Hi everyone,
when I put a pause in printing with “Pause at height or layer” I tell the program to stop at level 77 out of 79.
The Taz 6 pause and I can put a magnet inside the hole and then the print continue.
But it prints the rest at a different position from where it left. approx 1.5 mm, why?
Its the same if I pause at level 77 or 75 or whatsoever.
Please post the .stl and .gcode files here. If you prefer, create a shorter object with the pause at an earlier layer, verify the problem still exists, and post that .stl and .gcode files instead.
If you upload the .gcode file to http://gcode.ws/ or https://www.gcodeanalyser.com/ does the shift show up?
FWIW, CuraLE 3.2.32 is two major versions behind as both CuraLE 3.6.40 and CuraLE 4.13.16 are available.
I also use ideaMaker as it has a nice Preview gcode file… option.
How are you pausing? How are you moving the nozzle out of the way before resuming?
Your slicer is 7 years out of date now, and I’m not sure if pause at layers was even well-implemented in Cura 3.2, and there were known issues with any movements of the toolhead when pause was active (like total failure to resume if you changed filament in a pause). If you’re the version of Marlin out at the time (1.1.x) there’s even more chance of bugs. If you’re somehow running a current version of Marlin and an outdated version of Cura, it’s probably not sending the correct pause commands due to mismatched in expected firmware/software.
The steppers power down after a short period of no movement, so they will lose positional accuracy without being held in place in a microstepped position, and the bed/nozzle is easy to move without the steppers energized.
YES!!
Now it works…
I installed the latest slicer and now the printer continue where it stopped.
But, I still got one minor problem.
After installing magnets I want to press “Continue” and the print will proceed printing.
I haven’t found out how to do this.
What I found was setting the numbers of seconds the pause will take but then I have to watch the printing all the time so I don’t miss the pause.
And sometimes a longer stop are needed.
Any idea?
You did update your firmware too, right?
Resume should be as simple as pushing in the dial on the Taz6.
Latest firmvare - OK
Cant find dial !?
Okay, found it…
But no, that’s not what I was looking for. The printer won’t continue.
The previous version of Cura worked like this:
When I created a pause after say 20 layers, the printer would stop and I could do whatever I wanted (change filament, put magnets in place, whatever) and then press a “Continue” button when I was done and the printer would then continue after warming up. The button was located where the pause button is now, on the MONITOR side.
Now the printer stops after 20 layers and then automatically continues after the “pause time” has ended.
The problem is that I don’t know when the pause time comes.
I only know that it stops after 20 layers. That’s OK with a small print, but with a large print, the pause can happen after 3 hours or maybe 3 hours and 30 minutes or maybe 4 hours.
So for now I have to watch when the pause comes and hope, time is enough, for the things I want to do.
My idea was to define a pause of 10 hours, make the changes, and then continue after the action by pressing the Resume button.
Or, is there another way to do it?
How are you inserting the pause? That may be your problem.
With CuraLE, you can force a pause by inserting a filament change at the layer from the layer preview screen.
Just find the layer you need a pause at, then click the filament change button:
Put the layer number in the box, click add. The “Pause Only” option is disabled in 4.13.10, I’m not sure if they ever got around to re-enabling it.
Then re-slice. If you input “4” for the layer change, it will pause for a filament change before it starts printing the fourth layer.
