I just got a Voxelab Aquila 3x and I’ve done some configuration for my printer, following the instructions from the following videos for both installing Klipper and configuring my probe for bed leveling:
youtube . com /watch?v=a6ru0mH3F8M
Everything seemed to go as expected until I go to run a print job. The extruder successfully heats up, but I receive the following error:
08:16:53 PM $ SET_HEATER_TEMPERATURE HEATER=extruder TARGET=230
08:16:55 PM $ SET_HEATER_TEMPERATURE HEATER=extruder TARGET=230
08:17:05 PM $ START_PRINT
08:17:05 PM !! Must home axis first: 0.000 0.000 0.200 [-4.000]
08:17:05 PM !! Must home axis first: 0.000 0.000 0.200 [-4.000]
I have a macro name START_PRINT that begins with homing the axes:
[gcode_macro START_PRINT]
gcode:
G28 # Home all axes
G92 E0 # Reset Extruder
G29 # 25 point Bed Level
G1 Z2.0 F3000 # Move Z Axis up little to prevent scratching of Heat Bed
G1 X0.1 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 # Move to start position
G1 X0.1 Y200.0 Z0.3 F1500.0 E15 # Draw the first line
G1 X0.4 Y200.0 Z0.3 F5000.0 # Move to side a little
G1 X0.4 Y20 Z0.3 F1500.0 E30 # Draw the second line
G92 E0 # Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 # Move Z Axis up little to prevent scratching of Heat Bed
G1 X5 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 # Move over to prevent blob squish
I’ve made sure to set my macro in my machine settings in Cura by setting START_PRINT in the Start G-Code and END_PRINT in the End G-Code.
I’ve done some research but I haven’t found anything that sounds like the issue that I’m having.
Where do you see that?? I have M84 in my END_PRINT macro… Not my START_PRINT macro.
[gcode_macro START_PRINT]
gcode:
G28 # Home all axes
G92 E0 # Reset Extruder
G29 # 25 point Bed Level
G1 Z2.0 F3000 # Move Z Axis up little to prevent scratching of Heat Bed
G1 X0.1 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 # Move to start position
G1 X0.1 Y200.0 Z0.3 F1500.0 E15 # Draw the first line
G1 X0.4 Y200.0 Z0.3 F5000.0 # Move to side a little
G1 X0.4 Y20 Z0.3 F1500.0 E30 # Draw the second line
G92 E0 # Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 # Move Z Axis up little to prevent scratching of Heat Bed
G1 X5 Y20 Z0.3 F5000.0 # Move over to prevent blob squish
[gcode_macro END_PRINT]
gcode:
G91 ;Relative positioning
G1 E-2 F2700 ;Retract a bit
G1 E-2 Z0.2 F2400 ;Retract and raise Z
G1 X5 Y5 F3000 ;Wipe out
G1 Z10 ;Raise Z more
G90 ;Absolute positioning
G1 X0 Y230 ;Present print
M106 S0 ;Turn-off fan
M104 S0 ;Turn-off hotend
M140 S0 ;Turn-off bed
M84 X Y E Z ;Disable all steppers but Z
That is a part of my End_Print macro, not my Start_Print macro. If you look at my printer.cfg, you’ll see that my macro should home my axes first. printer.cfg (6.1 KB)
However, this part of the macro isn’t working, instead it’s failing to do that, which is evident with the error I put in my initial post:
08:16:55 PM $ SET_HEATER_TEMPERATURE HEATER=extruder TARGET=230
08:17:05 PM $ START_PRINT
08:17:05 PM !! Must home axis first: 0.000 0.000 0.200 [-4.000]
08:17:05 PM !! Must home axis first: 0.000 0.000 0.200 [-4.000]
Check your indentation. If there is indeed this indentation then Klipper will not correctly parse your macros and in this case just continue to attach the instructions from END_PRINT to the preceding START_PRINT
The indentation was definitely there, when I copied the macro, it must of copied funny and I missed it. I’ve fixed that and I’ll run another print job this evening.
