Need help configuring fan.
I have 3 40mm noctua fans I would like to wire 1 on the raspberri pi and 2 over the stepper drivers on the control board. They are 3 wire fans but I can switch them to two wire if needed. I have attached the printer.cfg file. Thank you guys again!!!!!
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Step one, get them working as two pin. Step two, get thepwm pin working.
Step zero, plug the fans in
So I think they aren't adjustable fans.... just on or off.
even though three wire
Wonder what the third wire is for then, tach? Seems odd to have a tach pin but no pwm
What control board? Where are they plugged in?
it's an octopus v1.1
Noctua NF-A4x10 FLX, Premium Quiet Fan, 3-Pin (40x10mm, Brown)
Featuring advanced aerodynamic design measures such as Flow Acceleration Channels and Noctua's AAO frame, the NF-A4x10 is a highly optimized, premium quality quiet fan in 40x10mm size. Smooth Commutation Drive technology and Noctua's reference class SSO2 bearings guarantee superb running smoothne...
that's the link to the fans
So here you can see I have the one fan on the pi. It’s wired to the port directly under the 4028 fan. That one works and has 12v power.
Noctua supplies a 3 to 2 converter so I used that and it works. But now I want two more fans over the stepper drivers and none of those other ports are working.
Have you put in the jumper to supply 12V?
yes. I tried
i removed when it didn't work
they are tiny quiet fans so I don't mind if they run at full speed constantly. It would be nice to see them show up in mainsail but I am not sure if that's even possible.
looking through some docs. Looks like you need pin PD15, figuring out how/where to define that in printer.cfg
I tried referencing PD15 under user section at bottom but nothing.
Noctua NF-A4x20 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan for Server, 4-Pin (40x20mm, ...
Featuring advanced aerodynamic design measures such as Flow Acceleration Channels and Noctua’s AAO frame, the NF-A4x20 is a highly optimised, premium-quality quiet fan in size 40x20mm. The PWM version sports Noctua’s custom-designed NE-FD1 IC for fully automatic speed control via 4-pin fan header...
wonder if this would be better?
I think you'll need something like
If that doesn't give an error but the fan doesn't come on, try
pin: !PD15
https://www.klipper3d.org/Config_Reference.html#fansIs this suppose to be the fan that is already connected to the Raspberri Pi
I didn't get an error. and I now see My custom fan on the mainsail page. But it doesn't appear to control the PI fan.
Ok, I figured it out. I basically just pulled up the pinout pdf and found pd15 and now it works.
Thank you! That worked!!!!
fuck yea! Never done that before so I'm pumped 😄
Nice Job!!!!!
Now I found the pin for the control board cooling fan but I have two fans so no idea how the hell to have a second control board cooling fan. I might just need to buy one large 120mm fan and put that on the control board.
just add another entry
I thought about that but I kinda like it coming on when I start a print. So not running all the time.
fan_generic this is the type of fan you are adding my_custom_fan this is the unique name of the fan
ok, make it a controller fan
https://www.klipper3d.org/Config_Reference.html#controller_fanSo if I name it My_controller_fan is there a way to program that to only come on like the default controller fan comes on?
yes
so by basically referencing the correct pin the controller_pin header that works
holy crap....... this is so awesome I can change all this stuff just by typing some code.....
https://os.ratrig.com/docs/boards/btt/octopus-11#wiring
you can see that one of the ports is already defined for a controller fan
if you want more, just make a unique name and tell it what pin to use
Ok that is awesome. I am going to try now. Makes total sense.
just remember the last two(furthest right from the power inputs) fan ports on the octopus are always on (you can't control them)
Where do they define the default controller fan?
got it
https://github.com/Rat-OS/RatOS-configuration/blob/v2.x/printers/v-core-3/v-core-3.cfg
but as long as you follow the wiring diagram you don't really need to know where it is defined
gotcha
that's kind of the point of Rat-OS, you don't need to know as much about the pins and everything
ok I am going to try it. Thank you again!
Ok so I tried this:[controller_fan controller_fan]
pin: PD13d
So now pin PD13d turns on and off with the controller fan put PD12d doesn't
Is there a way to reference two pins on the same controller_fan line so you can have both pins come on together?
PD13d ?
you need to use the pin names from https://github.com/bigtreetech/BIGTREETECH-OCTOPUS-V1.0/blob/master/Hardware/BIGTREETECH%20Octopus%20-%20PIN.pdf
so it would be PD13 or PD12
but PD12 is already a controller fan
That's what I was going for.
so no need to change it
For some reason now that one doesn't come on
it only comes on when your stepper motors are active
Once I started the heating process it came on.
so if you define it to be associated with a heater, then it will turn on then
upload your current printer.cfg
ok here it is.
ok, did you want it as a generic fan for raspberry?
You have
because you used the same name as before (controller_fan) it overwrote the previous config. It should be
you can change
controller_fan2 to whatever you want. It just has to be uniqueOk makes sense. I will give it a go!
THAT WORKED!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Man now I am going to do that with the PI fan so it comes on whenever I start a print
You could also attach the fan to the PI header (sure it is only 5v but that's ok, it just won't run as fast) and have it always on. The pi will constantly be generating heat, unlike the stepper drivers that only really get hot when in use
Oh that's a good idea.
Well wait
I already have both 5v in use
Only thing left are the two 3v
you could also use something like this (FYI I designed it) https://www.printables.com/model/104296-octopus-and-pi-din-mounted-fans-holder to have two fans and have it cool both the steppers and the pi at the same time
oh that's pretty cool