Hi
That´s right, this is leading any where. So i bend it from wire.
I don´t use PLA i use ABS. I don´t print vases,exept once.
I do solid small and big objects to my projects.
ABS need hotend temp 230ºC to 245ºC to melt nicely. Hotbed have to be at 100ºC to 110ºC.
If M201 wasn´t plan to use ABS you shoult say it.

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In picture 1(bad_last_1) hotend don´t keep setting temperature 249ºC and also Repetier-Host picture shows how hotend temperature is wondering.
Also there is N-PID settings. It is nice to have manual for all the LCD setting.

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In Picture 2 (bad_last_2) There is object when hotend is near bed. Everything goes fine because also bed is warming hotend.
In midle is printing least at 00:38 temperature hotend is still under setting 249ºC.
When hotend temperature goes down start glogging in extruders. Hotend can´t melt ABS. It is bad for A9488 and motors. Fortunatly i lost 2pcs orginally A9488 but 0pcs motors.
In bottom have print result. Not look nice.
I am not pleased this kind printing results. Cleaning hotend after every printing . Buying new A9488.
Now i been waist nearly 1kg roll filament to have nothing.

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In the picture 3 have temperature different with hotend and hotbed in at 3min printer on. Not bed or hotend are on.
Room temp is 19.1ºC and hotend/hotbed is 9ºC. Differend is 10ºC down.
That is meaning if reading in hotend temp meter is 234ºC it is really 224ºC.
You have to minus 10ºC on reading and add 10ºC to setting. Complicated. Nice to have this fixed.
In middle have printings whit firmware v.1.0.1 or v.1.0.0 or ver.1.0.2 or what ever. Second version.
Bottom picture have prints whit firmware v.1.0.3 the last one.
There is some differnties between printing results v.1.0.1 (or v.1.0.0 or what ever) and v.1.0.3 are there?
None of object what areprinted v.1.0.3 aren´t finished properly.
SD-printing does not work.
I don´t argument this matter any more.
Somebody have to fix that firmware v.1.0.3 .
BR
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