Feedback on v1.02

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I installed v1.02 today. I noted a few things that could use some improvement.

  1. The upgrade was from v1.01 so it was through my home wifi. After pressing the YES confirmation to upgrade firmware, there was no indication that the upgrade had taken place…no progress bar and no completion message. There should be some indication that the software has changed after the upgrade completes.
  2. Calibration worked well. The new calibration procedure is better than the last version i used a few months ago.
  3. When I attempted to download the maslow.yaml file to my computer, I got an error message that says “Couldn’t download - No file”
  4. I had a power interruption… my fault, I accidently pulled the power cord out of the receptacle. After power was restored, and my computer reconnected, I tried to Release Tention, but that would not work. The finite state code needs to be adjusted so that any time the Release Tention button is pushed, 10 mm of belt comes out to ease removal from frame corners in case there was a power interruption and Maslow loses its position data.
  5. After thinking about the new calibration procedures, I was wondering if the z-axis livel makes a difference. When calibrating, should Z be at its lowest point or it’s highest point? Or does it make a difference. The first time I calibrated with Z at its lowest point. I calibrated again with Z at it’s highest point. The calibration fitness and frame corner coordinates are somewhat different, but within a couple of millimeters. How much will this affect accuracy when running a G-code program.
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Philip Michael Rosenshine wrote:

  1. After thinking about the new calibration procedures, I was wondering if the
    z-axis livel makes a difference. When calibrating, should Z be at its lowest
    point or it’s highest point? Or does it make a difference. The first time I
    calibrated with Z at its lowest point. I calibrated again with Z at it’s
    highest point. The calibration fitness and frame corner coordinates are
    somewhat different, but within a couple of millimeters. How much will this
    affect accuracy when running a G-code program.

It does matter, the machine needs to be at it’s lowest point.

David Lang

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Thanks for responding. I will recalibrate with Z low.

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There’s a bug that @bar found that prevents the upload of the firmware from working, that’s been fixed, but I’m not sure if it has been released yet.

Quite often you won’t need to upgrade both the firmware and the UI at the same time.

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And this was a different bug that has also been fixed.

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Thank you :heart:

This is all EXCELLENT feedback.

I agree, this is on my todo list. I’ve had the same issue.