W appears in gcode in terminal

What is the problem?

There is this W that appears in the gcode in terminal
T:102.95 /0.00 B:74.43 /80.00 @:0 B@:127 W:?

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I recently upgraded from marlin 2.0 to 2.1, both bugfix versions
I just want to know what W stands for, as it never appeared when running marlin 2.0

What did you already try to solve it?

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I researched on google for an explanation for W, but was unsuccessful

Have you tried running in safe mode?

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No

Did running in safe mode solve the problem?

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N/a

Systeminfo Bundle

You can download this in OctoPrint's System Information dialog ... no bundle, no support!)
OK, downloaded and unzipped, now what?
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Additional information about your setup

OctoPrint version, OctoPi version, printer, firmware, browser, operating system, ... as much data as possible

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browser.user_agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/102.0
connectivity.connection_check: 1.1.1.1:53
connectivity.connection_ok: True
connectivity.enabled: True
connectivity.online: True
connectivity.resolution_check: octoprint.org
connectivity.resolution_ok: True
env.hardware.cores: 4
env.hardware.freq: 1500.0
env.hardware.ram: 1909063680
env.os.bits: 32
env.os.id: linux
env.os.platform: linux
env.plugins.pi_support.model: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.1
env.plugins.pi_support.octopi_version: 0.18.0
env.plugins.pi_support.throttle_check_enabled: True
env.plugins.pi_support.throttle_check_functional: True
env.plugins.pi_support.throttle_state: 0x0
env.python.pip: 20.3.3
env.python.version: 3.7.3
env.python.virtualenv: True
octoprint.last_safe_mode.date: 2023-08-22T08:48:22Z
octoprint.last_safe_mode.reason: incomplete_startup
octoprint.safe_mode: False
octoprint.version: 1.9.2
printer.firmware: Marlin bugfix-2.1.x (Sep 2 2023 15:45:43)
systeminfo.generated: 2023-09-03T10:27:41Z
systeminfo.generator: zipapi

Hello @XL777 !

No, Download from OctoPrint and upload here (The complete zip-file).

Could be helpful to know what printer you use.

BTW:
The W is not in the Gcode, it's a report from the printer firmware.
As you already noted, it came with Marlin 2.1. Maybe the guys at Marlin know more.

octoprint-systeminfo-20230903112741.zip (453.9 KB)
My Printer is a TRONXY X5S CoreXY from 2018. The board has been replaced with a BTT SKR Pro V1.2

Thanks for the info. I will give marlin groups a go.

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The W part of the temperature line becomes a countdown. When you tell the printer to heat up on a blocking command (eg. M109 or M190), as normal at the start of the print, it waits for the temperature to stabilise. This W number becomes a countdown when it is close to finishing as an estimate for how many seconds it is going to wait before confirming the temperature.

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Iirc that stands for wait.
This is the time the printer waits for the temperature to settle.

For example if you set the bed temperature with M190 it shows you a countdown once the temperature reached the target temperature - just to make sure it doesn't start to fluctuate again.

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