Problems with CR10S PRO V2

What is the problem?

I have set up the printer similar or exactly the same as other CR10S profiles are on this site and every time I try to print a file via Octopi the print fails because before it starts to print the print head goes into a far corner even to the extent that it scratches the print surface, although correctly leveled.
What did you already try to solve it?
I tried to print one of the demo files, which are printing just perfectly when being printed directly, and even those fail.

Additional information about your setup (OctoPrint version, OctoPi version, printer, firmware, browser, operating system, ... as much data as possible)

Since I installed octopi yesterday and then upgraded to the latest version, it should have the latest version. octopi is running on a pi3

The printer is a CR10S pro V2

Creality, CR-10S, rect, origin lower-left, heated bed - yes, X - 300mm, Y - 300mm, Z - 400mm, X & Y speeds - 6000 mm/m, Z speed 200mm/m, E speed 300mm/m, no invert controls, nozzle 0.4mm, 1 extruder

Is there a verified to be working profile for the CR10S pro V2 that I can download?

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Did you see the Guide for Known Profiles? Make sure to scroll right to see the entire table.

I did and I did. Set it up exactly as described. Still. A print file that works perfectly when printed directly drives either the gantry up until it hit the top stop or to the side until it hits the sides, but it does not print. Everything else seems to work. I can see and set the temps and everything and I would love to love it because that , ... well because, if it would just print the same way a known good print file does when started directly from the printer

I would suggest getting comfortable with the meaning behind some of the basic gcode commands themselves, especially the concept of absolute/relative mode.

Many scripts try to do things in a relative way. For example, the average pause/resume short set of gcode scripts might change to relative mode, move the hotend assembly up by 10mm and wait... then lower by 10mm and continue. But if that pair of scripts doesn't return the X/Y/Z motors back to absolute mode (assuming that's what you had before) then all hell will break loose when your gcode file continues and the hotend will be moved somewhere else.

So mismanagement of absolute/relative movement state is often a primary reason why things crash into other things.

Review the contents of all the scripts found in OctoPrint -> Settings -> Gcode scripts. If code is there, know what it does. Review the first 30 or so lines of your gcode file. Know what that does and why.

I think the logs would quite handy now. Also you may try the safe mode.

I understand what you are saying, yet ... I would have expected a software package the quality of octopirint to arrive in a somewhat usable form and not be a kit that I have to put together. I give it a working file and it f*cks up. This is frustrating.

I would have expected if nothing is done to octoprint out of the box it is fully transparent. A file that already printed would print again, and afterwards I can do things.

Anyway, when the currently running print is done I will look into that to see if I can see anything in there.

Not all gcode files are the same. A benchy or 10mm cube might print nicely on yours without any worries. I've seen where nozzle-wiping routines or prime lines cause problems in some cases and they have little to do with the actual part itself.

For myself, OctoPrint out-of-the-box doesn't include homing commands which my Robo board and forked Marlin firmware seem to want before honoring any movement commands. So I'm expected to do these manually each time I start the printer or I'm expected to add them to my startup gcode within OctoPrint in order to be successful. But you wouldn't expect everyone's printer to be forced to do the same just because mine does.

I wouldn't really say that 3D printing is yet to the same level of user-friendliness which you might expect from opening up a brand new inkjet paper printer, for example. We're still in the Phase One of all this where things are still problematic and the kinks aren't ironed out yet. This is the time of the California Gold Rush in which people are out there selling questionable shovels to the throngs of would-be '49ers all hoping to strike it rich. Note that foosel didn't charge you anything for OctoPrint so she's not who I'm talking about in this but rather the people selling you printers with wonky firmware they barely understand.

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I guess there is something wrong with your start g-code.
Post it here :slight_smile:

In the meantime I dug into g-code and created proper start and stop scripts. I am going still not 100% happy but when I am I will post the whole configuration here so that other folks donโ€™t have to do the same.

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It will be more than worth it once you get the kinks ironed out. Definitely post the config once you have it figured out. If you need some help, you are sure to find it here also. Thank you for contributing!

I had this happen to me aswell (Also CR10S PRO V2), it destroyed my first bl-touch by jamming it into the buildplate, however this did not occur when starting a print, it occured when connecting octopi to the printer, this was a few weeks ago. Today i ran into another problem, Octopi crashed, i rebooted it and installed an update to "Layer Progress" plugin and it autorebooted again. This time when it booted up and connected to the printer the bed started moving all the way to the front and just kept on trying to move it forward, it stopped after a while but i am concerned something like this will happend again. What might be wrong?

Is the printer always on?

I've had some problems as that as well. It was related to TMC drivers, (CR10s pro v2 has 2208's), loosing their configuration and falling back to badly initilised spreadcycle. It would then go way to fast and crash into bounds.

In my case it has to do with cutoff of 24v line, which is operated by a relay.

For this particular case there are two solutions:

To verify inject m501 at the beginning of your print files to verify.

Edit: better to init TMC's before homing as it will influence position

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Waiting for that big time !!! thanks for your help

Hi,

I was having too troubles with the start gcode of my prints on my Creality CR10S PRO, Marlin 2.0, Tiny Machine version, and all started after upgrading my slicer cura, from 4.5 to 4.61, after cursing my days with the printer firmware, I reverse the cura upgrade back to 4.5 and that solved the problem with gcode exceeding the print volume of the currently selected printer profile. I can still see in octoprint gcode preview that my model is way outside the printing area, just a part of the model, but, cura fixed it. I dont know why this is happening, and I dont know how to fix it better, I mean, to be able to center the model in octoprint printing area in gcode preview, maybe somebody, one day, will add this functionality, best of luck!

Hi. I have similar problems to you. Could you post your current config even if is not perfect - it would help a lot Thank You

was this ever resolved?

I am a little bit confused, why do I need to configure Octoprint with any gcode if I already have a ready to run gcode exported from Cura?

I have the same issue with my CR10S Pro v2 as in the initial Post described.

I have tested to put in the start / stop gcode in octoprint like they are in Cura but this make thinks not better...

Is therey any working config for the CR10S Pro v2?

If you upload your start gcode we can check if there is anything that causes the issue.

And you don't need to have start/stop gcode in octoptint - but you can use them if you want to.

Yes of course, this is the start of my gcode from Cura
What works: manual control of XYZ, GoHome, printing from the SD Card via Octoprint

If I want to print something from the local (Raspberry) then its not working.

;FLAVOR:Marlin
;TIME:15604
;Filament used: 7.57167m
;Layer height: 0.16
;MINX:47.713
;MINY:57.713
;MINZ:0.2
;MAXX:254.286
;MAXY:256.287
;MAXZ:3.44
;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 4.6.1
M140 S60
M105
M190 S60
M104 S215
M105
M109 S215
M82 ;absolute extrusion mode
M201 X500.00 Y500.00 Z100.00 E5000.00 ;Setup machine max acceleration
M203 X500.00 Y500.00 Z10.00 E50.00 ;Setup machine max feedrate
M204 P500.00 R1000.00 T500.00 ;Setup Print/Retract/Travel acceleration
M205 X8.00 Y8.00 Z0.40 E5.00 ;Setup Jerk
M220 S100 ;Reset Feedrate
M221 S100 ;Reset Flowrate

G28 ;Home
M420 S1 Z2 ;Enable ABL using saved Mesh and Fade Height

G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
G1 X10.1 Y20 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to start position
G1 X10.1 Y200.0 Z0.28 F1500.0 E15 ;Draw the first line
G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
G92 E0
G92 E0
G1 F2700 E-5
;LAYER_COUNT:21
;LAYER:0
M107
G0 F6000 X208.717 Y234.565 Z0.2
;TYPE:SKIRT
G1 F2700 E0
G1 F1200 X206.372 Y235.693 E0.08655
G1 X204.161 Y236.833 E0.16929

I have no idea why but now everything is working fine.

This is my Cura config (Start G-Code):

M201 X500.00 Y500.00 Z100.00 E5000.00 ;Setup machine max acceleration
M203 X500.00 Y500.00 Z10.00 E50.00 ;Setup machine max feedrate
M204 P500.00 R1000.00 T500.00 ;Setup Print/Retract/Travel acceleration
M205 X8.00 Y8.00 Z0.40 E5.00 ;Setup Jerk
M220 S100 ;Reset Feedrate
M221 S100 ;Reset Flowrate

G28 ;Home
G29 ;Start ABL
M420 S1 Z2 ;Enable ABL using saved Mesh and Fade Height

G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up
G1 X10.1 Y20 Z0.28 F5000.0 ;Move to start position
G92 E0 ;Reset Extruder
G1 Z2.0 F3000 ;Move Z Axis up

In Octoprint I let all the values to the default values.

Hopes this is helpful for someone else...