1 Topic by seven2099 (edited by seven2099 2015-03-04 08:58:41)

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Topic: (X/post from help) Press print stops until I click Heat Bed again

Hello all

Forgive me for the wall of text below:

I'm currently enjoying my Solidoodle Press. Have successfully printed a few things and have worked out some of the kinks, however there is one thing that is driving me insane. It seems to be a software/firmware issue with SoliPrint.

The issue I'm having (tested in both 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 of SoliPrint) is that while printing, sometimes the printer will completely halt. No errors are spat out..etc.

I started messing around since all my prints experience this at least once or twice during print. However I found a work around, which to be honest is only going to lead to disaster at some point.

The temporary work around is: Simply hit the Cool Bed/Heat Bed button on and off quickly, and the printer picks up again without a problem.
This indicates to me that there is something wrong with the information the printer is receiving from the software, and it seems to be temperature related. I don't see the sensors drop in temperature and I've tested multiple different scenarios with room temperatures or open windows to see if this has any effect. Regardless, it ALWAYS happens.

This means I cannot leave my PC and have to be constantly monitoring the GCode output to ensure that its running, because if it pauses for too long the extruder heats the piece it was working on and it usually delaminates and leaves a mess.

So....

Anyone else have this going on with their printer? Any one else know how to fix this?
My printer is working flawlessly in terms of printing, however this is quite inconvenient and like I mentioned above it can lead to catastrophic failure.

In one of the times I hit the Heat/Cool button in SoliPrint, I accidentally hit it twice so the print nozzle and bed dropped in temperature but kept printing, which can only lead to me damaging gears or the nozzle since it is supposed to stop if there is a big temperature drop.

If any one can help, please let me know!

Edit, I've also added the external print spool mod in an effort to see if this helps. It does not.

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Re: (X/post from help) Press print stops until I click Heat Bed again

That sounds more like your computer going in to sleep/hibernate mode or even a screensaver popping up.
That will stop any printer dead in its tracks.  You will want to disable all of that stuff along with any auto updates and see if that helps.

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3 Reply by seven2099 (edited by seven2099 2015-03-04 18:26:47)

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Re: (X/post from help) Press print stops until I click Heat Bed again

wardjr wrote:

That sounds more like your computer going in to sleep/hibernate mode or even a screensaver popping up.
That will stop any printer dead in its tracks.  You will want to disable all of that stuff along with any auto updates and see if that helps.

Thanks for the reply

Its happened to me as I'm sitting on the computer. In fact I was going to try what you said, but it just happened right now as I'm printing something.

This time I'm trying to use Repetier Host to print to see if this made a difference, however it has not. It just paused with no error message on the screen. However what it could be is the USB connection so I'm going to try to change USB ports and plug the printer in without an extension to see how it goes.

Also, as requested I've removed my other post.

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Re: (X/post from help) Press print stops until I click Heat Bed again

seven2099 wrote:
wardjr wrote:

That sounds more like your computer going in to sleep/hibernate mode or even a screensaver popping up.
That will stop any printer dead in its tracks.  You will want to disable all of that stuff along with any auto updates and see if that helps.

Thanks for the reply

Its happened to me as I'm sitting on the computer. In fact I was going to try what you said, but it just happened right now as I'm printing something.

This time I'm trying to use Repetier Host to print to see if this made a difference, however it has not. It just paused with no error message on the screen. However what it could be is the USB connection so I'm going to try to change USB ports and plug the printer in without an extension to see how it goes.

Also, as requested I've removed my other post.

Yeah an extension or poor quality cord will definitely cause that.

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Re: (X/post from help) Press print stops until I click Heat Bed again

I've switched computers to my laptop and have printed without interruption smile Problem solved!

However, in the last print I had my heating element lit up and burnt out sad so sad. 5th print and something already broke

Now that I think of it, this could have been the reason the print was stopping by itself. It could have been related to something with the heating element or maybe even temperature reading of the bed.