Filament Sensor with toolboard
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Quick question that I couldn't find the answer to in the wiki. I'm running a 3 Mini 5+ (currently 3.3) and a toolboard 1LC. My question is can I run a standard on/off switch type filament sensor plugged directly into the Mini 5+? Or does the sensor HAVE to run up to the toolboard for it to work. In the documentation for the laser sensor it indicates it needs to be connected to the same device driving the extruder motor? Is that true for all sensors or just the laser one? Thanks!
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@simwiz The filament sensor has to be on the same board the extruder is (don't ask how i know that)
That said you can use events triggers to circumvent that and connect it to the Mini 5+This is how i did it:
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; FILAMENT SENSOR TL
; ==================================; need to define a trigger as the Filament Monitor is on main board and extruder on 1LC (not supported...)
M950 C"io3.in" J0 ; define pin0
M581 T1 P0 S1 R1 ; uses pin0 transition (only when printing from SD card) for calling Pause.g -
@oc_geek Perfect, this is exactly what I was looking for. That way I can have my sensor by my filament input/guide rather than on the print head. Thanks so much!
