Support dual x-carriage printers
Dual x-carriage designs offer some substantial improvements for dual extruder printing.
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#define EXTRUDERS 1
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#endif
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// Enable this for dual x-carriage printers.
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// A dual x-carriage design has the advantage that the inactive extruder can be parked which
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// prevents hot-end ooze contaminating the print. It also reduces the weight of each x-carriage
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// allowing faster printing speeds.
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#define DUAL_X_CARRIAGE
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#ifdef DUAL_X_CARRIAGE
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// Configuration for second X-carriage
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// Note: the first x-carriage is defined as the x-carriage which homes to the minimum endstop;
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// the second x-carriage always homes to the maximum endstop.
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#define X2_MIN_POS 88 // set minimum to ensure second x-carriage doesn't hit the parked first X-carriage
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#define X2_MAX_POS 350.45 // set maximum to the distance between toolheads when both heads are homed
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#define X2_HOME_DIR 1 // the second X-carriage always homes to the maximum endstop position
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#define X2_HOME_POS X2_MAX_POS // default home position is the maximum carriage position
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// However: In this mode the EXTRUDER_OFFSET_X value for the second extruder provides a software
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// override for X2_HOME_POS. This also allow recalibration of the distance between the two endstops
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// without modifying the firmware (through the "M218 T1 X???" command).
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// Remember: you should set the second extruder x-offset to 0 in your slicer.
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// Pins for second x-carriage stepper driver (defined here to avoid further complicating pins.h)
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#define X2_ENABLE_PIN 29
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#define X2_STEP_PIN 25
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#define X2_DIR_PIN 23
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// The following settings control the behaviour of the automatic parking and unparking of inactive extruder
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#define TOOLCHANGE_PARK_ZLIFT 0.1 // the distance to raise Z axis when parking an extruder
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#define TOOLCHANGE_UNPARK_ZLIFT 1 // the distance to raise Z axis when unparking an extruder
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#define TOOLCHANGE_UNPARK_SKIP_TRAVEL_MOVES // disable if slicer natively suports dual x-carriage mode.
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// When enabled this avoids unnecessary & inadvertant moves from the last position of old extruder.
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#endif // DUAL_X_CARRIAGE
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//homing hits the endstop, then retracts by this distance, before it tries to slowly bump again:
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#define X_HOME_RETRACT_MM 5
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#define Y_HOME_RETRACT_MM 5
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