Temp Crash on print start

[GMTH]

Hey!

I've been using mattercontrol with the Matterslice engine, I figured I'd try out the Slic3r engine because the layer previews looked to be neater and Matter slice doesn't support some advanced settings such as Wipe. But alas, when i start the print with the Slic3r engine in MC the printer sets it's target temps to 0 (ext. and bed) and I cannot manually override the temperatures through MC or on the rambo controller. The feed area displays the message "homing axis..." and the printer does nothing. This is not true for the other two engines. I'm not sure if this is any help, but I've included the Start G-Code below:

M104 S{temperature}
M190 S{bed_temperature}
M109 S{temperature}
G28

I don't think I've modified it at all, I may have moved the home command to the end. Can Anyone help?

Cheers,
Charlie

[IMBoring25]

The Slic3r environment variables should be in square brackets, not curly.

[GMTH]

Still crashing with Start G-Code:

M104 S[temperature]
M190 S[bed_temperature]
M109 S[temperature]
G28

I suspect that the problem may be in the connection and may not lie in the Slicer or the printer. I will try running off the SD card and report back.

[GMTH]

Running off the SD card:

Extr. Temp crashed,
bed held temp,
was able to manually override target temp of extruder and print started.

I still find it very odd that the extr. heat is just turning off completely

[GMTH]

Upon examination of the ACTUAL output of MC, as opposed to the intended output, variables are still in curly braces.

Code: Select all

; generated by Slic3r 1.1.7 on 2015-03-25 at 12:07:39

; perimeters extrusion width = 0.60mm
; infill extrusion width = 0.60mm
; solid infill extrusion width = 0.60mm
; top infill extrusion width = 0.60mm

G21 ; set units to millimeters
M104 S{temperature}
M190 S{bed_temperature}
M109 S{temperature}
G28
G90 ; use absolute coordinates
G92 E0
M82 ; use absolute distances for extrusion
G1 Z0.150 F18000.000
G1 F6600.000 E-4.50000
G1 Z0.550 F18000.000
G92 E0
G1 X-34.378 Y0.000 F18000.000
G1 Z0.150 F18000.000
G1 E4.60000 F6600.000
G1 X-34.378 Y-19.007 E5.00426 F720.000
G1 X-33.980 Y-22.485 E5.07872
G1 X-32.804 Y-25.783 E5.15318
G1 X-30.913 Y-28.729 E5.22765
G1 X-28.404 Y-31.171 E5.30211
G1 X-25.408 Y-32.982 E5.37658
G1 X-22.080 Y-34.068 E5.45104
G1 X-19.007 Y-34.378 E5.51673
G1 X19.007 Y-34.378 E6.32524
G1 X22.485 Y-33.980 E6.39971
....

I guess I'll change them there and try again and see if that's the problem, but i really shouldn't have to be doing this.

[GMTH]

Is the slicer supposed to be outputting values in those bracketed areas rather than variables?

[IMBoring25]

Yes, but it won't if it doesn't recognize the syntax.

[GMTH]

Got it! Mattercontrol was as you said, not recognizing the syntax. There was just a quirky thing that i had to do to get it to recognize the change, such as clicking outside of the text box prior to clicking save. Thank you!

Charlie