When trying to access the right extruder in “Single Print 02” mode the printer stills uses the left extruder. I have read the posts in this forum and modified the gcode-file according to Bjoerns instructions but nothing helps.
In Cura there is not single-print alternative for the right extruder, the left extruder is chosen by default. Where in the gcode-file is this choice documented? And how would I have to change the code for single-print in Cura (in “Settings”) to change the choice of extruder?
Hi & welcome to the forum!
The Marlin firmware documentation can be found on their homepage. G-Code is documented here.
Not being a Cura user I assume there should be SV04 profiles for each print mode available.
In order to ensure that your code is processed by the right extruder you could open your gcode-file with a text-editor & search for tool-selection instructions and change all lines of code beginning with T0 into T1.
/R
Björn
thanks for the assistance. I have done programming but am new to G-code. Looking at the .gcode files I found that Cura puts the commands for choosing extruder BEFORE the “Start G-code” block, and there seems to be no way to access this code in Cura (at least I did not find any possibility). Instead, I can choose which extruder to use in the menu, by choosing 2 extruders for “Single Mode 2” and then de-activating the first one. Not exactly intuitive, but it does the job.
Problem solved - thank you!
Maybe this is the wrong place for a question like this, but anyways: are there other slicers that work better with the SV04, i.e. are more refined? For example I noticed the extruders bumping into each other at the end of Dual Mode. Or are glitches like this a firmware issue?
Hello Ekkehard,
there are lots of different slicers available, therefore I try to avoid discussions about pros’s & con’s of slicers - it is comparable to flavors. My favorite slicer flavor is PrusaSlicer…
Bumping extruders in Dual Mode might be a “feature” of Sovol’s stock firmware. Sovol did not release the sources of their Version v1.1.4, but in v1.1.0 there is a bug that activates the left extruder when the end of the print file is reached - this can cause severe problems with the rest of instructions in the command queue…
/R
Björn
I agree, we should keep the “which-is-the-best-slicer” outside of this forum. It just appears that the SV04 profiles in Cura aren’t very well developed (which may be OK for private use but could possibly create a disaster for professionals). Coming from the automotive industry I am amazed that bugs like extruders bumping into each other aren’t resolved immediately. I will check out the Prusa slicer.
Hi Ekkehard,
actually I have no idea what is under the hood in Sovol’s stock firmware releases since release v1.1.0, because they did not publish their sources, so far. I assume they try to avoid putting effort in printers that already have been sold & focus on bringing new models to the market…
Anyhow, the end-of-file bug in dual mode has been fixed in my firmware version that is available in my GitHub repository.
/R
Björn