the power budget feature in tinker marlin which is a fantastic alternative firmware for um2+ extended. You can download it here (you want the 5th one down of course):
S-Line Firmware 8.3.0 was released Nov. 20th on the "Latest" firmware branch.
(Sorry, was out of office when this released)
This update is for...
All UltiMaker S series
New features
Temperature status. During print preparation, the temperatures of the print cores and build plate will be shown on the display. This gives a better indication of the progress and remaining wait time. Save log files in paused state. It is now possible to save the printer's log files to USB if the currently active print job is paused. Previously, the Dump logs to USB option was only enabled if the printer was in idle state. Confirm print removal via Digital Factory. If the printer is connected to the Digital Factory, it is now possible to confirm the removal of a previous print job via the Digital Factory interface. This is useful in situations where the build plate is clear, but the operator forgot to select Confirm removal on the printer’s display. Visit this page for more information about this feature.
A year after the merger of Ultimaker and MakerBotQQ, we have unlocked the ability for users of our Method series printers to slice files using UltiMaker Cura. As of this release, users can find profiles for our Method and Method XL printers, as well as material profiles for ABS-R, ABS-CF, and RapidRinse. Meaning it’s now possible to use either Cura or the existing cloud-slicing software CloudPrint when printing with these printers or materials
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This is a common problem. It's almost always the power brick. If the brick senses that you used too much power it shuts off. But only for about 1/4 second and then power comes back on. This appears to be a plain old reboot but is really a power off/on very fast.
If this printer is less than a year old I would try to get a free one from your supplier. If not you can just buy the power brick.
Until you get the new brick you can avoid using the bed and instead use a cold bed and blue tape washed with isopropyl alcohol. Your printer should have come with blue tape for this purpose.
Alternatively you can use the power budget feature in tinker marlin which is a fantastic alternative firmware for um2+ extended. You can download it here (you want the 5th one down of course):
https://github.com/TinkerGnome/Ultimaker2Marlin/releases/
Go into power budget. I believe for normal printer you want:
budget 180W
bed 150W
nozzle 30W
With the above settings the budget will never limit power. so then you just lower the budget a bit:
budget 160W
bed 150W
nozzle 30W
That should be plenty to avoid tripping the power brick.
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